Equipment Report

Lefort Delivers Shear to U.S.

Lefort USA has delivered and set up a 1200T Lefort Amazon, shipped from Belgium to H. Fligeltaub, Evansville, Ind. The 180-ton machine was assembled and operating in less than four days, the fastest Lefort USA installation yet. H. Fligeltaub has been processing more than 38 tons of two-foot scrap with the 625-horsepower machine.

J&K Adding Shredder Plant

J&K Salvage, York, Pa., has purchased and is currently installing a 66-inch Newell 8104 auto shredder. The shredder, previously owned by Royal Green, Temple, Pa., is expected to be operational at the J&K site in December.

J&K owner Joe Darrah and operations manager Jerry Sweigart say crushed autos and white goods are expected to be the most common feedstock at the J&K shredding site.

J.V. Manufacturing Adds Dallas Site

J.V. Manufacturing has opened its Dallas Service Center, a facility that will offer complete parts, service and equipment installation. Patti Whaley, formerly of Novus Systems Inc., will manage the new office. J.V Manufacturing also has plants in Springdale, Ark. and Sacramento, Calif.

Ely Enterprises Opens Chicago Facility

Ely Enterprises Inc., Cleveland, has opened a new sales and service facility in Chicago. The addition makes Ely one of the largest distributors of industrial recycling equipment in the Midwest. Ely has locations in Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, West Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin and Michigan.

Texas Shredder Inc.'s Rotor Sales Up

Texas Shredder Inc., San Antonio, has booked orders for 20 new or rebuilt shredder rotors in the past eleven months, a pace that the company describes as “booming.” The company offers rotors for all types of shredders, with rotor types including the six-arm “spider,” the four-arm “spider,” and rotors made with “no weld” discs.

Sales Agreement Penned

Louis P. Batson Co., Greenville, S.C., has signed an exclusive sales agreement with Fluid Engineering Co. (FLENCO) to sell their lubrication systems. FLENCO was founded in 1988 as a joint venture between two companies operating in the production of components for the centralized lubrication industry.

Product ranges include applications for progressive, single and dual line distribution systems. FLENCO also offers specific systems for automatic lubrication of conveyors and transfer lines, fittings, flow meters and pressure switches.

Louis P. Batson Co. also signed an agreement with Racol Automation and Machine Specialties Inc., Chattanooga, Tenn., to make their Bale Buster. Racol features the BB 500 Bale Buster System, which cuts bands on bales of cotton or fibers. The design helps eliminate manual cutting of straps and bands, allowing the operator to stay on the fork lift.

John Deere Construction Equipment Co.

Deertrax™, the newest product from John Deere Construction Equipment Co., is now available. The DeereTrax Equipment Tracking System can pinpoint the location of equipment on the worksite as well as the number of hours each machine has logged.

The kit allows users to track equipment, regardless of make or model. The kit mounts onto the machine, contains two antennae, one communication and one Global Positioning System, a communications controller and a wiring harness.

Location information is received from the GPS satellite system and synchronized to the internal clock. At any time information can be viewed through the computer and be directed to maintenance software or a provided spreadsheet.

Daewoo Adds Dealer

Daewoo Heavy Industries America Corp., Suwanee, Ga., has added Linder Equipment, Tulare, Calif., as a dealer. “Linder Equipment is located in an area where Daewoo can really expand its reach and bring it new customers,” says Tim O’Malley, vice president of distribution sales for DHIAC’s Construction Division.

Jim Dokken of Linder Equipment says, “The Daewoo loader line will enhance our position in our trade area, as all large dairies utilize wheel loaders for a variety of essential functions. We also see potential for Daewoo wheel loaders in our construction and rental markets.”

Companies Announce Alliance

Cleating Resources, Portland, and Trico Belting, Cincinnati, have announced a corporate alliance to provide fabricated conveyor belting and WallMaster™ sidewall belts to the Midwest and Eastern U.S. resale and OEM markets.

Trico Belting is a lightweight-belting wholesaler operated out of a 65,000-square-foot facility. The company offers a range of fabricated plied-PVC, RMV, monofilament and nylon core belting. Cleating Resources offers hot-vulcanized cleated belting in both white food-grade and heavier black rubber for industrial applications.

The companies will operate independently of each other.

Thomas Equipment LTD.

Thomas Equipment Ltd. is launching an $8.2 million expansion of its manufacturing facilities to double production capacity. Construction began in early July and is scheduled to be completed in January 2001. More than 37,000 square feet will be added to the facility. Additions will include improvements to the production line, including two new laser cutting machines, a robot welding installation and a new powder paint system.

“The expanded and modernized plant will vastly increase our production efficiency and allow us to double our volume of skid steer loaders,” says Neil D’Souza, president.

