How to remove copper from waste air conditioner radiators?

The waste air conditioner radiators can be separated a large amount of metals out for recycling. As for an ordinary air conditioner radiator, the copper content is about 55%, and the aluminum content is about 40%. For the high-end air conditioner radiators, the copper content can reach to 80%. Well, how to remove copper from waste air conditioner radiators? Today let's discuss the way together.

1. Manual peeling

Manual peeling

Use a razor blade or a power saw, cut as close to the copper pipe as you can, to cut the scrap radiator into strips, then shave off the aluminum foil and you will have a clean copper pipe. This method is easy to operate, but its efficiency is low, and it can't process large quantity waste air conditioner radiators. Besides, it's difficult to process multi-layer radiators.

2. Separating copper tubing from aluminum fins

The second way to remove copper from waste air conditioner radiators is using radiator stripping machine. First, you need to cut the waste air conditioner radiators into suitable size single or double-layer radiators by using radiator cutting machine, then put the single or double-layer radiator into radiator stripping machine, it will separate copper tubing from aluminum fins.

Radiator stripping machine

Radiator stripping machine is easy to operate and occupies small land, but its efficiency is not pretty high, only 300-500kg/h. Besides, it has some limits, for example, the radiators must be flatted and undeformed, and it can't process car water tanks and industrial condenser.

3. Separating copper pieces from aluminum pieces

At first, the waste air conditioner radiators will be shred or crush into small pieces mixture of copper, aluminum and iron. Then use magnetic separator to remove iron first, after that air separator will separate copper from aluminum according to their different gravity. Finally, the copper will be removed from waste air conditioner radiators.

Air conditioner radiator recycling machine

Air conditioner radiator recycling machine has large processing capacity, varying from 500kg/h to 2000kg/h. In addition, whether it is deformed or flat, single-layer or multi-layer air conditioner radiators, car water tanks, and condensers, it can remove copper from waste radiators easily.

Radiator recycling machine

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