“Pokers, as their name implies, often poke through conveyor belts, causing jams and bridging conditions that can shut down an entire facility,” says Brian Vrablic, Eriez sales engineer. “Even a few minutes of downtime can cost thousands of dollars in saleable product.” Eriez says it’s a world authority in advanced technology for magnetic, vibratory and inspection applications, and PokerSort has been awarded the 2012 Breakthrough Product award.
Using a special magnetic drum at the end of a shredder discharge belt, PokerSort separates pokers as they catapult off the end of the belt with a different trajectory than the rest of the shredded material or “frag.”
“Pokers in the frag stream is an age-old and extremely common problem in the recycling industry,” says Mike Shattuck, Eriez’ heavy industry project manager. “We listened to our customers, studied the situation and set out to develop a solution.”
