{"id":334,"date":"2021-05-11T15:06:59","date_gmt":"2021-05-11T13:06:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ifrb.nl\/?page_id=334"},"modified":"2021-05-12T13:14:13","modified_gmt":"2021-05-12T11:14:13","slug":"recycling-cartridge-fuses","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ifrb.nl\/en\/recycling-cartridge-fuses\/","title":{"rendered":"Recycling cartridge fuses"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover bgimg x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_1175488240\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1373\" height=\"916\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ifrb.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/electriciteitsnet.jpg\" class=\"attachment-original size-original\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ifrb.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/electriciteitsnet.jpg 1373w, https:\/\/www.ifrb.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/electriciteitsnet-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ifrb.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/electriciteitsnet-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ifrb.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/electriciteitsnet-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1373px) 100vw, 1373px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_1175488240 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-941895505\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-796467501\" class=\"col medium-9 small-12 large-9\"  >\n\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n<h1>Recycling cartridge fuses<\/h1>\n<p class=\"lead\">It appears to be economically feasible to process complete (disconnected) cartridges without any pre-processing in the converter of a copper furnace.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-1272809526\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-79272656\" class=\"col medium-5 small-12 large-5\"  >\n\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n<p>Fuses are and continue to be an inexpensive and safe method of protection, for most applications, and still have unrivalled qualities. The main types of fuses in use in the Netherlands are miniature fuses for devices, screw-in fuses for house installations, fuse links for industrial installations and cylinder cartridges for medium-volt installations. For the time being, only fuse links and medium-volt cartridges are suitable for reuse.<\/p>\n<p>Important elements for reuse are the metals present: copper and silver. The percentages of copper (8-25%) and silver (0.1-0.3%) are high enough to be interesting for reuse.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1014686649\" class=\"col medium-5 small-12 large-5\"  >\n\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n<p>Disassembling such cartridges is an extremely laborious process and the costs are many times higher than the proceeds from the raw materials. However, it appears to be economically feasible to process complete (disconnected) cartridges without any pre-processing in the converter of a copper furnace. Normally, quartz sand has to be added during copper smelting because slagging is necessary for the recovery of metals. Since 20% to 30% of cartridges already consist of quartz sand, adding these during processing is useful. The small percentage of plastic they contain is also advantageous due to the heat this produces during degradation.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row align-center\"  id=\"row-1563356414\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-732749999\" class=\"col small-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-left\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n<p><em>example of the composition of the fuses<\/em><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1118690474\" class=\"col medium-10 small-12 large-10\"  >\n\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_472665016\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1020\" height=\"513\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ifrb.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/taartgrafiek-EN-1024x515.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ifrb.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/taartgrafiek-EN-1024x515.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.ifrb.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/taartgrafiek-EN-300x151.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ifrb.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/taartgrafiek-EN-768x387.png 768w, https:\/\/www.ifrb.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/taartgrafiek-EN.png 1049w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1020px) 100vw, 1020px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_472665016 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#col-1118690474 > .col-inner {\n  margin: 0px 0px 50px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n\t<section class=\"section containbg dark\" id=\"section_1492420835\">\n\t\t<div class=\"bg section-bg fill bg-fill  \" >\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div id=\"gap-1037565953\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-1037565953 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-1607867192\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1388932949\" class=\"col medium-4 small-12 large-4\"  >\n\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n<p><strong>For direct processing in a copper converter in Germany, the cartridges must comply with the following specifications:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Plastic components no more than 3.5%<\/li>\n<li>Asbestos less than 0.05%<\/li>\n<li>Cadmium less than 0.005%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-2117019749\" class=\"col medium-4 small-12 large-4\"  >\n\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_825998562\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"571\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ifrb.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/recyling-fuses-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-original size-original\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ifrb.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/recyling-fuses-2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ifrb.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/recyling-fuses-2-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ifrb.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/recyling-fuses-2-768x548.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_825998562 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-141777161\" class=\"col medium-4 small-12 large-4\"  >\n\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n<p>These and other residues are bonded in the slag that remains after processing. This slag is formed from the residues of the ceramic cases and the quartz sand and it is reused in road construction. That way, all residual materials are also processed in an environmentally friendly way and rendered harmless so that they will pose no threat in the future.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_1492420835 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n  padding-bottom: 30px;\n  background-color: #7a9c59;\n}\n#section_1492420835 .section-bg.bg-loaded {\n  background-image: url(https:\/\/www.ifrb.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/beeldmerk-ifrb.svg);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-blank.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-334","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Recycling cartridge fuses - IFRB<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ifrb.nl\/en\/recycling-cartridge-fuses\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Recycling cartridge fuses - 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