A method and apparatus to reclaim metals from scrap material such as automobile shredder residue (ASR) that, after separating out light density components, separates out friable material such as rock and glass by crushing and screening operations to generate a high metal content product.

A ball mill system grinds, disperses, and reacts substances. A ball mill vessel houses grinding bodies (grinding/milling media) and the materials to be ground or dispersed. The ball milling vessel includes an assembly of three component parts with active structural roles to provide a tight and repeatable seal that allows physical, structural and chemical transformations of materials in the presence of a liquid or a gas, while at the same time enabling easy and effortless opening of the jar after ball milling. The ball milling vessel includes two peripheral half-vessels made of a harder material, connected by a central thick ring made of a softer material. The connecting ring provides an active structural role in the ball milling vessel, as it holds together the peripheral halves of the vessel, while at the same time ensuring a tight seal and protecting the joint where the two half-vessels join.

A ball mill system grinds, disperses, and reacts substances. A ball mill vessel houses grinding bodies (grinding/milling media) and the materials to be ground or dispersed. The ball milling vessel includes an assembly of three component parts with active structural roles to provide a tight and repeatable seal that allows physical, structural and chemical transformations of materials in the presence of a liquid or a gas, while at the same time enabling easy and effortless opening of the jar after ball milling. The ball milling vessel includes two peripheral half-vessels made of a harder material, connected by a central thick ring made of a softer material. The connecting ring provides an active structural role in the ball milling vessel, as it holds together the peripheral halves of the vessel, while at the same time ensuring a tight seal and protecting the joint where the two half-vessels join.

The present invention relates to methods for producing particles of a biologically active material using dry milling processes as well as compositions comprising such materials, medicaments produced using said biologically active materials in particulate form and/or compositions, and to methods of treatment of an animal, including man, using a therapeutically effective amount of said biologically active materials administered by way of said medicaments.

The present invention relates to methods for producing particles of a biologically active material using dry milling processes as well as compositions comprising such materials, medicaments produced using said biologically active materials in particulate form and/or compositions, and to methods of treatment of an animal, including man, using a therapeutically effective amount of said biologically active materials administered by way of said medicaments.

A method for treating a viscous mass comprising solid components in a grinding system, especially a fatty mass with solid components, comprising a mixer and a grinding device, comprising the steps of: feeding into a mixer the mass to be treated; repeatedly circulating the mass to be treated by means of a displacement device from the mixer through a supply pipe to the grinding device and through a return pipe back to the mixer for reducing the size of the solid components in the grinding device; removing from the system at least part of the treated mass through a branch-off provided in the return line when a predetermined grinding fineness has been obtained; and feeding into the mixer a new mass to be treated and at least partly displacing the new mass to be treated in the grinding device via the displacement device and as a consequence removing at least another part of the treated mass from said system.

A method for treating a viscous mass comprising solid components in a grinding system, especially a fatty mass with solid components, comprising a mixer and a grinding device, comprising the steps of: feeding into a mixer the mass to be treated; repeatedly circulating the mass to be treated by means of a displacement device from the mixer through a supply pipe to the grinding device and through a return pipe back to the mixer for reducing the size of the solid components in the grinding device; removing from the system at least part of the treated mass through a branch-off provided in the return line when a predetermined grinding fineness has been obtained; and feeding into the mixer a new mass to be treated and at least partly displacing the new mass to be treated in the grinding device via the displacement device and as a consequence removing at least another part of the treated mass from said system.

A method and apparatus to reclaim metals from scrap material such as automobile shredder residue (ASR) that, after separating out light density components, separates out friable material such as rock and glass by crushing and screening operations to generate a high metal content product.

An apparatus (10) for micronizing an inorganic salt, having a receiving vessel (14) for receiving the salt (46) to be micronized in an interior of the receiving vessel (14); a grinding unit (22) for comminuting the salt (46) to be micronized located in the receiving vessel (14) and for forming micronized salt particles (54); an ascending pipe (24), which is connected fluidically to the receiving vessel (14) and serves to transport the micronized salt particles (54), wherein one end of the ascending pipe (24) has an outlet orifice (38) through which the micronized salt particles (54) can flow out of the apparatus (10); a fan (26) for generating an air stream (40); and a housing (12) with an air outlet (44) and an air duct (42) connecting the fan (26) to the air outlet (44), wherein the air duct (42) is separated by at least one wall from the interior of the receiving vessel (14), such that the air stream (40) generated by the fan (26) does not flow through the interior of the receiving vessel (14), and wherein the air outlet (44) at least partly surrounds the ascending pipe (24) in a region of the outlet orifice (38).

An apparatus (10) for micronizing an inorganic salt, having a receiving vessel (14) for receiving the salt (46) to be micronized in an interior of the receiving vessel (14); a grinding unit (22) for comminuting the salt (46) to be micronized located in the receiving vessel (14) and for forming micronized salt particles (54); an ascending pipe (24), which is connected fluidically to the receiving vessel (14) and serves to transport the micronized salt particles (54), wherein one end of the ascending pipe (24) has an outlet orifice (38) through which the micronized salt particles (54) can flow out of the apparatus (10); a fan (26) for generating an air stream (40); and a housing (12) with an air outlet (44) and an air duct (42) connecting the fan (26) to the air outlet (44), wherein the air duct (42) is separated by at least one wall from the interior of the receiving vessel (14), such that the air stream (40) generated by the fan (26) does not flow through the interior of the receiving vessel (14), and wherein the air outlet (44) at least partly surrounds the ascending pipe (24) in a region of the outlet orifice (38).