Equipment Report

Metso adds to Shear Product Line
Metso Lindemann, an international equipment manufacturer, has expanded its scrap shear line to include the LUC scrap shear for medium volumes.

According to Metso, the LUC model was designed specifically to handle medium volumes of scrap in response to customers’ requests for optimal cost-to-benefit ratio, high efficiency and an expanded choice. 

The LUC model completes Metso’s line of three scrap shears, including the EtaCut high-performance shear and the LIS semi-mobile unit introduced in 2005. The company says all three classes of Metso scrap shears assure efficiency, versatility and long working life.

More information is available at www.metso.com/recycling.

Quad Plus Makes Overseas Sale
Quad Plus, Joliet, Ill., has installed what it’s calling the first DC shredder drive in the United Kingdom at Hawkeswood Recycling in Birmingham, England.

The 4,000-horsepower, 24-pulse DC shredder drive powers an 80/104 automobile shredder made by American Pulverizer, St. Louis.

According to a Quad Plus news release, the DC shredder drives can be viewed as preferable by power companies because they can limit voltage fluctuations that cause “flicker.” The issue is relevant to sites across Europe that face power quality issues, says Joseph Crosetto of Quad Plus.

Other enhancements that Hawkeswood Recycling will realize with a DC drive, according to Quad Plus, are its ability to run at any speed; its ability to jog forward and reverse to clear jams; and its electronic brake to stop the mill. According to Crosetto, DC motors also maintain 100 percent of their torque down to zero rpm, making jams less likely.

Quad Plus has installed more than 60 DC shredder drives, primarily in the United States, but also in Mexico, Canada and Australia, says Crosetto.

More information on the company can be found at www.quadplus.com.

Harris Drive Package Heads to Missouri
Midwest Scrap Management Inc., Kansas City, Mo., has purchased a Harris shredder drive package from the Harris Shredders division of Harris, based in Peachtree City, Ga.

Midwest Scrap, which is owned and operated by Kendrick and Kenneth Burgess, purchased the drive package for the HS12125 shredder it operates.

According to a Harris news release, the motor drive package is designed to maximize shredder performance and optimize energy efficiency.

The drive package bought by Midwest Scrap includes a 7,000-horsepower Schorch AC wound-rotor motor, an “extreme-duty” shaft arrangement, liquid rheostat, high-voltage switch gear controls and protection system and a two-stage power factor correction system.

According to operations manager Jim Summers, the Harris motor drive system also will be used in a second Harris shredder plant the company is installing.

Columbus McKinnon InstallS Tire Recycling System
Columbus McKinnon Corp., headquartered in Sarasota, Fla., has announced the sale and installation of one its tire recycling systems to B.A.S. Recycling Inc., Moreno Valley, Calif.

The multi-stage system is capable of processing more than 12,000 pounds per hour of passenger car, truck and super-single truck tires. The system is capable of processing crumb rubber and is touted as the first complete front-end processing system for cryogenic crumb, as well as the first of its kind designed as a closed-loop system to minimize waste and maximize steel cleanliness while maintaining impressive throughput rates, according to Columbus McKinnon.

The size-reduction stage consists of a CM Primary Shredder with screening capabilities to produce a 4- to 6-inch tire chip feedstock that is fed to a CM Liberator for the next stage of the process.

The steel liberation stage starts with an independent bin feeding the CM4R Liberator that meters the material for maximum throughput. Once the steel and rubber are liberated, the system uses a clean wire system to sort and separate the rubber and clean wire. The clean steel can be sold to a steel mill, and the rubber fractions are passed on for further processing through a screening system.

U.S. Shredder Begins manufacturing 98115 Model Scrap shredder
The U.S. Shredder and Castings Group, Trussville, Ala., has started manufacturing a 98115 Heavy-Duty Scrap Shredder in response to an order received from a southern Florida customer. The shredder joins rotors already in production at the company’s manufacturing facility. The system is expected to be completed and installed in the spring of 2010.

The shredder line was launched this past January when U.S. Shredder announced its offering of the 80108, 98115 and 120118 shredder sizes. The shedder line offers numerous rotor options, including various configurations of spider and disc rotors, designed to suit each customer’s individual needs.

The 98115 will be driven by a DC drive system and will include U.S. Shredder’s “E-Shred” Control System.
According to Bill Tigner, president of U.S. Shredder, “This will be an incredible showcase for our company using the industry’s very best components and suppliers. We will be working with SGM to install the most efficient magnetic drums and eddy current system available. All conveyors, trommel and structural will be built at our sister company’s, U.S. Conveyor’s, Illinois plant. While our hydraulic units are exclusively designed and built by our CAT-certified manufacturer.”

The U.S. Shredder and Castings Group offers scrap shredders, control systems, downstream systems, nonferrous recovery, air systems, scrap shears, balers and loggers, as well as shredder castings, service and consulting to the worldwide scrap industry.

Ameri-Shred Expands Hard Drive Shredder Line
Ameri-Shred Corp., Alpena, Mich., has expanded its hard drive shredder line with the addition of three new models: the AMS-750HD, the AMS-1500HD and the AMS-2000HD.

Since the company released its AMS-500HD hard drive shredder in early 2007, Ameri-Shred says its “demand and popularity have exceeded expectations.” The shredders feature power, rugged construction, quiet operation and high-volume production, according to the company.

“We were in the process of designing a compact system for this issue and found that the engineering staff and thought process in the HD 500 was far superior to our design,” says Bill Breckenridge, president of Data Security Technologies, a Glen Allen, Va.-based company that sells and licenses products and markets intellectual properties for data destruction. “The unit has proven to be much more robust than expected, with zero downtime after more than 50,000 drives shredded by one of our clients.”

The new models offer a broader selection of horsepower, shred sizes and feed openings.
More information is available at www.ameri-shred.om or by phoning  (800) 634-8981  (800) 634-8981 .

JCB’s North American Dealer Coverage Expands
JCB, which bills itself asthe largest privately owned construction machinery manufacturer in the world and the third largest in all, reports that it has expanded its North American network in 2009 by adding seven new dealers. The growth comes despite a business climate that has been challenging for manufacturers worldwide.

The company has 18 manufacturing plants on four continents: 11 in the U.K., three in India and others in the U.S., China, Germany and Brazil.

Along with expanding its dealer network, in a press release the company also notes that it has increased its market coverage by 5 percent and expects to increase that figure. By the end of 2009, JCB says it expects to increase dealer coverage by about 14 percent.

“We search out prospective dealers in non-competitive businesses that are well managed and have the facilities available to successfully add JCB machinery to their line-up,” says Jim Fielding, GM of dealer development for JCB North America. “Not only are we bringing in new dealers, we are focusing on re-engaging existing dealers and helping them to grow their businesses. Experiencing any growth under these difficult financial circumstances is unusual.

“By the end of 2011, we expect to have complete 100 percent dealer coverage across the U.S. We are well on our way to reaching this goal,” Fielding adds.

More information about JCB’s equipment for the construction, industrial and waste/recycling markets is available from JCB at www.jcbna.com.