Installations

HARRIS WASTE MANAGEMENT

Luntz Corp., Canton, Ohio, has installed a Harris Model HRB-1020W Automatic Two-Ram Baling Press manufactured by Harris Waste Management Group Inc., Peachtree City, Ga. The installation was made by Ely Enterprises Inc., Cleveland, at Luntz’s nonferrous division. “This baler will increase our efficiency and throughput capacity,” says Ron Ebner, vice president of Luntz’s nonferrous division. “It will open new markets for materials that we did not have before.” The baler will be processing mainly aluminum products. Currently, Luntz handles about 1 million pounds of aluminum per month.

LINDEMANN

Lindemann Recycling Co. Inc., Charlotte, N.C., recently received an order for four RAM I 220R balers from the National Ecology Co. for the Monmouth County Reclamation Facility in Tinton Falls, N.J. The balers will be used in the material processing and recovery facility under construction at an existing landfill where recyclables will be recovered and municipal solid waste will be baled before it is landfilled.

The four Lindemann balers will have a capacity of 55 tons per hour and a density of 55 pounds per cubic feet. Three of the four balers will be used to bale 1,300 tons of MSW per day. The fourth baler will serve as back up and provide extra capacity during peak load periods. The RAM 220R is one of the largest single-ram balers made by Lindemann. 

NEWELL INDUSTRIES

Newell Industries Inc., San Antonio, Texas, has sold a super steel shredder to Guangzhou Iron & Steel, Guangzhou, China. According to Newell, this is the first shredder purchased for use in the Peoples’ Republic of China. This multi-million dollar shredder is scheduled for shipment in December and for full operation by the second half of 1996. Newell was assisted in the transaction by its agent, Galaxaco China Group LLC.

Newell’s shredders have the capability of taking whole cars, crushing and shredding them, and separating the ferrous, nonferrous and miscellaneous materials. In addition to the China sale, the company has sold another shredder to Amsteel in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia for delivery in early 1996.