PROPOSAL FOR A RECOVERY SYSTEM IN A COMPANY TOWN IN HOUSE GLASS SECTOR

Abstract

The company studied is a leading manufacturer of glass containers in Venezuela, led by its environmental policy, has invested for years in the glass recycling process, an activity that has aroused interest in many economic and operational benefits that are obtained, using glass as a raw material. However, the helmet used to meet quality standards, requiring systems that are capable recover the town-house to be used without affecting the quality of the final product. It evaluates the hull recovery system in house, keeping track of its travel in the process of glass containers. Were sampled to identify and quantify contaminants, their main characteristics and origin, in order to establish alternatives for improvement. From the results we find that the town-house has high levels of magnetic contamination from the same process. Areas with the highest impact in pollution are: general maintenance, slag, and miscellaneous cold zone with percentages of 25, 24, 23.61 and 20.06 respectively. Rejections are also generated by the presence of stones in the containers which represent 41% of rejections by the inspection systems. The most common stones are metal sulfides, pottery, oversized silica, silica refractory tabular alumina refractory Fireclay. It was also found that the metal removal system is in the silo of raw materials, installed at distances greater than the recommended (5 "-6") on the layer of the hull, this does not provide the necessary protection to the breaker located before removal system. To improve the current system is proposed and an electromagnet magnetic drum type Chute, both mechanisms are able to offer protection to the breaker.

Key words: recovery, town-house, glass, oven, rotating magnetic drum, chute type electromagnet.