Patent ID: 11970754
Assignee: BEST PROCESS SOLUTIONS, INC.
Field: Chemical engineering (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC C  B  Y | IPC B  C

Claim 9:
10. A system for recovering metal from automobile shredder residue or incinerator bottom ash feed material, having metal content, with a predetermined particle size of 20 mm or less, comprising:
a processing path for transporting the feed material between a receiving area and a recovery area and
a vibratory rod mill including an elongated housing in the processing path and extending horizontally and elongated metal rods in the elongated housing aligned with a longitudinal axis of the elongated housing, and
a housing inlet adjacent one end of the elongated housing and a housing outlet adjacent an opposite end of the elongated housing, and
a motor configured to vibrate the elongated housing torsionally around an axis parallel with the elongated housing axis for receiving the feed material from the receiving area, crushing friable components of the feed material and discharging the feed material including crushed friable components, and
a screen, with openings corresponding to a predetermined size of 2 mm or less, arranged to receive material discharged from the vibratory rod mill and configured to separate the crushed material on the basis of particle size passing or not passing through the screen such that metals not passing through the screen are directed to the recovery area.