A partnership of combined excellence

Backed by the deep industrial expertise of Inserma

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30 years of extensive experience in industrial innovation

Inserma is a technology provider with deep expertise in metal and magnetic detection, robotics, and automated sorting systems with over 30 years of experience. Inserma technologies include a range of automated pre-processing systems for rare-earth magnet-containing scrap streams, complementary to HyProMag USA’s HPMS technology, supporting efficient, scalable magnet recovery.

First-generation Inserma pre-processing units for HDDs, loudspeakers and electric motors have been successfully demonstrated in the EU-funded SUSMAGPRO, REESILIENCE projects have been conducted in partnership with HyProMag, University of Birmingham, University of Pforzheim, Mkango Polska, RISE and other partners, led by Prof. Carlo Burkhardt, founding Director of HyProMag GmbH.

An upgraded, next-generation, fully automated unit for commercial pre-processing of HDDs was recently successfully trialled with thousands of HDD’s at HyProMag GmbH’s site in Germany, providing feed for processing in the HPMS pilot plant located at the University of Birmingham.

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Enabling efficient magnet recovery

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Expected Voice Coil Motor (VCM) removal in less than 3 seconds per HDD

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Secure data destruction of the remainder of the HDD can remain on the site

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Removal of the rare-earth magnet reduces the costs and carbon footprint of subsequent shredding

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Simultaneous removal of center spindle for shredding and reducing blade breakage

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No heat treatment or dismantling required, enabling low-carbon short-loop magnet recovery

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Printed Circuit Board Assembly (PCBA) removal under development

Technology partnership framework

Under an agreement between Maginito and Inserma, the companies will work exclusively in complementary fields.

  • Maginito will assist Inserma with marketing Inserma products and technologies internationally by introducing Inserma to potential customers with whom Maginito is engaging for scrap feed supply, including major hyperscale data centre providers, shredding companies and other potential customers.
  • Maginito will assist with arranging funding, where required, for R&D prototypes, demonstration and commercial plants for deployment internationally, including the initial purchase within the next 12 months by HyProMag, HyProMag GmbH and HyProMag USA LLC (“HyProMag USA”) of three HDD pre-processing units (“Inserma Processing Units”) for Germany (delivered), the UK and the United States at a cost of approximately 40 thousand Euros per unit.
  • Inserma will work exclusively with Maginito in the field of rare earths, and Maginito will work exclusively with Inserma in the field of pre-processing solutions for HDDs, loudspeakers and certain aspects of magnet recovery from electric motors, subject to Inserma’s continued ongoing support during commissioning, operation and product development of respective pre-processing units, and to achieving certain technical milestones validated by continuous commercial tests at facilities of HyProMag, HyProMag GmbH and HyProMag USA.
  • Maginito will receive an automatic sub-licence for Inserma intellectual property developed to date in relation to rare earth magnet recovery at zero cost for the period of the agreement, being two years, automatically extended thereafter for six-month periods.
  • Both Maginito and Inserma will work together to implement the business model for commercialisation, scale-up and international roll-out of the Inserma technologies in parallel with HyProMag technologies, including:
    • Joint marketing of pre-processing units for magnet recovery globally
    • Inserma’s building, installing, selling or leasing the unit to Maginito/HyProMag or to a third-party customer
    • Inserma providing technical support to commission and maintain the unit
    • Maginito’s exclusive offtake rights for pre-processed scrap from the customer.