Equipment Report

BHS INSTALLS SINGLE-STREAM SYSTEMS

Oregon Recycling Systems, Portland, Ore., and West County Resource Recovery, Richmond, Calif., are now processing up to 15 and up to 25 tons per hour respectively of mixed recyclables.

According to Sharon Meyering of BHS, both systems incorporate screens for the mechanical separation of cardboard, newsprint, mixed paper and fines. Clean, negatively sorted fiber commodities are created, resulting in a significant reduction in labor costs.

Fuchs-Terex Inc., Wilmington, N.C., has added seven new dealers to its roster serving the scrap, recycling, logging and port shipping industries in North America.

The new dealers are:

• Continental Equipment Co., Dallas,
with five locations in Texas.

• Colton Equipment Co., La Mirada,
Calif.

• METRAC, Atlanta, serving logging
and scrap customers.

• RECO Equipment Inc. of Morristown,
Ohio, with six locations in Ohio.

• Linder Industrial Machinery Co., Plant
City, Fla., eight locations serving Florida and southern Georgia.

A new line of mobile shears from Genesis Equipment & Manufacturing Inc., Superior, Wisc., is designed to allow mobile shear owners to perform complete piercing tip maintenance on their shears and return to work in less than half an hour.

Genesis XP Series shears, available in 14 models and sizes, offer a bolt-on piercing tip that, according to company president Bruce Bacon, will help shear owners dramatically.

"Maintenance to the piercing tip has traditionally meant a long and involved welding procedure which, given the actual procedure time and the time needed for welds to cool properly, put the shear out of commission for a full work day," he notes. "XP Series shears are designed so that the full piercing tip assembly can be replaced and the shear can be back at work within half an hour. In addition, the new patent-pending tip is designed and manufactured of materials that will last up to four times longer than standard piercing tips," he adds.

In addition to the dramatic reduction in maintenance-related time, the new shears also provide processors with a 10 percent increase in power, according to Bacon.

"[The new tip technology] coupled with a longer cylinder stroke that provides a 10 percent boost in power across the processing spectrum — at the throat, apex and piercing tip — will directly impact the bottom lines of scrap recyclers," he remarks.

Additional features cited by Bacon include structural reinforcements to better distribute the shear’s cutting forces; an enhanced upper jaw design for added strength; and a new, four-way indexable guide blade with four edges that uses threaded bolts, thereby eliminating the need for traditional nuts and washers.

More information on the XP Series and other Genesis products can be found at the company’s Web site, www.genesisequip.com.

American Pulverizer Co. and Hustler Conveyor Co., St. Louis, are now manufacturing eddy current separators incorporating the patented rotors of the Huron Valley Magnetics Division, Trenton, Mich.

"The exclusive license agreement allows American Pulverizer and Hustler Conveyor to utilize our expertise in conveyor design to supply a unique and user-friendly eddy current," says American Pulverizer’s Skip Anthony. "Also, this arrangement will enable Huron Valley to offer complete nonferrous separation systems and allow us to offer a proven eddy current separator along with our many other product lines."

American Pulverizer and Hustler Conveyor have been manufacturing complete shredding and separation systems for ferrous and nonferrous materials since 1908. "Our experience in shredding and material handling, coupled with Huron Valley’s innovative separation experience, allows us to offer the latest in processing and separation for a variety of materials processing needs," adds Anthony.

He notes that the companies will have the ability to run tests on sample materials at Hustler’s St. Charles, Mo., facility before designing a system to meet specific recycling needs.

More information on the companies’ equipment can be found at the www.ampulverizer.com Web site.