Monitoring the sorting performance in lightweight packaging waste sorting plants using data of sensor-based sorters
Sabine Schlögl,
Georg Schmölzer,
Alexander Weber,
Alexander Anditsch,
Alexia Aldrian-Tischberger
Kapitel/Beitrag aus dem Buch: Beyerer, J et al. 2023. OCM 2023 - 6th International Conference on Optical Characterization of Materials, March 22nd – 23rd, 2023, Karlsruhe, Germany : Conference Proceedings.
To achieve the necessary improvements in lightweight packaging waste sorting plants to increase the recycling rate,
sensor-based material flow monitoring and plant control is the
subject of current research and development. This study investigates
whether data from existing sensor-based sorters could be
used for this purpose. The results show that data recorded during
sorting correlate strongly with ideal analysis data. Furthermore,
a correlation between the data of the first sorter and the
output fractions of later sorting stages could be established. The
results therefore show a great potential for the use of sensorbased
sorting data.