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Technology & projects

Our visions successfully in use

We develop innovative technologies

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Research

We are constantly researching and developing for a growing portfolio. Further innovative solutions will soon be ready for series production.

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Concept

Individually tailored to your project, we design your solution.

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Plant design

Mobile or stationary? We plan your plant according to your requirements.

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Component development

We develop a large number of components in-house for the greatest possible depth of production. This ensures the best possible compatibility and reliability for our customers.

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Turnkey solutions

The ECOCYCLING process has convinced you and you would like to implement it on an industrial scale? We support you from A to Z with a whole portfolio of targeted services.

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Growth

Are you planning a new project, looking for a new professional challenge or for a promising investment? We are at your disposal as a contact.

References

ECOCYCLING from another perspective

All of our processes left the laboratory and test stage long ago. Several installations in various locations are running in stable continuous operation under real practical conditions.

We will gladly provide you with information about our reference installations.

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  1. Westridge Ltd.

    Isle of Wight, UK – ECOCYCLING zero waste reference installation

    • 1st stage: sorting
    • 2nd stage: RDF production
    • 3rd stage: ECOCYCLING

  2. neocomp GmbH

    Bremen

    • GRP/RDF processing plant for the cement industry

  3. LSH Lübecker Schrotthandel GmbH

    Lübeck

    • MBT scrap systems

  4. Papier- u. Kartonfabrik Varel GmbH

    Varel

    • Fine rejects preparation
    under construction

  5. Zajons Logistik GmbH / Zajons Zerkleinerung GmbH

    Melbeck

    • RDF systems
    • MBT scrap systems
    no longer in operation (insolvency)

In detail

ECOCYCLING – the process

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Input materials

The ECOCYCLING process can use mixed waste (including special waste) of greatly varying origins and compositions:

  • Municipal solid waste (domestic and bulky waste)
  • Commercial waste
  • Industrial and harbour sludge (individual test), municipal sewage sludge
  • Waste already landfilled
  • Ash (under certain conditions)
  • Contaminated soil

Metal content < 5 % is tolerable. Building waste containing steel, tyres and – because of their specific hazards – explosives as well as radioactive and highly infectious materials cannot be processed. If the infeed size exceeds 300 mm, the material must be pre-shredded accordingly.

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Recipes and additives

Depending on the chemical composition of the processed (mixed) waste and the desired target product, mineral and/or chemical additives are added according to fixed recipes, allowing the process to start and run in a controlled way. These additives are reactants; they are used up completely in the course of the reactions.

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No energy input required

The process requires no external energy input whatsoever. It takes place under local, atmospheric pressure conditions. The energy required comes from the reactive elements of the additives and from the waste itself.

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The process

The material is shredded (< 2 mm), blended and homogenised. It behaves exothermically, i.e. it warms up to approx. 60–90 °C. The resulting mineral phases offer anchor points for the various environmentally hazardous substances and enclose them (ettringite, metal-metal hydroxide salt, metal hydroxide). Neither waste gas nor waste water is released.

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Control

The environment for the ECOCYCLING process is set according to the recipe and controlled continuously and automatically, using the latest sensor technology such as X-ray fluorescence analysis (XRF). Quality assurance is integrated.

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Plant technology

The plant technology used for ECOCYCLING is robust and available at short notice practically worldwide. It is based on classical plant technology adapted to the specific requirements of ECOCYCLING and essentially comprises material input stations, conveyor systems, modern cross-flow shredders, mixers and homogenisation systems. It is planned, produced and assembled by Xproducts.

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Output: environmentally friendly material

Depending on the recipe and the desired target product, the ECOCYCLING process produces a specific, completely new, environmentally neutral and stable material that shows no harmful eluate behaviour whatsoever. It already has all the technical properties required to produce high-quality materials with new, outstanding properties in subsequent processes – valuable aggregates for many different applications.

Special types of waste? We can help here too.

Together with competent partners, we offer tailor-made solutions for special types of waste as well.

  • Electronic scrap
  • Refrigerators
  • Toner & ink cartridges
  • Glass-fibre reinforced plastics
  • Mixed scrap & scrap metal

Plants

ECOCYCLING – system configurations

Xproducts Deutschland offers the entire plant technology for the ECOCYCLING process, including planning, production, assembly, turnkey installation and training.

100–200 t

per day – mobile systems, 16-hour operation

300–1,000 t

per day – stationary systems, 3-shift operation

1,500–3,500 m²

space required by the plant itself

0.8–2.5 MW

demand of the electrical consumers

Mobile systems

work with a product output of 100 or 200 tonnes per day on the basis of 16-hour operation.

Stationary systems

work in 3-shift operation with a product output of 300, 500 or 1,000 tonnes per day. In both cases, the capacity figures are based on an average bulk density of the infed waste mixture of 400 kg/m³.

Space requirements

The ECOCYCLING plant itself does not require much space: approx. 1,500 to 3,500 m² depending on capacity. Logistics (storage, traffic, loading) require significantly more. Total space requirements of approx. 15,000 to 35,000 m² can be expected.

Energy requirements

No energy input is required for the ECOCYCLING process itself. The electrical consumers require between 800 kW and approx. 2.5 MW.

Control systems

The complete process management systems are also supplied by Xproducts. They ensure a largely automated sequence continuously monitored by state-of-the-art sensors, and a uniformly high quality of the material produced.

Recipes

Xproducts also supplies the recipe which establishes how a material output of defined quality is guaranteed from a defined input using defined additives. The recipe specifies the process limits and control variables for all plant parts and supplies the data required for the basic configuration.

Personnel requirements

Only a minimum of staff is required to operate an ECOCYCLING plant.