PROCESS AND DEVICE FOR THE SEPARATION OF VISCOPLASTIC MATERIALS SUCH AS PLASTICS FROM MATERIALS SUCH AS PAPER WHICH CAN BE DEFIBRATED BY MECHANICAL ACTION

摘要

The invention concerns a process for the separation of viscoplastic materials such as plastics and rubber from materials, particularly paper, which can be shredded and defibrated by mechanical action, and a device to carry out the process. The process is chararcterised in that the mixture of the materials to be separated is subjected to radial, axial and tangential acceleration forces, with a mass flow of comminuted fibrous material and another mass flow of essentially intact plastic materials being drawn off separately. The device for carrying out the process consists of a strainer basket (1) of cylindrical or preferably polygon shape, the outer casing of which is provided with holes (2) to allow the fibrous materials to pass through. The inside of the strainer basket is provided with a coaxial drive shaft (3) with preferably rigidly mounted blades (4).