American Baler Names New Dealers

American Baler Co., Belevue, Ohio, has named three new dealers—Roadrunner Paper, Columbus Industries Inc. and Environmental Equipment Services—raising the company’s dealer total to 28 companies.

Roadrunner Paper services New Mexico, while Columbus Industries services mid-western Illinois. Environmental Equipment serves Arizona. American Baler has added five new dealers to their dealer network this year, which has been the focus of their growth, says Joe Szany, general sales manager.

INSTALLATIONS

National Recycling Services Purches Al-Jon Baler

An eighth Al-jon baler has been purchased by National Recycling Services, Erie, Pa. Howard Lincoln, managing director of the company, says a good service record by Al-jon helped close the deal. “Al-jon’s service department consistently walks my men through the repair on the phone, step by step,” he says.

He also says that Al-jon’s machines meet weight requirements for highway transportation and no special permits are needed.

American Baler Installs T-Rex

American Baler Co., Bellevue, Ohio, has manufactured and delivered the company’s largest baler, a custom-designed T-Rex model for Dalton Enterprises, Anaheim, Calif.

The T-Tex features an 80” by 70” hopper and a pre-press ram that helps eliminate the problem of binding. A custom 12-inch diameter hydraulic cylinder replaces the standard 10-inch cylinder and delivers more than 339,000 pounds of compression force. “This is an engineering milestone for us,” says Joe Szany, general sales manager at American Baler. “The T-Rex can bale up to 30 tons of OCC per hour—up from the pervious 23 tons per hour.”

Bale Tie Machine Starts Production

Midwest Bale Ties Inc., Crawfordsville, Ind., has announced the company’s second and third bale tie machines are in operation. The units can produce bale ties in lengths of 8 to 21 feet long and wire sizes 11 to 16 gauge. Midwest offers bale ties in four package types—straight; circular on wire carriers; circular on pallets and circular in Gaylord boxes.

Texas Shredder Purchases Announced

American Iron & Metal, Montreal, Canada, has purchased a 98/104 Heavy Duty Shredding System from Texas Shredder. The shredder is scheduled to be operational mid-year. The system includes an infeed conveyor, a Riverside spider rotor, dual axial magnetic drums, a “Smart” Water Injection System and dual eddy current systems.

Consolidated Scrap Resources, Harrisburg and York, Penn. has added a new Texas Shredder 98/104 NG Dual Discharge Shredding System at its Harrisburg site. CSR ordered the system to process more than 6,000 tons per month of shredder feedstock and to attract feedstock that has left the area for higher prices elsewhere.

The Texas Shredder system features an Alstom 4,000 horsepower low-RPM, wound electric motor, along with features such as “Smart” Water Injection System, removable front wall design, “no-weld” disc rotor and “smart float” hydraulic system. A CSR spokesman says the firm is “very enthusiastic” about the shredding system at the Harrisburg site.

Allied Metal Installs Analysis System

Allied Metal Co., Chicago, has installed a new, future-ready metallurgical analysis system. The Angstrom V-950 spectrometer performs analysis functions that zinc alloy casting customers require for the trace elements tin, cadmium and lead.

Telsmith Jaw Crusher

The first installation of Telsmith’s 3583 jaw crusher was completed in the Atlanta, Ga.- area. The 3583 features a hydraulic relief system and is designed to allow the operator to open the crusher and discharge any material if the jaw is full of product and the machine should stop for any reason. The system also protects from temporary overload and features reversible jaw dies as well.

Wheel Loaders Help Crush Cars for Local Recycler

A portable crushing machine and a small fleet of wheel loaders and skid steers help A to Z Recycling, Wichita, Kan., crush 250 tons of cars a day. “We’re completely mobile and can to where the cars are,” says Vince Wilson, co-owner of A to Z Recycling. “Salvage yards contact us and when they have a load to be recycled, we go out, crush and take them away.”

The portable crushing machine can crush five cars at a time, which are loaded onto flatbed trucks. The cars are then hauled to Chaparral Steel Co., Middlothian, Texas, and melted down into items such as reinforcing bars for concrete construction.

Wilson says he was able to customize a Case 95XT with bigger cylinders from Case for the 7-foot grapple-bucket attachment. “We’re able to pick up a car with the Case 95XT and either place it on the five-car pile to be put into the crusher by one of our wheel loaders or the skid steer places it in the crusher,” he says.

Wilson had high compliments for the 95XT’s maneuverability and efficiency. “We call our 95XT the ‘pig’ because it noses its way into a job, gets it done and needs very little in the way of maintenance.”

