Sorting of textiles

Redwave now introduces Redwave TEX, enabling efficient sorting of textiles. The sorting machine identifies and sorts textiles – everything from underwear to jackets – based on pre-defined parameters and performs two primary tasks:

1) Sorting whole pieces of clothing
2) Sorting shredded textiles for further processing

What’s special about Redwave TEX?

• Sensor technology ensures precise detection and sorting of textiles
• Can handle large volumes of textiles quickly and efficiently
• Fully customizable to your specific requirements – whether it’s size, color, composition, printed elements, metal parts, buttons, or other parameters
• Significantly reduces the need for manual intervention by automating the sorting process
• Sorting criteria can be quickly and easily adjusted to accommodate changes in waste streams and composition

Sorting fabrics and textiles provides economic benefits, higher plant capacity, and high quality/purity in the final fractions.

Redwave TEX can be used for textile collections, production waste/overstock, returns and unsold goods, hospital textiles, and more.

Using TEX allows textiles to be sorted for reuse and/or recycling, provides real-time analysis of material composition, and prepares textiles for any further manual sorting if needed.

Redwave TEX: 2 types of textile sorting machines

1. TEX
   Used when sorting whole pieces of clothing into many categories
   
   Technical facts:
   Output: more than 4, typically 10–20 categories
   Capacity: up to 4 tons per hour
   Material is blown across the conveyor using compressed air
   Input material size: 100–1000 mm
   
   
2. TEX 2i A
   Used when sorting both whole pieces of clothing and shredded textiles into a few categories
   
   Technical facts:
   Output: 2–3 or 4–6 categories
   Capacity: up to 4 tons per hour
   Material is blown across the conveyor using compressed air
   Input material size: 40–500 mm
   
   TEX 2i B
   Used when sorting only small items, e.g., shredded shoes to be separated into rubber, different types of plastic, filling, metal, etc
   
   Technical facts:
   Output: 2–4 categories
   Capacity: up to 4 tons per hour
   Material is blown across the conveyor using compressed air
   Input material size: 3–40 mm

Additionally, Redwave TEX Qi is available, which analyzes the waste stream to measure the precise composition of textiles and ensure sorting quality.

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Redwave TEX textile sorting

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