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Why is Recycling Important?
Why is Recycling Important?
It takes a long time for aluminum to dissolve in the natural environment or to decompose organically. Aluminum is easy to recycle and can be recycled with 5% of the energy spent on aluminum produced from ore. There is no limit to the application of aluminum recycling and it is possible to recycle Aluminum by liquefying it and then pouring the liquid aluminum into new objects, reshaping and putting it into production, and the excess can go into the recycling process. That's why aluminum is actually an excellent material for recycling.Today, thanks to the recycling method, resources can be used much more accurately. For this reason, it has become easier to reach metals such as aluminum, which were very difficult at the time. It is much more convenient to obtain aluminum by recycling than to obtain it from bauxite ore.
HOW IS ALUMINUM RECYCLED?
Aluminum recycling, of course, is a process that is completed by going through certain stages. Let's take a look at the recycling stages, each of which is meticulously done:
1- Aluminum Scrap Collection As in all recycling activities, products containing aluminum are collected at the first stage. Although very large products are already purchased with certain agreements or for some considerable fees, there are also aluminum foil trays, tin beverage cans, etc. that we use in our homes and in our daily lives. products are also collected through garbage collectors, thus garbage collection centers.
2- Classification
The classification stage is also an important stage of the aluminum recycling process. Because not every aluminum-containing product is subject to the same recycling process. This would be a wrong practice. Therefore, in order to be able to make this classification and the cleaning of the incoming products, all products are taken to the recycling facilities and go through the detailed separation and cleaning stages. The products classified and cleaned here are compressed into bales.
3- Shredding
Aluminum products, which have been turned into bales, enter the mill within the facilities and are ground until they are divided into tiny pieces. The reason for this disintegration is to easily lose the paints, coatings and adhesions on the aluminum that has been turned into a product before, and to turn it into pure aluminum. Also, since these parts will be melted for recycling, it will be easier to melt the shredded product.
4- Magnet Separation
Magnet separation is a precautionary step. With the help of the magnet, which has been waiting for a long time on the shattered aluminum, if there is still a piece of steel inside, it is aimed to collect them and leave the aluminum pure and pure. Although separation is done at the beginning, this process is done for the purpose of taking extra precautions.
5- Removal of the Coating
After all these stages, the remaining aluminum is not ready to be melted yet. Because the things like painting and grabbing, which remain on it due to previous uses, also need to be separated. For this reason, hot air is blown onto the grated particles and all paints and coatings are evaporated and made ready to be melted.
6- Melting Phase
Pure aluminum pieces, which are now free from everything, are melted by throwing them into 7000-degree furnaces. While applying this process, slag and similar layers that will emerge after melting are floated above by using special chemicals and their separation after melting becomes easier.
7- Transfer to Holding Furnace The molten aluminum is transferred to the holding furnace and is kept there until it is ready to be poured into ingots. After the molten aluminum in this furnace is ready, it is poured into the molds in a regular way and becomes a block or ingot.
8- Transport of Ingots
In this final stage, the ingots are removed from the pits and transported to the required facilities. These ingots are then rolled to form thin aluminum sheets. This process allows the aluminum sheets to be more flexible and durable. After this process, it becomes ready for use again.
