The sorting of textile waste is one of the most important pillars to optimize the quality of recycled fibers. It is a bottleneck and an essential element within the recycling value chain. The automation of this process adds clear value to the entire process.

Innovative and automated sorting process by ANDRITZ and its partners allows to separate clothes, depending on the nature of fibers and/or colors. During this process, hard elements will be removed in order to obtain a material ready for mechanical recycling by tearing or chemical processing. ANDRITZ offers a wide range of tearing machines, which are suitable for many applications, for both the spinning and nonwoven markets.