■ Use Cases
Sorting out hazardous and harmful objects from commercial waste
Metal parts, concrete or hidden batteries: commercial waste damages your plant components. X.Sort detects these hazards deep within the material and reliably removes them immediately after input – without slowing down your throughput.
The harsh reality: one misplaced item of waste can bring the entire commercial waste facility to a standstill.
Anyone who processes commercial waste is fighting on two fronts at once: the level of sorting must be sufficient to achieve high recycling rates, but the heavy-duty machinery must be able to withstand constant rigorous testing. If unseen fire loads and heavy foreign objects pass through the processing system unchecked, cost-effective operation is impossible.
Fire risk from electronic waste: Hidden lithium-ion batteries in waste pose the greatest fire risk.
Shredder damage: Solid components such as brake discs or other parts result in total write-offs and costly downtime.
Pressure from insurers: Increasing requirements or policy cancellations due to uncontrolled sources of risk.
“The composition of commercial waste is becoming increasingly unpredictable. A single solid metal part or a hidden tool battery in the shredder can ruin weeks’ worth of output. Anyone wishing to process commercial waste streams profitably today must eliminate contaminants before they reach the sensitive machinery.”
Johannes Laier, co-founder and co-CEO at WeSort.AI
Energy sources (fire risk)
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Lithium-ion batteries
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Electronic devices, such as disposable e-cigarettes (vapes), laptops and smartphones
X.Sort detects and eliminates disruptive and hazardous substances
Whilst the theory refers to clean fractions, the material mix after input is chaotic: dense, opaque and dusty. This is where traditional optical sorters reach their limits, as they cannot see through layers of material.
X.Sort breaks through this limitation: using multi-energy X-ray (XRT) technology, the entire stream is scanned to generate a precise density image. Our AI then identifies contaminants purely on the basis of their structure – completely unaffected by dust, colour or contamination.
X.Sort: Plant protection for heavy material flows
Commercial waste sorting relies on throughput. Contaminant detection must never become a bottleneck. X.Sort is designed specifically for these demanding high-volume flows and safeguards your entire sorting plant right at the start of the process.
Technical specifications for commercial use
Parameter | Spezifikation |
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Throughput | 70 t/h |
Layer density | Up to 25 cm |
Recognition technology | Multi-energy X-ray (XRT) combined with our AI. |
Conveyor belt speed | Up to 4.0 m/s – full performance for the mass flow. |
Case Study: 24/7 operations at Korn Recycling
At Korn Recycling’s bulky waste and commercial waste sorting facility, our technology ensures a material feed of around 100,000 tonnes per year. The early removal of contaminants immediately after input ensures safe plant operation every day, with a reduction of over 90 per cent in battery-related fires.
