CRT Recycling
Bruce Electronics Recycling offer a full CRT Recycling (Cathode Ray Tube) solution for clients. The process of CRT Recycling at our works uses state of the art splitting technology to achieve a high recycling rate of over 70% on Monitors/CRTs and TVs. The first stage of CRT Recycling involves the removal of the plastic back panel. Once this is done the cable, power supply electronic gun and metal casings are removed and segregated for metal recycling. What remains is the ‘clean’ CRT and this then goes into an automatic CRT Recycling system. The housing is placed on a variable speed conveyor that feeds the splitting machine at a rate of up to 120 CRTs per hour. Once in the machine blades cuts along the frit line and separates the funnel glass from the panel glass. The funnel glass is leaded and the panel glass is unleaded but both fractions are recycled in the CRT Recycling process along with the shadow mask found inside the housing. The coating is vacuumed off the panel glass in accordance with the requirements of annex 2 of the WEEE directive and this is disposed off.
For advice and consultation regarding CRT Recycling services please contact us at Bruce Electronics Recycling on 0114 244 8050.
Over 70% of the weight of material in CRTs/Monitors/TVs is recovered and sent to reprocessors for recycling. This includes the barium and lead glass fractions and the plastic back panels.
The CRT Recycling Process:
- Material is usually delivered palletised, although loose units can be accepted by arrangement.
- Plastic back panels are removed and sent directly from our facility to be shredded and recycled into ‘wood like material’.
- Cables are removed together with the power supply unit, electronic guns and metal castings, which are sent for recycling.
- The new 'clean' CRT unit is fed into the state of the art splitting machine which cuts along 'the frit' line using laser guided cutting blades to separate the two types of glass. The shadow mask is removed and sent for recycling.
- The 'phosphur' coating on the panel glass is removed by vacuum suction into a filter unit and the two glass fractions are now separated ready for recycling.
- This is a high volume system which effectively allows over 70% material recovery for recycling in compliance with the WEEE Directive target for CRT's.
