With inclined, oscillating paddles it separates material into heavy/rolling (3D) and light/flat (2D) fractions and also screens out the fines.
A ballistic separator agitates material over inclined, oscillating paddles. Heavy, rolling items (bottles, rigid plastics) roll downward while light, flat items (film, paper) are carried upward; holes in the paddles screen out the fine fraction. In this way, a single machine performs 2D/3D separation and screening.
The ballistic separator works at the pre-sorting stage of the line; it separates flat (2D) materials such as film and sheet from bulky (3D) materials such as bottles and containers, and from fine dust. Together with screening units such as the star screen and the zig-zag separator, it classifies the material flow.
