ImpulsTec GmbH
Glass-polymer composites
A promising area of application for the shock wave process is the recycling of composite materials and composites such as photovoltaic modules or laminated safety glass. The high comminution selectivity of the technology enables targeted and therefore more efficient separation of the material composite at the interface between glass, semiconductor and polymer film. As a result, the valuable front glass can be recovered and recycled unmixed. On the other hand, shock wave comminution enables the solar cell material to be liberated. Subsequent recovery steps can thus be simplified or substituted.
• Separation of glass, metal and polymer fractions
• Recovery of a high-purity glass fraction, low fines content
• Recovery of a semiconductor-rich fraction
• Decoating of the polymer film
• Application examples: all types of solar modules, laminated safety glass
• Freely scalable system concept through to customised complete systems
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High-purity fragmentation
The low-contamination shockwave process is ideal for processing high-purity materials. Due to the non-contact fragmentation, there is only a minimal entry of metallic foreign elements (<1 ppm).
Electroplated Plastics
ImpulsTec develops a innovative recycling systems for galvanized plastics. The separation of the coating from the plastic with a purity of >99.8% enables the direct reuse of the plastic and a marketable metal fraction.
Small electrical appliances
ImpulsTec's selective treatment process enables the gentle dismantling of small electrical appliances to expose or separate batteries or circuit boards.