Equipment Report

United Group OFFERS EPA Compliance Package

United Group Inc., Topeka, Kan., has created an EPA compliance package to help sweat furnace owners comply with new EPA regulations. The new regulations say the sweat furnace afterburner must be operated at 1,600 degrees. To show that a sweat furnace is meeting this regulation, the afterburner portion of the furnace now has to be equipped with an electronic device that monitors the operating temperature continuously.

United Group has been working with the EPA on how recording equipment must store data and how reporting software must compile the recorded data. United Group now offers a software program for this requirement that is available for most sweat furnaces.

Dealers Join MFTA

MFTA Inc., Mississsagua, Ontario, has signed three new dealers to service Canada. Neil MacKinnon Mechanical Services Ltd. will provide Mitsubishi Fuso trucks to the Medicine Hat, Alberta, area. Central Alberta Diesel & Equipment Repairs Ltd., also in the Alberta area, will serve areas around Red Deer County. Expressway Volvo, Maidstone, Ontario, will serve Windsor and the surrounding area.

"The addition of these three MFTA Canada dealers provides us with a strong presence in the Canadian market," says Robert E. McDowell, MFTA executive vice president and COO. "All three dealerships have demonstrated their commitment to Mitsubishi Fuso and the medium duty truck industry."

Installations

Bollegraaf Sorting System Installed

A Bollegraaf paper sorting system, including screens, an air system, feed conveyors and a Bollegraaf HBC 100F baler, has been installed at Angelus Western in Los Angeles by Van Dyk Baler Co., Stamford, Conn.

According to Van Dyk, the new sorting system is designed to process from 10 to 15 tons per hour of office paper, old corrugated containers and other paper grades.

The sorting system and accompanying baler resulted in a doubling of production capacity and decreased both energy and labor costs, according to a Van Dyk press release.

Norwegian Recycler Chooses Presona

Norsk Gjenvinning, one of Norway’s largest recycling companies, is installing a Presona LP 140CH baler. The machine can handle cardboard, paper, PET and HDPE plastic, plastic film, aluminum and other recyclable commodities, and can bale up to 50 tons per hour of some commodities.

The LP 140CH comes with a touchscreen control center and has a compression force of 210 tons. It is manufactured by Presona AB of Ystad, Sweden.

Texas Shredder is Commissioned

Consolidated Scrap Resources, Harrisburg, Pa., is commissioning its new Texas Shredder in January.

The 98/104 plant, made by Texas Shredder Inc., San Antonio, features a Smart Water Injection System, a 4,000 hp Alstom electric motor, dual ferrous picking conveyors, dual in-line eddy currents, a 60-inch Z-box, and Hawkeye production management software.

CSR, with three Pennsylvania locations, was formed in 1999 through the merger of B. Abrams & Sons Inc. of Harrisburg and L. Lavetan & Sons Inc. of York.

The company expects to produce 10,000 tons of shredded scrap per month at its 27-acre Harrisburg site, using feedstock that has for many years been shipped out of south central Pennsylvania for shredders in other regions.

Columbus-McKinnon Primary Shredder

Columbus McKinnon Corp., Sarasota, Fla., has sold its first Primary Shredder to a power company in the U.K. The new machine can process steel-belted car, truck and smaller off-road vehicle tires. It was shipped to Energy Power Resources in Bristol, England.

Allegheny Upgrades Web Site

Allegheny Paper Shredders Corp., Delmont, Pa., has upgraded its Web site, which users can find at www.alleghenyshredders.com.

The site now offers visitors more information on Allegheny as a company and the product line it offers, including personal paper shredders to high-volume shredding systems that can process up to 15 tons of paper per hour.

Additionally, the site offers tips on how to establish a successful commercial shredding service.

GBB Picked by Philadelphia

Gershman, Brickner & Bratton Inc. (GBB), Fairfax, Va., has been retained by the City of Philadelphia to identify and implement changes to its solid waste services.

According to a GBB news release, the company will review the current services being offered, will help create a business plan to implement a fee-for-service structure for non-residential generators served by the City and will oversee the bids for new long-term transfer and disposal contracts.

Philadelphia’s Sanitation Division provides recycling collection and processing services, as well as solid waste hauling and disposal services, to more than 500,000 households generating more than 750,000 tons of waste and recyclables per year.