Waste management (New York, N.Y.)ColorHyperspectral ImagingMachine LearningPlasticsRecycling
Black plastic identification by hyperspectral imaging in mid-wave infrared.
Lukas Roming, Felix Kronenwett, Paul Bäcker, Jerardh Josekutty, Georg Maier, Thomas Längle
Published: 202610.1016/j.wasman.2025.115175
Abstract
Sensor-based sorters operating in the Near-Infrared (NIR) range are commonly used to sort post-consumer plastics. However, this method fails, when the NIR light is fully absorbed by carbon black pigments, which are present in black plastics. Mid-Wave…
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