RE: Hyperscale16 Mar 2026 07:25
William Dawes’ Post
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/william-dawes-50881352_hypromag-usa-commissions-inserma-system-in-activity-7439207602997288960-Kc0j?rcm=ACoAADwwVbYBydBP7dz1Yo5clmEStb2paNQ71as
HyProMag USA and Intelligent Lifecycle Solutions Limited (ILS) commission INSERMA ANOIA SL Rare Earth Magnet pre-processing system in South Carolina
✅ Commissioning of Inserma hard disk drive magnet pre-processing system at the ILS facility in Williston, South Carolina
✅ Operational milestone advances U.S. rare earth magnet recycling platform and supports domestic supply chains for advanced manufacturing and AI infrastructure
✅ The Williston site houses two automated mobile skid-mounted Inserma pre-processing units that separate magnet assemblies from end-of-life hard disk drives in approximately three seconds per drive, with combined capacity exceeding 60,000 drives per week.
We now have two INSERMA ANOIA SL units commissioned in both USA and UK - Germany to follow with HyProMag GmbH
Mkango Resources Ltd. subsidiary HyProMag Ltd commissioned the second UK Inserma Unit at Tyseley Energy Park Birmingham last week as follows: https://lnkd.in/eaNzZFnA
Highlighted by HyProMag Ltd Technical Manager, Dr Rob Arnold, in the following video: https://lnkd.in/e-sE9H3X
The separated magnet assembly from INSERMA ANOIA SL processing provides an ideal concentrated feedstock for the Hydrogen Processing of Magnet Scrap (HPMS) technology
Major benefits for sustainable, secure and low-cost recycling of HDDs:
✅ Rapid automated recovery of magnet assembly and PCBA for recovery of rare earths and precious metals in separate product streams;
✅ Based on work to-date, magnet and PCBA removal occurs in approximately 3 seconds per HDD, with further opportunities to reduce processing times, and the potential to process more than 30,000 HDDs (approximately 15 tonnes HDDs) per unit per 5 day week on a single 8 hour shift with the option to run multiple pre-processing units on multiple shifts;
✅ Avoids shredding of magnet and precious metal containing components, thereby maximising value recovery;
Simultaneous removal of magnet and centre spindle further facilitates subsequent shredding, and reduces blade breakage, costs and carbon footprint;
✅ Secure data destruction of the remainder of the HDD can remain on site;
✅ No heat treatment or dismantling required for magnet recovery, and production of separated streams facilitates downstream processes;
✅ Processing of the magnet stream by HPMS produces a clean powder for either short loop recycling or long loop chemical processing, which are at commercial and pilot scale at Tyseley, respectively.
Contact: magnets@hypromag.com