What is powdered metal reclamation?

Recovering valuable metal powders from used filters or components for reuse.

Which industries utilize this service?

Polymer fiber spinning processes who use powdered metal filtration in their spin packs.

Is the reclaimed powder of high quality?

We perform a series of particle size distribution tests to properly classify the powdered metal after reclamation.

Powdered Metal Reclamation

How it works

Shattered metal is a common filtration medium for polymer fiber production. Carolina PEC receives polymer-encapsulated shattered metal plugs from fiber manufacturers across the Southeast. Each plug is processed through thermal cleaning, removing the polymer, allowing the metal powder to be collected and separated from screens, seals, or other components of the plug.

What we do

Bulk metal from the depolymerized plugs goes through a washing/drying process. Metallic & non-metallic components are then separated. Once a cleaned stream of shattered metal is produced, it goes through an additional sieving process to control particle size distribution per the users’ specifications.

Carolina PEC will occasionally have a surplus of reclaimed metal inventory. Please contact us to check availability of grades such as: 10/25, 20/35, 25/50, 30/60, 35/45, 40/60, 45/65, 50/100, 70/100. Other grades may be available on request.

“Carolina Filters looks for alternate means of cleaning more than other companies do. The other companies are stagnant on how they clean whereas Carolina tries hard to lessen their environmental footprint. It is always important to try to take care of the environment so that is important to us. Carolina Filters is always looking for new processes and new ways to refine and improve their cleaning expertise.”

~ Filter Shop Manager, Film Manufacturer

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