Equipment Report

Metso Lindemann’s North American operation, based in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has announced the first U.S. sale of a Metso Lindemann 9000 Power Zerdirator Shredder.

The machine has been sold to CFF Recycling, Houston. CFF Recycling USA, a long-time customer of Metso Lindemann, is part of France’s CFF Recycling, one of the world’s largest scrap metal processors.

The Power Zerdirator is designed to limit dust, noise and vibration, according to a Metso Lindemann news release. Several protective hydraulic features have been incorporated that increase availability and prevent risk of damage from unshreddables, including hydraulic locking of rotor bearings, a hydraulic anvil clamping device, a hydraulic ejection door, as well as a hydraulic device for disassembly of hammer axles. Long-life caps protect the hammer pins and rotor disks and increase the flywheel effect of the rotor, so fewer energy peaks occur, according to the company.

The CFF Houston operation chose the Metso Lindemann shredder "due to its proven dependability, high production, ease of maintenance and economic operation," the company states in a news release.

CFF has also recently purchased a Metso Lindemann 1,380-ton scrap metal shear, as the company grows within its southeast Texas market.

The David J. Joseph Co. (DJJ), Cincinnati, has entered into an agreement to purchase a multi-site license for Scrap Boss from Synergistic Systems, Neptune Beach, Fla.

Scrap Boss is touted as "a complete system for the scrap recycling industry, having container control, trip dispatch and maintenance, real-time driver statuses and an interface to the DJJ/Systems Alternatives International (SAI) business systems."

According to SAI, Maumee, Ohio, the combination of the two systems will provide DJJ with "the most comprehensive dispatch management system within the recycling industry."

Scrap Boss designers relied on knowledge gained from scrap recyclers, including DJJ. It includes technology used in Synergy Dispatch, a software package used by the LTL (less-than-truckload) trucking industry since the early 1990s.

The first installation of Scrap Boss is taking place at River Metals, a wholly owned DJJ subsidiary based in Newport, Ky. Plans then call for Scrap Boss to be rolled out to DJJ’s other scrap processing subsidiaries.

American Baler Co., Bellevue, Ohio, has announced the promotion of several key executives and managers at the recycling equipment company.

David Kowaleski has been promoted to president/general manager. He will "focus on continuous improvements to product offerings, service and turnaround and competitive pricing," according to the company. New product development will also be a focus for Kowaleski.

Additionally, Roger Williams has been promoted to national sales manager. Key responsibilities in this role include supporting the company’s nationwide dealer network and their sales efforts, managing national accounts, and marketing the company’s full line of horizontal, vertical, wide-mouth, single-ram and two-ram balers, focusing primarily on new models. Williams joined American Baler 14 years ago, serving most recently as regional sales manager and sales application engineer.

Also at American Baler, Daniel Schaeffer has been promoted to chief engineer and will be responsible for managing the company’s engineering and production departments. He will also oversee design parameters of new equipment and associated components for American Baler’s full line of horizontal, vertical, wide-mouth, single-ram and two-ram balers. Schaeffer has 18 years experience in the industry, including roles in mechanical drafting, special projects and product safety. He is also a certified fluid power hydraulics specialist.

American Baler has manufactured more than 70,000 balers and sold them into the global market for a variety of applications. The company sells its products through a national sales staff and an extensive dealer network. More information on the company can be found at www.americanbaler.com.

Briquetting Systems of Vancouver, B.C., Canada, is offering systems designed to work in conjunction with conventional paper balers that are ideally suited for eliminating plant paper dust and particulate matter.

Compaction reduces the volume of this material by the order of 10 to 20 times, according to the company’s Wayne Winkler, resulting in a user-friendly format for material handling purposes.

Briquetters can be connected to conventional plant collection cyclones or filters or fitted with their own collector. Paper-related manufacturing companies such as printers, tissue mills and box plants are exploring selling this compacted fiber along with their separately baled scrap paper.

More information on the systems can be found on the Web at www.briquettingsystems.com.

A Magthro eddy current plant designed by Rutherford Light Alloys of Grantham, U.K., has been installed at Northwest Recycling in Houston. The installation project was undertaken by Progressive Design Concepts, Fort Wayne, Ind., distributor of the British equipment to the U.S. market.

The system consists of two lines, each including a vibratory feeder, a drum magnet, a secondary feeder and an eddy current separator. The platform and all of the transfer conveyors were also included.

Alan Walker, president of Northwest Recycling, says the system helps the company recover additional metals, leaving only stainless steel and insulated copper in the residue fraction. "This material is perfect for any heavy media plant," says Walker. "Now we are shipping metal and not dirt. The turnaround has been excellent."

Parts Central is the name of a new affiliate of Heil Environmental Industries, Chattanooga, Tenn., that will serve as a nationwide network of distributors and parts and service centers for Heil vehicle owners, offering replacement parts "for virtually every make and model of refuse collection vehicle," according to the company.

Parts Central (www.heil.com) and its distributors are stocking Heil OEM replacement parts as well as aftermarket parts for Heil and other brands of refuse and recycling collection vehicles. "Many hard-to-find parts for older vehicles are also available through Parts Central distributors for next-day delivery," according to a Heil news release.

Heil Environmental Industries makes a range of waste and recycling collection trucks, including front loaders, rear loaders and side loaders. The Dover Industries company has manufacturing facilities in Fort Payne, Ala., and Hillend, U.K.

RAA Stocks Up on Bollegraaf Balers

The Recycle America Alliance subsidiary of Waste Management Inc., Houston, has recently purchased six Bollegraaf balers for use in material recovery facilities (MRFs) across the country. The Dutch-made recycling equipment was purchased from distributor Van Dyk Baler Corp., Stamford, Conn.

Recycle America Alliance purchased four Bollegraaf HBC 140F balers and two Bollegraaf HBC 180 balers. The HBC 180s were the first two purchased in U.S. The new machines will be installed this year.

The Bollegraaf HBC 180 produces one of the densest bales in the industry, maximizing export for container and rail systems and dramatically reducing wiring costs, according to Van Dyk Baler.

Since the Fall of 2002, Recycle America Alliance/Waste Management Inc. has purchased 19 Bollegraaf balers. The most commonly purchased model has been the Bollegraaf HBC 140F, marketed as the fastest baler in the Bollegraaf line. The remainder of the balers have been HBC 110s and HBC 180s.

Van Dyk also recently completed work surrounding the installation of a single-stream system in Winnipeg, Saskatchewan, Canada, for International Paper Industries (IPI).

Headquartered in Vancouver, IPI’s single-stream system is processing more than 40,000 metric tons per year of Winnipeg residential recyclables, replacing a dual-stream system.