Design and implementation of a Hall Effect sensor array applied to recycling hard drive magnets

Ryan J. Daniels; Timothy McIntyre; Roger Kisner; Stephen Killough; Roberto Lenarduzzi

doi:10.1109/SECON.2015.7132879

Design and implementation of a Hall Effect sensor array applied to recycling hard drive magnets

Ryan J. Daniels, Timothy McIntyre, Roger Kisner, Stephen Killough, Roberto Lenarduzzi

RF and Intelligent Systems

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Abstract

Rare earths are an important resource for many electronic components and technologies. Examples abound including Neodymium magnets used in mobile devices and computer hard disk drives (HDDs) and in a variety of renewable energy technologies (e.g., wind turbines). More than 23,000 metric tons of Neodymium are processed annually; less than 1% is recycled. An economic system to assist in recycling magnet material from post-consumer goods, such as neodymium iron boron magnets commonly found in HDDs, is presented. A central component of this recycling measurement system uses an array of 128 Hall Effect sensors arranged in two columns to detect the magnetic flux lines orthogonal to the HDD. Results found using the system to scan planar shaped objects (e.g., HDDs) to identify and spatially locate rare earth magnets for removal and recycling from HDDs are presented. Other applications of the sensor array for identification and localization of magnetic components and assemblies are presented.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	IEEE SoutheastCon 2015 - Conference Proceedings
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Edition	June
ISBN (Electronic)	9781467373005
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/SECON.2015.7132879
State	Published - Jun 24 2015
Event	IEEE SoutheastCon 2015 - Fort Lauderdale, United States Duration: Apr 9 2015 → Apr 12 2015

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Name	Conference Proceedings - IEEE SOUTHEASTCON
Number	June
Volume	2015-June
ISSN (Print)	1091-0050
ISSN (Electronic)	1558-058X

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Conference	IEEE SoutheastCon 2015
Country/Territory	United States
City	Fort Lauderdale
Period	04/9/15 → 04/12/15

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Hall Effect sensors
hard drives
magnets

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Daniels, R. J., McIntyre, T., Kisner, R., Killough, S., & Lenarduzzi, R. (2015). Design and implementation of a Hall Effect sensor array applied to recycling hard drive magnets. In IEEE SoutheastCon 2015 - Conference Proceedings (June ed.). Article 7132879 (Conference Proceedings - IEEE SOUTHEASTCON; Vol. 2015-June, No. June). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/SECON.2015.7132879

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Daniels, RJ, McIntyre, T, Kisner, R, Killough, S & Lenarduzzi, R 2015, Design and implementation of a Hall Effect sensor array applied to recycling hard drive magnets. in IEEE SoutheastCon 2015 - Conference Proceedings. June edn, 7132879, Conference Proceedings - IEEE SOUTHEASTCON, no. June, vol. 2015-June, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., IEEE SoutheastCon 2015, Fort Lauderdale, United States, 04/9/15. https://doi.org/10.1109/SECON.2015.7132879

Design and implementation of a Hall Effect sensor array applied to recycling hard drive magnets. / Daniels, Ryan J.; McIntyre, Timothy; Kisner, Roger et al.
IEEE SoutheastCon 2015 - Conference Proceedings. June. ed. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2015. 7132879 (Conference Proceedings - IEEE SOUTHEASTCON; Vol. 2015-June, No. June).

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Daniels RJ, McIntyre T, Kisner R, Killough S, Lenarduzzi R. Design and implementation of a Hall Effect sensor array applied to recycling hard drive magnets. In IEEE SoutheastCon 2015 - Conference Proceedings. June ed. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2015. 7132879. (Conference Proceedings - IEEE SOUTHEASTCON; June). doi: 10.1109/SECON.2015.7132879

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