Apple has launched an iPhone disassembly robot in order to recycle batteries.

Apple's disassembly robots have proved that it can effectively avoid the artificial lithium battery being damaged, including puncture risk, which inspires the old power battery processing method.

Is the world earth day on April 22, Apple announced several environmental protection measures, including using only recycling or renewable materials products target.

In order to achieve this goal, they launched a new iPhone disassembled robot named Daisy.

In 2016, Apple has unveiled its first dismantling robot, Liam. Liam is a huge robot, by 29 separate and different function of mechanical arm, some of this mechanical arm is equipped with a screwdriver, some equipped with suction cups.

Workers 40 units can be used or consumers returned the iPhone in the conveyor belt, Liam can be one of the parts deftly removed one by one, including SIM Cato the battery, camera module, and even the internal screw.

It is reported, the company hired a special small team of engineers to develop the robot, the disassembly process code was performed by an internal team. From development to continuously optimize the whole robot, took three years.

The new Daisy robot is the improved version of Liam, used the parts of Liam, can remove the nine version of the iPhone, per hour can be removed as many as 200 iPhones, and recycling of high-quality components.

By separation of fine to do so, the company can according to the component materials, need this material to sell them to the company for recycling, or assembled into new iPhone products, rather than some of the traditional way of electronic waste, directly after smashing products on landfills in a landfill.

The first robot to Daisy has to start working in Austin, Texas, the second stage will be decorated in breda, the Netherlands.

The author thinks that Apple can be some of the dismantling robot auto parts recycling and reuse of standardization, especially waste power battery electric vehicle brought by the rapid development of processing.

On February 26, 2018, the ministry and other seven ministries jointly issued "the new energy vehicle power battery recycling management interim measures", in principle, to encourage, on the basis of comprehensive utilization of power battery, also clearly stipulated in the new energy vehicles to scrap when required, should be sent to the retrieving and dismantling scrapped automobiles companies remove the battery power. At the same time, all of the power battery (battery leasing operation enterprises) waste power battery should be transferred to the recycling service network.

And in the process of power battery and dismantling, human improper operation or not professional processing is likely to lead to a lithium battery is damaged, or even puncture, danger and damage to the environment.

Apple has been proved by Liam robot automatic disassembly can greatly reduce the possibility of these risks.

It is important to note that the ministry released on November 14, 2017 the state encourages the development of the major environmental protection technology and equipment of directory (2017 edition) "(draft), of the 140 major involved in green technology and equipment, waste power battery is automatic disassembly this a complete set of equipment, and made a detailed description.

Waste power battery automation and dismantling key technology of complete sets of equipment including power battery module nondestructive apart; After removal of the non-metallic waste processing technology; Power battery monomer mixed feeding automatic dismantling technologies.

Need to want to get a reward policy, encourage the directory it must achieve the following technical indicators: monomer feed / 30 times; Monomer processing speed of 60 s/a; Batteries emergence rate of > 97%.

Although at present on the network can search to a lot of similar patents to promote, but real production or equipment has been put into use also need more stringent testing and inspection.

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