Carmelo Brocato
Bio
Carmelo Maria Brocato was born in 1961 in Cefalù (Sicily), better known as the “Pearl of Mediterranean Sea”.
Carmelo followed a scientific school Education at Liceo Scientifico Alessandro Volta of Milan and in 1987 he received the Master Degree in Mechanical Engineering at the Polytechnic of Milan.
He started working in early 1988 after completion of Military Service, as Design Engineer in the industry of Italian Railway. Then, he operated for almost three years in capacity of Project Manager and Site Engineer for SOL, the Italian multinational company operating in Gas Industry.
Since 1992 he started the commercial activity in international markets firstly for process plants devoted to Pharmaceutical Industry and five years later, he joined Continuus-Properzi, the historical market leader for heavy, capital-intensive plants devoted to the non-ferrous industry. In this Company he served also the Board of Directors in capacity of Vice President.
After a short staying in Danieli in capacity of Vice President of the new Business Unit devoted to Al and Cu process plants, in January 2022, he joined Engitec in capacity of Commercial & Marketing Directors.
Carmelo owns three Patents and one of this is still valid and has been realized under Engitec umbrella.
Carmelo has written and presented more than forty papers in international symposiums and various technical articles edited by prominent magazines and journals in the concerned industries.
It has been said that “continuous changes are the only constant in our lives” and this assumption is absolutely valid in all the aspects including the concept design of the so-called capital equipment. It goes without saying, that in advanced engineering companies the leader of the team that defines the concept design of the equipment must take into consideration the rapid changes of the industry where the equipment will operate. This general introduction suits perfectly to our battery recycling industry where it is well-known that the industrial & traction batteries i.e. the “DIN type”, have a higher content of lead and are therefore potentially able to grant the user of the plant a higher profit, but are very difficult to be processed in standard breaking and separation plants. The author of this paper illustrates the technological jump pursued by Engitec in the design and manufacturing of the new Heavy Duty Hammer Mill and product separation line that allows processing up to 100% of such batteries with very interesting acceleration in the ROI. Further innovations are also illustrated.
