Equipment Report

The Shredder Co. (TSC) President Scott Newell and George An of Amtoon Inc., TSC’s representative in China, have signed an agreement with Wu Yue Ming, president of the Jiangsu Fengli Group Co. Ltd. (Fengli), to supply a complete TSC 124 SXS shredding plant to the company.

The plant will feature a Schorch 10,000-hp electric motor for the main drive and a ferrous system that is split into two magnetic separation systems. Each ferrous line will be further split so that there will be four lines for inspection of the finished shredded steel scrap. According to TSC, the plant will also have the latest version of its "Smart Shredding System" electronic controls, which promise to enhance operator efficiency and to provide management reporting for analysis of the entire operation.

The TSC 124 SXS plant is destined for Fengli’s Zhangjiagang, China, location, which is just beyond Shanghai. It will be delivered in the late spring of 2007 for startup and operation in the fall of the year.

According to TSC, the plant is projected to produce more than 1 million tons per year of shredded steel scrap, which will make it the highest known production plant.

TSC has ordered four 10-inch-by-98-inch Mega Axial Pull Drums from S.G.M. Magnetics, Sarasota, Fla., as part of the installation.

Fengli has operated in the scrap business for years, using shears and torches to disassemble scrap material. With its new shredder, the company should be able to improve its efficiency and the breadth of its product line, according to a press release from TSC.

TSC’s Newell says the Fengli sale validates the belief that the shredding industry is a worldwide market place.

More information on The Shredder Co., Canutillo, Texas, its shredder systems and wear parts is available online at www.theshredderco.com.

Moros/North America and Industrias Hidraulicas s.a. have entered into an agreement with U.S. Shredder and Castings Group, based in Brookhaven, Miss., to assume representation of Industrias Hidraulicas s.a. and its Moros brand of scrap processing equipment for sales and service throughout North America beginning Jan. 1, 2007.

Moros/North America will continue to service its existing customers, but, according to Moros’s Jay Klempner and Ed List, U.S. Shredder and Castings can grow Moros’s global market share within the North American scrap market and has an experienced sales force and strong service group.

"We are extremely excited about our new relationship with Moros," U.S. Shredder President Bill Tigner says. "We have watched them gain noticeable market share over the last several years in Europe and North America and we are poised to support that performance in the North American scrap market," he adds.

Miguel Clavel, Moros president, says, "We chose to join with U.S. Shredder because of the many years of success that the management of the company has enjoyed in selling and servicing scrap shears and balers in North America."

The U.S. Shredder and Castings Group offers complete scrap shredding systems, scrap shears, balers and loggers as well shredder castings, service and consulting to the North and Central American scrap industry. More information is available at www.usshredder.com.

S.G.M. Magnetics Corp., Sarasota, Fla., has announced the start-up of installations at Atlantic Scrap & Processing’s Smithfield, N.C., yard.

The company installed two systems that consist of two 80-inch SIS eddy current machines, two 60-inch-by-98-inch axial pull drums and two 60-inch fines lines. The fines line consists of a DSRP and a high-frequency eddy current designed for material sized 1 ¼-inch and smaller.

"S.G.M. was so confident in the performance of their machines, they told us to run them for 60 days without paying them," Bill Perry, vice president of Atlantic Scrap, says. "At the end of 60 days, they worked so well, we paid them in full. I have never heard of any company making that offer and following through with it."

Atlantic Scrap & Processing owns and operates four full service recycling facilities in North Carolina.

More information on S.G.M.’s products is available at www.sgm-magnetics.com.

Quad Plus Inc., Joliet, Ill., is offering the SPR (slip power recovery) drive as an alternative to liquid rheostat models used in auto shredder systems. According to the company, the "innovation is significant because SPR drives will increase auto shredders’ productivity, lower energy costs and reduce maintenance."

According to a Quad Plus news release, liquid rheostats are commonly used to start and control large AC wound rotor motors for auto shredders.

SPR Drives can improve productivity because they can keep the motor at near synchronous speed through load hits, according to Quad Plus. When the motor current reaches a pre-defined current limit (such as 190 percent or 250 percent), the speed drops, but it recovers more quickly than with the liquid rheostat, according to the company.

Additionally, the SPR drive regenerates excess power and sells it back to the power company, providing a significant energy savings for the recycler, Quad Plus says.

As a solid-state piece of equipment, the SPR drive does not require the same maintenance associated with a liquid rheostat device, and no cooling tower is needed, according to Quad Plus. Also, the SPR drive will operate at unity (1.0) power factor, so no capacitors are required.

More information is available at www.quadplus.com.  

S.G.M. Magnetics Corp., with a U.S. office in Sarasota, Fla., has announced a number of installations at scrap yards throughout the United States.

Carolinas Recycling Group, based in Lyman, S.C., has purchased two 60-inch fines lines, two 40-inch fines lines and five sensor sorting machines for installation in the spring of 2007. The 60-inch fines lines consist of a DSRP and high-frequency eddy current and are designed for material measuring 1 ¼ inches and smaller. The 40-inch fines lines consist of a DSRP and S.G.M.’s highest frequency eddy current. The lines are designed for material sized 5/8 inches and smaller.

Metal Management’s North Haven, Conn., yard has installed a 60-inch fines line that consists of a 60-inch DSRP, 60-inch high-frequency eddy current and shaker table. It is designed for material 1 ¼ inches and smaller.

Rensselaer Iron & Steel, Rensselaer, N.Y., has purchased a 60-inch fines line consisting of a DSRP and a high-frequency eddy current. The line is designed for material measuring 1 ¼ inches and smaller.

Newell Recycling of El Paso, Texas, has purchased an 80-inch eddy current designed to separate 20 to 25 tons of material per hour, according to SGM. The eddy current is the third piece of S.G.M. equipment Newell has purchased for its El Paso yard.

Gershow Recycling, Medford, N.Y., has purchased a fines line consisting of a 60-inch DSRP, 60-inch VIS and 60-inch shaker table that is designed for material 1 ¼ inches and smaller.

Kevin Gershowitz of Gershow Recycling says the company decided to purchase the fines line after speaking with various S.G.M. customers. The company decideded to add a 40-inch line for material sized 5/8 inches and smaller after seeing the equipment in action at Adams Steel during the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries Inc. (ISRI) Shredder Maintenance Forum, which was part of the group’s Operations Forum held Jan. 25-27 at the Sheraton Park Hotel, Anaheim, Calif.

More information on the S.G.M. Magnetics product line is available at www.sgm-magnetics.com.

The Shredder Co. (TSC), Canutillo, Texas, has received an order from Chaparral Steel to modify the Newell 120 SHD shredder at the company’s Midlothian, Texas, yard so that it is equivalent to the TSC 120 SXS shredder system.

The equipment will be delivered and installed in the spring of 2007. The installation is expected to increase the hourly production of the 6,000-hp shredding plant, lower the KWH per ton required to process material and save money on replacement castings parts.