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Eco-Friendly Metal Recovery Technology for Waste Printed Circuit Boards

PCB Recycling
Metal Recovery
Urban Mining
Precious Metals
E-waste Management

overview

This indigenous, environmentally safe process enables efficient recovery of valuable and precious metals from spent printed circuit boards through depopulation, shredding, smelting, electro-refining, and hydrometallurgy. Optimized at pilot scale, it is suitable for recycling mobile, laptop, server, and computer motherboards. Six months of technical hand-holding supports commercial plant establishment.

  • 7

    TRL

  • 0

    Number of units currently deployed

  • 60

    No. of days or hours of training required

Key Features

  • Environmentally Safe –Minimizes hazardous emissions and residues.
  • Indigenously Developed –Process equipment and parameters optimized locally.
  • Versatile –Applicable to various medium- and high-value PCBs.

Functionality

Contact Us

R Ratheesh

Centre for Materials for Electronics Technology (C-MET), Ida Phase III, HCL, Post, Cherlapalli, Hyderabad

Email: ratheesh[at]cmet[dot]gov[dot]in

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