FAQs

With more than 20 years’ experience, Allcontrols has advised and supported many recycling organisations through the design, project management and installation of their processing line to convert recycled, co-mingled material streams into singular high-purity fractions for re-use within the supply chain.

Whether your business requires a magnetic separation system, an electrostatic separation system, a polymer sorting and colour sorting technology system or a combination of all of these, Allcontrols will find the correct solution for you – enabling your organisation to achieve optimum yield results and high purities by offering a tailor-made turnkey solution.

We pride ourselves on having an extensive knowledge of the material streams we specialise in separating. These include many plastic/polymer types such as PVC, PS, ABS, Filled PP (PP20), PET, PP/PE as well as metals, PVC window profiles (post-industrial and post-consumer), ASR and WEEE.

Furthermore, we are affiliated with influential partners within the recycling industry who also have extensive expertise over many years.

We also provide a comprehensive after-sales service package including technical support, training and servicing.

We have three fundamental aims to achieve customer satisfaction when a new recycling processing line is required:

• Improve productivity – optimising your recycling processing line equipment and design to boost productivity.
• Increase material stream purity – designing and installing the best integrated solution for optimal material stream purity.
• Raise overall yields – increasing the efficiency and profitability of customers’ businesses.

Collaboration is key to understanding our customers’ requirements and delivering exactly what they need. On receiving an initial enquiry, we work with you to bring together all the relevant stakeholders for the project. Initially we would recommend a meeting, either via a video call or face to face, to establish your overall goals. This allows us to discuss your specific requirements and project considerations, enabling us to design a bespoke turnkey solution using our experience and, where necessary, by thinking outside the box.   

To establish your needs, in our initial consultation we will look to discuss details around areas such as:

• Material stream(s) requiring purification – so we can establish which separation processes are required.
• Current particle size of the material stream(s).
• Throughput requirement.
• Where the final processing line is to be installed, including any space constraints.
• Pre-treatment stages already in place.

With key information on requirements established, Allcontrols will create and send the customer a flow diagram of the proposed solution to illustrate in principle how the material stream will move through the recommended new line. This will show all the processing steps along the way.

Prior to creating the flow diagram, Allcontrols may also visit the proposed site with the customer in order to identify any additional requirements or project-specific issues.

Once the proposed project financial terms are agreed, Allcontrols will then create a detailed 3D drawing of the line design, carry out a risk assessment and method statement, and prepare a project plan to track tasks and timings for the installation.