Equipment Innovations Roundup

The Film Grabber from Bollegraaf Recycling Machinery, based in The Netherlands, is designed to mechanically remove plastic film from other material. The Film Grabber features a revolving drum with movable spikes. Before material reaches the Film Grabber via conveyor, a flow of air blows the film slightly upward, allowing the unit’s spikes to grab it and remove it from the other material. On top of the drum, the spikes withdraw, leaving the film lying on the drum, where it can then be sucked up. The remaining material drops beneath the film grabber onto another conveyor belt. More information is available at www.bollegraaf.com or from Van Dyk Baler Corp., the company’s distributor in North America, at www.vandykbaler.com.

The Scorpion engine puller from SAS of Luxemburg Ltd., Luxemburg, Wis., mounts to a wheel loader’s three- or four-pin attach with or without a quick coupler. It is designed for use with wheel loaders weighing more than 28,000 pounds. With a hydraulic system that requires only one auxiliary hydraulic function, the Scorpion removes engines and transmissions from scrap vehicles in less than 60 seconds, according to SAS. It also can harvest additional copper and aluminum from the dash, radiators, condensers and A/C evaporators. The Scorpion engine puller is mounted on SAS heavy-duty crushing forks designed for severe duty applications with solid steel forged fork blades and a high-tensile steel carriage. More information is available at www.sasforks.com.