Equipment Report

Sennebogen LLC Moves to New Home

Sennebogen LLC is now operating from its newly built headquarters in Stanley, N.C. The 54,000-square-foot building includes office space for North American staff as well as a new parts and training facility.

Straubing, Germany-based Sennebogen is a family-owned business founded in 1952. The company manufactures specialized material handling machines used in the scrap, recycling, ports, logging, forestry and many other industries.

 Sennebogen LLC is the U.S.-based subsidiary of the company that was established in 2000 to introduce and support the company’s equipment in North, Central and South America.

The new facility has six bays for shipping and receiving and sits on a 32-acre site in Lincoln County, about 20 minutes from Charlotte, N.C.

 Constantino Lannes, president of Sennebogen LLC, says the opening of the new facility is “just the first step in its development as one of North America’s premier support centers for heavy equipment.”

According to Lannes, the center is designed to accommodate future company growth and additional employees. He says Sennebogen LLC has enjoyed rapid growth during its 10 years in North America and credits a coast-to-coast dealer network that works in tandem with the investment in the new building to provide a plan for continued growth. “This positive strategy has allowed us to grow,” says Lannes, “We are committed to keeping the investment in our staff. They are part of the Sennebogen family.”

Regarding the new building, Lannes says, “We are very proud of how this facility has been conceived and constructed. Every feature is based on the specific activities. We are always explaining to customers how Sennebogen equipment is ‘purpose-built’ for its application. This project was developed with the same kind of thinking.”

 The new facility hosts warehouse replacement parts for distribution to equipment dealers and also provides space for training dealers’ and customers’ staffs on the operation and maintenance of Sennebogen equipment.

 More information on Sennebogen LLC is available from the company’s Web site at www.sennebogen-na.com.

Eriez to Introduce New Product at ISRI Convention

Eriez, a separation systems manufacturer based in Erie, Pa., has announced what it terms “a breakthrough” in auto shredder residue processing equipment, saying the equipment will revolutionize metal recovery. Eriez will release the new product at the 2010 Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries Inc. (ISRI) Annual Convention & Exhibition, to take place in San Diego, May 4-8, 2010.

“There are certain stages of the metal recovery process that, to date, have only been ‘good enough,’” says Tim Shuttleworth, president and CEO of the company. “Without a more efficient means of recovery, processors have had to accept reduced revenue—but no longer.”

Eriez says its new machine will be able to capture a portion of the waste stream that had previously been allowed to pass or that had to be hand-sorted.

More information is available at www.eriez.com.

American Pulverizer Equips for Rotor Rebuilds

Recycling equipment maker American Pulverizer Co., St. Louis, has added another CNC (computer numerical controlled) lathe to its in-house service and repair shop. In a news release, the company says it has purchased three CNC lathes since mid-2008.

In conjunction with its other two CNC lathes, American Pulverizer says it will use the new lathe to focus on emergency shredder rotor rebuilds. “Our shop is equipped with CNC boring mills for machining center discs, end discs and spiders,” says the company’s Chris Griesedieck.

 American Pulverizer manufactures processing equipment for a variety of recycling and processing applications.

More information is available at www.ampulverizer.com.

Dover Forms Environmental Solutions Group

The Industrial Products segment of Dover Corp., New York City, has formed the Environmental Solutions Group (ESG). The newly formed ESG, based in Chattanooga, Tenn., combines three companies within Dover’s Industrial Products’ current business portfolio—Heil Environmental, Marathon Equipment Co. and Bayne Machine Works—to create a fully integrated equipment group serving the solid waste management industry, the company says.

The product brands brought together under the new group include Heil, a manufacturer of refuse collection vehicles; Ramjet, a U.S. brand of waste processing compactors and balers; NexGen, a new line of recycling equipment solutions; and Bayne, a manufacturer of lift systems. Combining the operations will enable ESG to offer a comprehensive selection of waste management equipment solutions and services to the solid waste management industry, the company says.

Patrick Carroll has been named president of the group.

Software Firm Launches ScrapTrust.com

International Commerce Systems, a Boca Raton, Fla.-based developer of trading and database software geared to the scrap and recycling industries, has announced that its new Web site, www.scraptrust.com, was launched Feb. 1, 2010.

According to the company, the site has been developed to allow companies in the scrap industry to leave comments on other scrap dealers. Through the comment program, the Web site will give what it calls Scraptrust ratings.

All members have the ability to rebut any comments made about them with the Scraptrust.com rebuttal system. The database allows members to cross-check officers and principals of companies with any other companies they are, or have been, associated with, according to a company press release.

The database includes all available public records, such as incorporation paperwork, current and settled lawsuits, facility photos as well as a myriad of other information that helps customers vet a prospective business partner. 

More information is available at www.scraptrust.com.

Republic Services Upgrades Houston MRF

Phoenix-based Republic Services has upgraded its Resource Recycling Center in Houston.

The company has installed a Bollegraaf sorting system and baler, provided by Van Dyk Baler Corp., Stamford, Conn., to improve sorting and processing of recyclables, according to a company news release. Bollegraaf is a recycling equipment manufacturer based in the Netherlands.

The Bollegraaf sorting system features a long sort conveyor for the removal of bulky items, a large OCC (old corrugated container) screen to remove OCC from the material flow, a fines screen for glass and grit removal and a 9-foot wide TiTech optical sorter. The TiTech unit is designed to separate and sort office paper, plastics and mixed paper as well as recyclables from non-recyclables. The system also includes additional sorting conveyors, a magnet and an eddy current for capturing UBCs (used beverage containers).  

“This new system gives Republic the ability to offer our customers an extensive and flexible recycling program to fit their individual needs,” says Luis Franceschi, division manager, Republic. “We now have the capability to be our customers’ resource manager and not just their waste hauler.”

To bale all of the recovered commodities, Republic invested in a Bollegraaf HBC140 baler, which can achieve speeds as fast as 75 tons per hour, according to Van Dyk Baler. It processes OCC, wood and a variety of plastics.

Republic Services owns or operates 242 transfer stations, 213 solid waste landfills and 78 recycling facilities.

Redwave Sorting System Tackles Leaded Glass

BT-Wolfgang Binder, an Austrian equipment manufacturer and recycling plant systems engineering company, has announced that its trademarked Redwave sorting system is now being applied to increase the efficiency of glass separation at a German Recycling facility.

According to the company, the glass industry is highly challenged by the increase of impurities in the recycled glass stream because of leaded and heat-resistant glass and ceramics. Heat-resistant glass, in light of its high melt rate, can lead to serious damage if it passes into the processing of container glass. The particles cause stress within the container and can result in its failure. Furthermore, heat-resistant glass and ceramics can cause severe damage to container glass production equipment and loss of production, the company says.

Leaded glass is also a challenge for the industry. Legal regulations limit the inclusion of lead in glass.

To address the problem, Redwave has introduced its QXR-G sorting system, which works with X-ray fluorescence techniques while analyzing glass on the basis of its specific chemical compositions. Certain elements, such as zinc, zirconium and lead, which are found in lead and ceramic glasses, can be detected, identified and automatically ejected from the glass stream, the company says.

Redwave QXR-G was developed in collaboration with Innov-X Systems, Woburn, Mass., which specializes in X-ray fluorescence technologies.

Last year German-based glass recycling plant, Bernhard Reiling Glas Recycling GmbH, installed the QXR-G system. Three more Redwave QXR-G systems were delivered there in early 2010, and two more will be installed by the first half of 2010 in Finland, according to BT-Wolfgang Binder.

More information is available at www.redwave.at.