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Recycling System Engineering, Written Down
The questions plant operators and engineers actually ask — answered by the team that designs, builds, and installs the equipment. New articles added regularly.
The Sherbrooke OEM Knowledge Hub publishes technical articles on recycling plant engineering: sorting line configuration, equipment selection and sequencing, screening and density separation, magnetic and eddy current recovery, conveying for abrasive streams, and plant automation. Articles are written by the engineering team of Sherbrooke OEM, a Canadian manufacturer of recycling equipment since 1997.
Inside a 100 TPH C&D Sorting Line: A High-Throughput Case Study
Why high throughput changes the economics of a C&D line — when fines and aggregate recovery pay back, the position-by-position sequence, and the diversion it unlocks.
June 2026 · 7 min
Electro vs. Permanent Overhead Magnets: How to Choose
Field depth, suspension height, and burden depth; self-cleaning cross-belt vs. inline configurations; the drum-magnet alternative; and the cost of ownership that actually decides it.
June 2026 · 7 min
Protecting Overhead Magnet Belts in C&D: Why Stainless Steel Armor Pays for Itself
Rebar strikes, sharp sheet, abrasive dust: why magnet belts fail fast on C&D duty, and how bolted stainless armor turns emergency belt replacements into scheduled plate swaps.
June 2026 · 6 min
C&D Recycling Line Design: Why Equipment Order Decides Your Recovery Rate
The standard C&D sequence — metered infeed, fines screening, density split, magnets, eddy current, optical and manual sorting — and the engineering logic at each position.
June 2026 · 8 min
Steel Apron vs. Belt Conveyors for Primary Infeed: How to Choose
Impact, abrasion, loading method, and ten-year economics: where steel-pan conveying wins, where rubber belts win, and the checklist for specifying either.
June 2026 · 6 min
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