EQUIPMENT ON THE WEB

Bes-Pac Updates Web Site

The second generation Web site of Bes-Pac Inc. was announced, and the site now offers parts ordering online, answers to frequently asked questions and compactor troubleshooting. Product information for front load, roll-off and recycling containers and balers are on the site. Product quotes can be requested also.

“Bes-Pac’s second generation site provides more than just information, our customers can specify the compactor they need, the options they want and submit this to Bes-Pac to receive a quotation,” says Danny James, vice president of sales and marketing for Bes-Pac.

The site can be found at www.bespac.com.

CAT Launches Industrial Engine Web Site

Caterpillar Engine Division has launched a Web site for those looking for an engine to suit their needs. www.CAT-Industrial.com provides information on engines for the construction, forestry, agriculture, material handling, mining, locomotive and building services industries. Cat’s individual line of engines are also profiled on the site and spec sheets are linked to each engine.

CP Manufacturing Buys Contec

CP Manufacturing, National City, Calif., has acquired Countec Inc., Des Moines, Iowa. Countec was formally a division of Portec Industries.

Robert Davis, president of CP Manufacturing, says the purchase is an opportunity to join with another company that has similar product lines and sells to a similar market. He says both companies will continue to have a strong presence in their market sectors. The companies will operate as separate entities and will support each other in the marketplace.

Metal Mangement Selling Equipment OnlineMetal Management, Chicago, has added used equipment sales of scrap processing and construction equipment to their Web site, www.mtlm.com. A complete inventory, along with color photos of equipment for sale, is available. Interested buyers can also contact Metal Management directly.

INSTALLATIONS

Al-Jon Baler Installed

Shapiro Recycling Systems LLC, Dickson, Tenn., has purchased an Al-jon 401 baler. The owners are pleased with the difference the addition to their facility has made. "The fact that the Al-jon baler has its own charge system, we no longer have to delegate another piece of equipment to our baling process," says Denny Bordeau. "We also make use of the portability of the baler. It is more efficient for us to bale off-site and only transport the standard bales and logs."

Wooster I&M

Wooster I&M, Wooster, Ohio, has commissioned a new heavy duty infeed conveyor from Texas Shredders. The conveyor design features horizontal loading and top sections to facilitate material input into the TSI 80/104 Dual Discharge shredder. Wooster I&M expects to increase shredder production and to reduce repair costs with the new purchase.

FUCH's MHL 360 Scrap Handler

Annaco Inc., Akron, recently installed a FUCHS MHL 360 rubber tired scrap handler with grapple for their scrap yard. Milliron Recycling, Mansfield, also installed a MHL 360 in their Ohio yard. It will work on multiple jobs such as feeding the primary baler and loading rail cars.

Altek Dross Press Installed

Nam Sung Aluminum, Pusan, Korea, has purchased an ALTEK Dross Press, replacing an existing "Stirrer" system. Choil Aluminum, a rolling mill in Targu, Korea, also purchased an ALTEK dross press after trying several different methods. An installation is scheduled for October.

CORECO

A CORECO Model 2360 Low Temperature Convection Drier has been purchased by Lavalum S.N.F. Industries, Montreal, Canada. The unit is used to dry aluminum scrap recovered from a wet heavy media system at a rate of up to 10T/hour. This is the second purchase of a CORECO unit. The first is in operation at Metals Recycling Systems, Riverdale, Ill.

Trebor Refurbishing Complete

Trebor Resource Recovery LLC, Jacksonville, Fla., has refurbished a used electrostatic system for a wire chopped in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. B & M Metals purchased the unit from Trebor and it consists of a four pass electrostatic separator, screening equipment, aspirator, material handing equipment, control panels and stands and platforms. The unit is currently processing 2,500 pounds an hour of chopped wire tailings.

This is the second refurbished system Trebor has supplied to a North American wire chopper. It is being installed at a Texas facility and is scheduled for commissioning during the third quarter.

Philadelphia Tramrail Meets Standards

Philadelphia Tramrail has announced that all of their vertical balers now have C.E. approval. The C.E. approval certifies that Philadelphia Tramrail's balers have met all European safety standards. The company's balers and compactors also have UL and Canadian Standard (CS) certification. For more information, visit philadelphiatramrail.com.

EQUIPMENT ON THE WEB

Stellar Industries

Stellar Industries Inc. now has listings of used tire service trucks now available at its Web site, www.tiretruck.com. The list is updated on a weekly basis and included information such as photos, features on the vehicle and contact information. Information about all Stellar product lines are also available at the site, including tire service trucks, hydraulic hooklift loaders, telescoping cranes, air compressors and portable welding systems.

BTI Enters Cyberspace

Breaker Technology Inc. (BTI) has announced its new Web site, www.RockBreaker.com. The site features news and information about the company as well as specifications about product lines. Drawings, dimensions and application data are available.