Used Optical Sorters & Sorting Equipment for Sale
Used optical sorters, optical sorting machines, and plastic sorting machines for material separation in recycling operations.
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About Used Optical Sorters & Sorting Equipment
Optical sorters (also called optical sorting machines or optical sorter machines) use cameras and near-infrared (NIR) sensors to identify and separate materials by color, material type, or shape. Used optical sorters are essential in recycling operations for separating PET from HDPE, removing contaminants, and producing clean, sorted material streams. Plastic sorting machines can process thousands of items per minute with high accuracy.
Optical sorter recycling applications include single-stream recycling facilities, bottle sorting plants, electronic waste processing, and food industry sorting. Used optical sorters offer significant savings over new systems which can cost $200,000-$500,000+.
Meadoworks stocks used optical sorters from Satake, Tomra, Bühler Sortex, Sesotec, and National Recovery Technologies. Contact us at 800-323-0307 for optical sorting machine pricing.
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How much does a used optical sorter cost?
Used optical sorter prices range from $30,000-$100,000 for compact units to $100,000-$300,000+ for high-capacity multi-sensor systems. Pricing depends on throughput capacity, sensor type (camera, NIR, laser), number of channels, and condition. New optical sorting machines cost $200,000-$500,000+, so used equipment offers substantial savings.
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