Equipment Report

Wendt Corp., Tonawanda, N.Y., has announced the sale of Wendt Finder 2400 systems to Commercial Metals’ Jacksonville, Fla., yard and to Morristown Iron & Metal, Morristown, Tenn.

The Wendt Finder 2400 is designed to pick up where eddy currents leave off, recovering more stainless steel, copper windings, insulated and bare copper wire, according to the company.

Using its Wendt Finder 2400, Morristown will be able to process fluff on site to maximize recovery and revenue.

CMC says that the performance of the Finder in its other locations has resulted in significant nonferrous recovery, increased revenue and a rapid return on investment, according to a press release from Wendt.

Wendt manufacturers the Finder line of equipment at its facility in Tonawanda, N.Y. It includes technology developed by CommoDaS GmbH (formerly SSE), Wedel, Germany. The companies have supplied more than 150 separators to the auto shredding industry worldwide.

More information is available at www.wendtcorp.com.

Shred-Tech Corp., a Cambridge, Ontario, Canada-based designer and manufacturer of mobile and plant-based document destruction and recycling systems, has announced the opening of its Southeast Regional Service Center.

Located in Apex, N.C., just minutes from Raleigh-Durham International Airport, Shred-Tech’s Southeast Regional Service Center is a full-service parts, maintenance and repair facility.

Tim Fields, division manager, heads the facility, which is staffed with factory-trained technicians and equipped with fully outfitted service vans and a full complement of OEM parts.

The North Carolina facility will also serve as the headquarters of Shred-Tech’s Pre-Owned Mobile Document Destruction System Sales Group.

According to Shred-Tech, the opening of its Southeast Regional Service Center "demonstrates the company’s continued commitment to providing the highest level of after-sales service to its customers worldwide."

Additional details are available from the Shred-Tech Service Hotline at (877) 566-2345. More information is also available online at the company’s Web site www.shred-tech.com.

Sierra International Machinery, Bakersfield, Calif., has announced that it has terminated its proposed plan to invest in an equity position with IPS Balers Inc., a Baxley, Ga.-based baling system supplier.

The two companies have also announced the termination of their agent-distributor relationship.

The decision to terminate the proposed arrangement comes roughly one month after the two companies announced the potential equity plan. In that announcement, made in late May, John Sacco, president of Sierra International, said, "We are very pleased to have the opportunity to join with our colleagues at IPS to expand on the production and sale of baling equipment and technology for the nonferrous metals, recovered fiber and solid waste industries. Combined with Sierra’s expertise in ferrous shears and balers, this investment gives Sierra a strong position across the spectrum of the baler marketplace."

Metso Minerals has announced that it will supply a metal shredder to Russia-based Uralvtorchermet. The shredder will be installed at the company’s metal recycling facility in Beriosovsky, in the Sverdlovsk region of Russia, and will be used to shred end-of-life vehicle bodies as well as mixed light scrap.

The shredder is expected to be installed by the end of the year at a cost of roughly $8 million. The order includes a 4,000-hp metal recycling shredder and erection and commissioning services.

According to Metso, Uralvtorchermet is the largest network of scrap processing enterprises in Russia, with operations in 40 Russian regions and nearly 230 production sites.

Vecoplan LLC, Archdale, N.C., has introduced the VNZ Line of dual-shaft re-shredders.

Designed for secondary reduction of pre-shredded feedstock, the VNZ Line can also be used as primary reducers or pre-shredders in many applications, according to Vecoplan.

VNZ shredders can process a variety of materials, including pallets, C&D timbers, wood, boxes, particle board cardboard, paper, post-consumer plastics and organic material.

Unlike traditional shredders with segmented rotors, the VNZ uses Vecoplan’s solid rotor design. The dual rotors employ inexpensive, replaceable bolt-on cutting inserts that are designed to reduce maintenance time, according to Vecoplan. The cutting rotors interact with a shock-absorbing counter knife, located beneath and between the rotors, which is designed to optimize cutting performance while providing protection from high tramp-metal content. This bed knife also allows the VNZ’s rotor shafts to be spaced further apart than those on conventional shredders, allowing large bulky items to be processed quickly and efficiently.

Six models are now offered in the VNZ Line, including two each in the W-Series, the L-Series and the XL-Series. In-feed openings, rotor diameters, number of cutters and drive motors are determined by specific application requirements.

More information is available at www.vecoplanllc.com.

The U.S. Shredder & Castings Group, Brookhaven, Miss., and Toratec Recycling Solutions, Bremen, Germany, have introduced a new 120-inch model to the EcoSort Metal Separator line.

The machine can process stainless steel and nonferrous metals with a production rate of more than 25 tons per hour, according to a press release issued by U.S. Shredder.

The sorters can be fed using a belt or a cost-effective slide operation. Available in a variety of widths, the metal sensors provide simple integration into an existing plant.

U.S. Shredder President Bill Tigner says the EcoSort uses the latest sensor technologies, offers low air consumption and features dust-proof modules and cabins. "The unique modular and compact design of the system makes the sensors affordable and easy to install," he adds.

"Many of our customers are interested in this system for ‘mining’ operations of fluff stockpiles," Tigner says.

Toratec offers a variety of stainless steel and other metals sorting machines. More information is available at www.toratec.com.

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