Harris Adds Sargents to Distributor Network
Harris, Peachtree City, Ga., has named Sargents Equipment & Repair Service, Chicago Heights, Ill., as its new distributor for the states of Indiana, Michigan and Northern Illinois.
This distributorship includes sales and service for all Harris vertical, horizontal and two-ram balers, including Centurion/HRB balers.
Sargents Equipment & Repair Service has more than 30 years of experience in the recycling equipment business.
"We are excited to have the knowledge and expertise of Sargents Equipment and their team," says Bob Pfeffer, vice president of sales, Harris. "Their commitment and excellent reputation will bring added value to our customers."
More information is available at www.sargentsequipment.com and at www.harrisequip.com.
Ohio Baler Co. to Distribute Cresswood Equipment
Cresswood Shredding Machinery, Cortland, Ill., has named Ohio Baler Co., Cleveland, as the company’s distributor, covering sales and supporting factory-direct service, in Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky and western Pennsylvania.
Cresswood designs and builds single-shaft, low-speed shredders.
Ohio Baler offers turnkey systems integration, including sales of new and used equipment, installation and systems services for document destruction and material recycling facilities.
Ohio Baler President Mike McChrystal says, "I think that Cresswood is an excellent fit for our company. They build high-quality, well-designed equipment and provide exceptional support to both the end user and the dealer."
Jack Cress, CEO of Cresswood, says, "Cresswood’s goal is to focus as much personalized attention on fulfilling the needs of our customers as possible. We want to be an asset to their business, and our partnership with Ohio Baler is a tremendous step in that direction." He adds, "Both parties bring valuable resources to the table, and Cresswood is confident that professionals in the secure destruction and paper recycling industries will reap the benefits of this alliance."
Duraline Introduces New Industrial Floor Compound
Duraline LLC has introduced the HD-100-IF heavy-duty industrial floor compound, designed for recycling facilities.
Duraline describes its HD-100-IF flooring as durable and cost effective. It is suitable for new or replacement floors. The flooring is not just a topping or coating, according to the company, but offers wear-resistance throughout the HD-100-IF floor structure.
Duraline has been producing abrasion- and corrosion-resistant lining materials for mining and industrial applications for 40 years.
More information is available at www.duraline-inc.com.
Sennebogen Adds to Material Handler Line
Sennebogen LLC, Charlotte, N.C., has introduced the 835 and 840 D Series material handlers.
The new 835 and 840 D Series machines offer the same safety and comfort features as the 825 and 830 D Series machines and come equipped with Cummins Tier III engines, the company says.
"These new models, already in production, underline our commitment to bringing our customers cost-efficient, reliable, purpose-built material handlers with the kind of safety and comfort features they require and have come to expect from Sennebogen," says Constantino Lannes, president of Sennebogen.
Weighing 100,000 pounds, the 835 D Series features a 264-horsepower Cummins diesel engine and a 25-kilowatt magnet system. The 840 D Series has an operating rate of 123,000 pounds and also features a 264-horsepower Cummins diesel engine and a 25-kilowatt magnet system.
Both material handlers are equipped with a number of safety features, including a sliding door combined with the adjacent catwalk, a centralized undercarriage greasing point and a handrail on top of the upper carriage.
More information is available at www.sennebogen-na.com.
Eriez Magnet Center Attracts Questions
The Eriez Technical Center, adjacent to magnetic equipment maker Eriez’ world headquarters in Erie, Pa., has more than 100 types of permanent magnetic, electromagnetic, vibratory, screening, electronic metal detecting, hydraulic and flotation equipment available to test a wide variety of materials.According to an Eriez news release, the Technical Center "provides a complete laboratory facility to evaluate and assess material samples and establish the most efficient and profitable ways for customers to process or handle these materials."
Each year at Eriez’ Technical Center more than 400 material tests are conducted on customer-supplied samples, according to Joe Wernham, lab manager at the center. "Tests range from evaluating material flow on a vibratory feeder to classifying minerals through flotation technology and identifying contaminants in products through the use of X-ray equipment," Wernham says.
The Eriez Technical Center also offers flowsheet development on a contract basis, and independent laboratories also can be contracted to perform assays. According to Wernham, sieve analyses and Davis Tube analyses are also available.
Recyclers and other customers are encouraged to visit the Technical Center for on-site participation in the company’s actual testing procedures.
More information on the Technical Center is available from the Eriez Web site at www.eriez.com.
Waste Processing Equipment, Imabe Iberica Form U.S. Distribution Partnership
Waste Processing Equipment Inc., Rainsville, Ala., has partnered with Spanish manufacturer Imabe Iberica to be the exclusive U.S. representative for the Imabe product line, which includes high-speed automatic balers, through the Max-Pak dealer network.Imabe Iberica, headquartered in Madrid, Spain, has representatives in some 20 countries. Until now, the company’s primary focus has been in Western and Eastern Europe and Latin America.
The Imabe product line to be introduced to American recyclers includes high-speed balers capable of processing 50 tons of material per hour, according to the company.
Imabe Iberica’s full product line includes baling presses, can balers, mobile car balers, shears, guillotines, shear balers, cable strippers and trommels, along with design and installation of material recovery facilities.
In 1997 Imabe installed its first overseas municipal solid waste processing system in Russia. Four years ago the company introduced its first high-capacity plant for baling municipal solid waste in Spain.
In 2008 in Kazakhstan, Imabe Iberica installed what it describes as its largest recycling facility and sorting plant, with three sorting lines and high-speed baling presses capable of processing more than 600,000 metric tons per year.
Waste Processing Equipment makes vertical and horizontal balers, compactors and conveyors. More information is available at www.maxpakbalers.com.
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