Rare earth magnets (REM) are powerful magnets that are commonly used in household appliances, wind turbines, and other technological processes. A growing shortage of the elements needed in order to make REMs as well as trade disputes between the countries exporting the materials cause fluctuating costs for both manufacturers and consumers. The goal of this project was to investigate ways to increase REM recycling rates in end of life (EOL) products and devise a plan to establish this practice in the United States since there are currently no systems in place. Through research of recycling practices in Europe and Asia, along with research of different magnetic separation processes, we have developed a plan to address this problem. We recommend that the recycling of REMs be integrated into already existing recycling processes with the addition of magnetic resonance damping to separate the magnetic materials from the basic ferrous scrap.2,3,5,6

Creator

• Lu, Ying
• Tachiaos, Antonios A.
• O'Connor, Lacqueline
• York, Taylor

Contributors

• Apelian, Diran
• Bandara, Dhammika

Subject

• Recover, Reuse, and Recycle: Building a Lasting World

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Language

• English

Identifier

• GPS1257

Award

• Poster Presentation, Judge's Winner

Year

• 2014

Date created

• 2014-01-01

Resource type

• Poster

Rights statement

• In Copyright

License

• Creative Commons BY-NC Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International

Last modified

• 2024-03-01