Equipment Report

MCINTTYRE NAMES NORTH AMERICAN DISTRIBUTOR

J. McIntyre Machinery, a United Kingdom-based maker of hydraulic alligator shears, has announced the appointment of Recycling Equipment Corp. (REC), Souderton, Pa., as the exclusive North American distributor of its complete line of metal cleaning shears. Most models and parts for existing shears can be shipped within 24 hours from the new U.S. location.

The first McIntyre 4000 shear to be imported into the U.S. under the new agreement has gone to Madden Trading in Knoxville, Tenn. The machine was exhibited at the recent ISRI convention in Las Vegas, and was purchased from the J. McIntyre Machinery Ltd. booth.

The McIntyre 4000 was developed to meet stringent European safety standards and features guarding of all moving parts including the hydraulic components. The new machine was well received by visitors to the ISRI exhibition, according to Sally Johnson, managing director of J. McIntyre Machinery.

Although McIntyre shears are well established in America, this is the first shipment to the U.S. in more than 18 months, following the demise of J. McIntyre Machinery Ltd.’s former distributor, McIntyre America.

"We had a fantastic ISRI show with our new distributor REC," says Johnson. "We received strong inquiries, and it is actually some years since we sold a shear straight off the stand at an American exhibition. We think that this is a good indication that the market has really started to improve." 

The cable stripper designed by Greenberg Engineering Co., Bala Cynwyd, Pa., is celebrating its 65th birthday in 2002, according to company president William B. Greenberg.

The stripping device, which separates plastic sheathing from the copper or aluminum cable within, was designed by William’s father Elmer H. Greenberg in 1937. Ten years later, William joined his father in making and selling the machines, so it is also the 55th anniversary of his involvement in the scrap industry.

William says the machines are just as productive and helpful as ever. "Now that we all must be as efficient as possible, it is important to make as much profit as available on every pound of metal moving through a utility scrap processing operation. When insulated cable is passed on to another processor to recover the copper or aluminum, the ability to accurately determine the exact metal content is lost," Greenberg comments.

The Greenberg models are billed as "self-adjusting," with multiple openings and "floating" shafts that offer continual cutting when fed different sizes of cable, rather than needing to be constantly adjusted.

Greenberg Engineering now offers seven different models of cable and wire strippers, with different models having the ability to handle wire as thin as 1/16th of an inch to as thick as 3-1/2 inches-thick cable.