ADIR video
Status November 2019
© Fraunhofer ILT, Aachen, Germany The ADIR demonstrator consisting of up to seven interlinked machines was installed at the facilities of the consortium partner Electrocycling GmbH in Goslar, Germany. In 2019, two demo days were arranged in Goslar: 17.5.2019 and 21.11.2019, where these machines were running and presented to a professional audience.
The video shows the operation of the worldwide first processing line for the automated piece-by-piece disassembly and sorting of valuable materials from electronic equipment (status November 2019). The processed item is a mobile phone.
More detailed information about the various involved processes can be found in the publications.
This video is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, screen shots, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilm or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication – here the video – or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Fraunhofer-Institute for Laser Technology ILT, Aachen, Germany. Violations are liable to prosecution under the German Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use.
The intended use of this video is exclusively for visitors of this ADIR web-page for information purposes to follow the progress and the results of the ADIR project.
status August 2018
This is the worldwide first machine demonstration for the automated disassembly and sorting of valuable materials from electronic equipment.
The video provides information about the European ADIR project and the demonstrator developed within the ADIR project referring to the status of August 2018. The demonstrator consists of a series of interlinked machines for the treatment of end-of-life printed circuit boards of servers or computers, and the treatment of end-of-life mobile phones. These machines carry out the following actions using robotics and laser technology:
- singuralise and manipulate objects,
- disassemble these objects,
- perform measurements to locate and to chemically identify valuable electronic components,
- unsolder or cut out these components,
- and finally sort the extracted parts to sorting fractions with high contents of valuable materials.
This video is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, screen shots, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilm or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication – here the video – or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Fraunhofer-Institute for Laser Technology ILT, Aachen, Germany. Violations are liable to prosecution under the German Copyright Law.
The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use.
The intended use of this video is exclusively for visitors of this web-page to follow the progress of the ADIR project.