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|rowspan=7|[[File:Suez MRF drawing.png|MRF Diagram|link=[[Suez]]]]||1. Material Feed - often delivered via a [[Bag Breaker]] | |rowspan=7|[[File:Suez MRF drawing.png|MRF Diagram|link=[[Suez]]]]||1. Material Feed - often delivered via a [[Bag Breaker]] | ||
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|2a.[[Trommel]] | |2a.[[wikipedia:Trommel screen|Trommel Screen]] - normally used to separate off the larger, lighter mixed [[Paper & Card|paper and cardboard]] fractions from the other materials | ||
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|2b.[[Ballistic Separator]] - normally used to separate 2-dimensional light and flat items (such as [[Paper & Card|paper and cardboard]]) from 3-dimensional heavier rigid items such as [[glass]] bottles and cans | |2b.[[Ballistic Separator]] - normally used to separate 2-dimensional light and flat items (such as [[Paper & Card|paper and cardboard]]) from 3-dimensional heavier rigid items such as [[glass]] bottles and cans | ||
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|3a.[[Magnetic Separator]] - used to separate [[steel cans]]/[[Ferrous Metal|ferrous metals]] | |3a.[[Magnetic Separator]] - used to separate [[steel cans]]/[[Ferrous Metal|ferrous metals]] | ||
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|3b.[[Air | |3b.[[wikipedia: Air knife| Air Knife]]/Air Separator - used to separate heavy from light materials, in this case to remove contamination from the [[glass]] fraction | ||
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|4.[[Eddy Current Separator]] - used to separate [[aluminium cans]]/[[Non-Ferrous Metal|non-ferrous metals]] | |4.[[Eddy Current Separator]] - used to separate [[aluminium cans]]/[[Non-Ferrous Metal|non-ferrous metals]] | ||