Equipment Report

HARRIS INTRODUCES NEW LINE OF SHREDDERS

Harris Waste Management Group, Inc. and Harris Press & Shear, Peachtree City, Ga., are entering the shredder business, the company has announced.

The new Harris Shredders division will offer a line of large rotor-diameter shredders. “We elected to aggressively pursue the market with shredders because, one, our worldwide customer base asked us to and two, it compliments Harris’ strategic profile,” says Harris Vice President Doug Sebastian. He says that Harris’ strategy “is to design, manufacture, market, sell and support size reduction equipment,” and to “concentrate and actively pursue market segments where Harris can establish and maintain a leadership position.”

Harris is manufacturing three shredder models, the HS80, HS98 and HS120, which are 80, 98 and 120-inch diameter metal shredders. The shredders include rotor helmet caps, fully capped end discs, a reversible deflector dome, back wall casting and fully interlocked fabrication.

“We felt that the timing is perfect to introduce these shredders, which range in horsepower from 2,000 to 7,000,” says Harris President Mike Tryon.

FUCHS ADDS TWO DEALERS

Fuchs, a German scrap handler maker with offices in Irving, Texas, has added two new North American dealers, according to Tom Sko-dack, marketing manager for Fuchs in North America.

Kirby-Smith, with offices in Tulsa and Oklahoma City, will serve the state of Oklahoma, while AIS Construction Equipment Corp., which has six locations in Michigan, will serve that state.

MSS PAPER SORTING SYSTEM IN OPERATION

Weyerhaeuser Co., Federal Way, Wash., is currently operating a high-speed optical paper sorting system made by MSS Inc., Nashville, Tenn.

“The new high-speed system operates more than a magnitude faster than traditional manual paper grade sorting methods while providing lower labor costs, less variability and higher quality,” says MSS Inc. president Dr. Garry R. Kenny.

The new system, called PaperSortTM by MSS, has been installed at a Weyerhaeuser facility in Baltimore. The system features a sorting line that is four feet wide and runs at 1,200 feet per minute, providing a capacity of 4,400 pounds per hour. According to MSS, that compares to standard lines that move about 75 feet per minute.

As the paper sheets move toward the PaperSort reflective-type sensor, they are spread out in a single layer. Up to 30 objects per second are inspected by the opto-electronics and the optical characteristics of different paper grades for each object are determined. A series of air nozzles removes selected paper grade sheets, including heavy objects such as magazines and newspaper.

SVEDALA SHEAR INSTALLED

A. Tenenbaum Company, Inc., Little Rock, Ark. has installed a Svedala Lindemann LU-800/10 PS 75 scrap shear. Four 125 horsepower motors power the shear, which has a cutting force of 996 tons, a 39 inch knife width and a 25 foot compression box. The shear can make up to seven cuts per minute and has a throughput capacity of 15 to 30 tons per hour. The Lindemann Shear processes #1 steel.

Svedala Industries, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, manufactures technological and replacement equipment for the recycling, construction, mining, aggregate and mineral processing industries.

MELROE MANUFACTURING FACILITIES TO EXPAND

Melroe Company, Fargo, N.D., a wholly owned unit of Ingersoll-Rand Company, is investing $18 million to expand two North Dakota manufacturing facilities in Gwinner and Bismarck.

“With our leading market position and rapid growth in our primary products—Bobcat skid-steer loaders, compact hydraulic excavators and attachments—we are planning to add a total of 138,000 square feet of manufacturing space,” says Chuck Hoge, president of Melroe Company. A 78,000-square-foot addition is underway on the Gwinner, N.D. plant and a 60,000-square-foot addition is planned for the Bismarck, N.D. facility. The Bismarck plant will feature an electro-deposition paint system and an expanded overhead conveyer system.

Melroe manufactures all but one model of its Bobcat skid-steer loader line at the Gwinner plant, as well as several different loader attachments. In Bismarck, the 60,000 square feet of additional space will be built on the south end of the existing 300,000-square-foot main factory building. Excavators, loaders, attachments and hydraulic components are built at the Bismarck facility.

“The two additions provide the floor space needed to rearrange production equipment in a manner that will improve the efficiency of our manufacturing processes,” says Hoge.