After two years of design and manufacture, the
new plant is now operational and provides a strong foundation for
further expansion of this facility to support the world's
challenges with electronic waste.
MILTON KEYNES, England,
Sept. 4, 2024 /PRNewswire/
-- Rockwell Automation, Inc. (NYSE: ROK), the world's
largest company dedicated to industrial automation and digital
transformation, is proud to support The Royal Mint's Precious
Metals Recovery facility – which uses the PlantPAx® DCS
(distributed control system) to manage and control the gold
extraction process.
The deployment of the PlantPAx® DCS at The Royal Mint's facility
in Llantrisant, Wales, is the most
recent chapter in a successful 15-year working relationship between
Rockwell Automation and The Royal Mint. The system is used to
monitor and control a chemical extraction process that can recover
gold from waste printed circuit board equipment. The extraction
technology, which was only at lab scale a few years ago, has been
successfully scaled and is now operational at its site in
Llantrisant.
"It's incredibly exciting to see new technology taking huge
strides like this," said Phil
Hadfield, UK managing director at Rockwell Automation. "With
e-waste being a major sustainability challenge across the globe,
technologies like this are essential towards carbon reduction and
material re-use."
According to Statista, electronic waste is one of the world's
fastest-growing waste streams. With 62 million metric tons
generated across the world in 2022, the volume of discarded
electronic material has nearly doubled since 2010. With e-waste
generation forecast to exceed 80 million metric tons by 2030,
improved recycling and recovery infrastructure will be needed.
Tony Baker, director of
manufacturing innovation at The Royal Mint, said: "The successful
collaboration with Rockwell Automation and the deployment of its
DCS solution allowed us to demonstrate the technical viability of
the technology to operate at scale. This puts us firmly on the road
to our 4,000-ton per annum target, and discussions are already well
underway with regards to usage of the recovered materials, as are
the plans to expand the technology further."
About Rockwell Automation
Rockwell Automation, Inc. (NYSE: ROK), is a global leader in
industrial automation and digital transformation. We connect the
imaginations of people with the potential of technology to expand
what is humanly possible, making the world more productive and more
sustainable. Headquartered in Milwaukee,
Wisconsin, Rockwell Automation employs approximately 29,000
problem solvers dedicated to our customers in more than 100
countries. To learn more about how we are bringing Connected
Enterprise to life across industrial enterprises, visit
www.rockwellautomation.com.
About The Royal Mint
With a history spanning more than 1,100 years, The Royal Mint is
one of Britain's oldest companies
and the original maker of UK coins. Today The Royal Mint is a
premium British maker, providing carefully crafted coins and
precious metal products for the UK and overseas.
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