Magnetic separator is designed for industrial solar panel recycling plant and lithium battery recycling lines. It removes iron and steel after crushing, screening, or thermal treatment. Therefore, downstream separation becomes cleaner and more stable. The equipment suits 500–1,000 kg/h projects and provides continuous automatic iron discharge. We configure magnetic intensity, belt width, feed depth, and installation position around your materials and target product purity. If you are interested in this machine, please contact us.
How Does Magnetic Separation Support a Complete E-Waste Recovery Line?
01 · Magnetic SeparationIndustrial e-waste lines need clean material flow before precision separation. After crushing, solar panels and batteries may release steel parts and iron fragments. These contaminants reduce product purity and may damage downstream equipment. Therefore, magnetic separation should remove them before fine sorting begins. This position also stabilizes production and reduces manual picking.
Protect PV Product Quality Before Fine Recovery
Processed solar panels contain glass, silicon, copper ribbons, carbonized material, and occasional ferrous pieces. These pieces often come from junction boxes, screws, conveyors, or worn crushing components. The magnetic separator removes them before precision recovery begins. As a result, recovered glass, silicon, and copper-rich fractions contain fewer iron contaminants. Cleaner material also reduces damage risks for color sorters and electrostatic separators. Moreover, stable iron removal prepares suitable feed for later non-ferrous metal separation.


Improve Black Powder Quality in Battery Recycling
Lithium battery feed may contain steel shells, iron strips, and damaged structural parts. Operators should complete controlled discharge before crushing and magnetic separation. The separator then removes ferrous particles before screening or black powder collection. This control lowers iron carryover into recovered black powder. It also improves copper and aluminum separation stability. Meanwhile, continuous iron discharge reduces manual sorting and supports steady plant operation.
Position Iron Removal Before Precision Sorting
Magnetic Separator performs Iron Removal after crushing or screening. It captures ferrous materials and provides cleaner feed for Precision Sorting without chemicals or process water.
Integrate Magnetic Separation With Process
Magnetic Separation targets ferromagnetic materials only. Air, Gravity, Eddy Current and Electrostatic separation handle other fractions to achieve complete material recovery.
How to Configure Magnetic Separation for your E-waste Recycling Line?
02 · ConfigurationYushunxin designs magnetic separation around the complete material route, not magnetic strength alone. Particle size, iron content, feed depth, and conveyor speed all change separation performance. Therefore, we review upstream crushing and final product targets before configuration. This approach balances capacity, iron removal, and valuable material retention.
Design Separation Point Around Material Movement
Separation Point should match Material Movement and separator structure. Overband, drum and pulley Magnetic Separator designs fit different material sizes and transfer conditions.
Improve Feed Presentation Before Magnetic Adjustment
Feed Presentation affects magnetic separation accuracy. Stable feeding depth and speed improve iron removal while reducing black powder carryover.
Summary
A magnetic separator does more than remove iron from electronic waste. It protects downstream equipment, improves product purity, and reduces manual sorting. However, stable performance depends on particle size, iron content, feed depth, and line capacity. Solar panel projects should combine magnetic separation with screening, air separation, color sorting, and eddy current separation. Lithium battery projects should connect it with crushing, drying, screening, and black powder recovery. Yushunxin can provide standalone magnetic separators or design a complete separation solution for your feedstock.