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Disintegrating things with lightning: High Voltage Fragmentation Consultancy & Service - Sustainable technology for #geoscience, #recycling & #mining

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The @SELFRAG_AG Lab electric pulse crushing system has a suite of safety features to protect the operator during treatment of materials using electricity.

Safe, contact, dust and contamination-free materials processing. Message us for a quote.

#safety #epf #epd #selfrag

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Plenty more discussion on the UK's critical metals strategy, and the UK's role in world technology development, check out our blog post.

#mining #strategy #UK #Criticalmetals

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Reviewing the UK Critical Minerals Strategy https://t.co/Bxb7KnWsZP

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#MachineLearning in #MineralProcessing - unlike crushers and mills, the energy contained within an electrical discharge can be adjusted on the fly, allowing variable processing of ore on a minute by minute basis.

#energy #efficiency #futuretech #sustainable #mining

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The Sound of [Rock] Music?

Rocks make different noises when they break, and we're using these sounds to predict how much they have broken in order to optimise #mineralprocessing equipment, saving #energy and #CO2.

https://t.co/WLWcyXti4g

#mining #sustainability

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Contact us to get a quote for commercial HV Rock disintegration - no abrasive crushing, no dust, minimal losses, intact minerals.

#mineralprocessing #geochronology #geoscience #crushing #geology

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Get dust free #mineral extraction in seconds with high voltage electric pulse power: These #lithium micas took <10 seconds.

@SELFRAG_AG systems are the premier #EPF/#EPD devices & used in #research and #industry for fast liberation.

Comment for sales or to to find out more!

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Hello to our new followers! Here's an @Apple #iPhone we shot with lightning to break it apart for #recycling.

Phones contain valuable elements like #gold + #tin, and it's critical to the environment to try and recover these rather than send them to #landfill - #EPF can help!

[Lily Dickson @LilyDicksonGeo]

On Saturday myself and Rob Chapman hosted a 'Career Pathways for Geoscience Graduates' event. Presentations covered advice for careers in exploration, ESG, finance and more! Thank you to our excellent speakers and our sponsors- @CornishLithium @RSCMME @AngloAmerican and Plethora.

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Off to @UniversiteLiege to support their work in the recycling of #lithium ion batteries using high voltage electrical pulses!

#eu #research #lithiumbattery #gemme #belgium #selfrag #epd #electricpulsedisaggregation #electricpulsefragmentation #epf #lightningmachines #recycling

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Upcoming events: GSL London and University of Leeds https://t.co/pC8YdhHauK

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Free the #forams! For the rapid liberation of carbonate #foraminifera from an indurated carbonate matrix using electric discharges check out this article!

https://t.co/2VxKQoiJ9Z

#palaetontology #fossils #research #epf

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This 2022 article from @l_c_carter @isotopesUK & @CambSchMines provides a referenceable methodology for recovering zircons from [porphyry] granites using #selfrag high voltage rock disintegration.

https://t.co/4lRd2I16Ap
#epd #epf #geochronology #zircon

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Fantastic images of #selfrag preserved shock textures in #zircon from MinCup2020.

Get in touch for better preserved minerals:
https://t.co/AcCIV19m5o

#epf #epd

[Rich Taylor @RockhoundRich]

@MineralCup Last ditch promotion for #zircon! Some more SEM images of grains separated by @SELFRAG_AG from the collection of @DrTMNZ and Co. Intricate microstructures and subgrains preserving a "shocking" history! #MinCup2020

[Diana Sahy @DianaSahy]

Lundy granite vs. #SELFRAG, before & after.
Poor thing, didn't stand a chance

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One happy rock-disintegrator!

https://t.co/AcCIV0RKGO

#selfrag #epf #epd #minerals

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We've recently done some more mineral disintegration for the group at @IGE_Grenoble that published this work - follow us to see the results and get in touch for #contactless rock disintegration via #selfrag

https://t.co/AcCIV0RKGO

#minerals #nature #geoscience #epf #epd

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Fluid-rock interaction on icy planetary moons: Weathering mafic minerals. The #olivine for this #Nature #research were non-contact crushed and purified using electric pulses in a #Selfrag system.

Follow to find out more.
https://t.co/vb99Xx7L1g
@SELFRAG_AG #epd #epf @ISTerre_fr

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Rapid disintegration of high-value samples for the best mineral recovery! We'd love to see the end result @Louise_ESE

Get in touch to organise sample processing and mineral recovery.
https://t.co/AcCIV0RKGO

#minerals #zircon #geochronology #selfrag #epf #epd

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CFRP Disintegration Using High Voltage Electric Pulses. https://t.co/zaAWK2YAF9

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@UNSW has been developing processes for rapid recovery of metals from #ewaste using high voltage #selfrag processing since 2017. Electric discharges break waste apart rapidly allowing recovery of components. Find out more:
https://t.co/AcCIV0RKGO

#sustainable #recycling

[AXT @AXT_Australia]

Novel process developed by @UNSW researchers incorporates @Selfrag_AG high voltage pulse power technology https://t.co/rN8SjKkK0j to liberate copper from old computer #RAM Read the paper at https://t.co/Tm0IDuIY4H #ewaste

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Gorgeous #xenolith disintegration from @226radium a while back! Weak bonding between olivine and pyroxene means they fall apart and end up looking like crushed glass. Get in touch for #contactless crushing & mineral liberation

https://t.co/AcCIV19m5o

#mantle #petrology

[S. Andrew Dufrane @226radium]

#selfrag of lake Bullen Merri xenolith courtesy of @_sashawilson_ #microbeswilldevourthemantle @The_EEGL

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Clean liberated minerals via electrical disintegration enhance downstream separation, giving great concentrates fast.

https://t.co/AcCIV19m5o

#selfrag #geochronology #zircon

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Electrical disintegration of meteorites with caged lightning - minerals liberated intact with no temperature effects. Organise a trial here:

https://t.co/AcCIV19m5o

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We disintegrate rocks & recover intact minerals fast with electric pulse fragmentation.

Here we liberate shocked #apatite from the McKinney Meteorite with researchers from @EarthSciCam @PurdueEAPS and @SUERC1 using a @SELFRAG_AG System - perfect for small valuable samples.