Robinson/Davis Inc.
, Salt Lake City, has delivered and installed its first automated electronic aluminum separator, the Aluminator, at Waste Management Inc.’s Gonic, N.H., facility. The unit separates aluminum cans from other recyclables by electronically magnetizing the aluminum momentarily, causing the cans to be repelled by a magnetic field.Wendt Corp.
, Tonawanda, N.Y., has installed an EddySort System at Davis Industries’ Lorton, Va., facility. The system is designed to separate nonferrous metals from automobile shredder fluff.The EddySort System at Davis Industries is processing approximately 25 tons of shredder fluff per hour, according to the company. Davis estimates that six to seven percent nonferrous metals were being lost in their shredder fluff. Using a single one-meter-wide eddy current magnet, the company is recovering virtually all of that trapped nonferrous metal with a single pass, yielding a product in excess of 90 percent metals by weight.
Mosley Machinery
, Waco, Texas, has made a number of recent installations. The company installed Badger balers at three recyclers in the U.S., including Great Western Recycling, St. Paul, Minn.; Lopez Scrap Metal, El Paso, Texas; and BRC Co., Lynchburg, Va.The new Mosley baler at Lopez Scrap Metal processes a variety of materials, including aluminum, copper, insulated wire, corrugated, plastic and solid waste. Great Western uses the Badger baler for baling aluminum cans and scrap, and BRC Co. uses its new baler to process nonferrous metals including copper and stainless steel.
In addition, Mosley installed a Badger baler for the city of Ketchikan, Alaska, and another one for Liberty Scrap, West Palm Beach, Fla. The Ketchikan baler is used primarily to process corrugated and some solid waste, and the Liberty baler is used to process nonferrous metals.
Carpco Inc.
has installed a Carpco HTE(36)221-152 electrostatic separator at Waxman Resources, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. This is Waxman’s second Carpco electrostatic separator, which is required due to Waxman’s expanded wire chopping facilities. A third electrostatic separator for Waxman is scheduled for installation in January.Van Dyk Baler Corp.
is installing several pieces of Bollegraaf recycling equipment across the U.S. The Sutta Co., Oakland, Calif., has purchased a Bollegraaf HBC-80 baler with pre-crusher. The baler purchase was prompted by Sutta’s upcoming relocation to a larger facility.City Fibers Inc. is installing two custom-designed interconnected sorting systems, including a Bollegraaf paper sorting line and container sorting line, which will process more than 1,800 tons per month. Part of the sorting system is Van Dyk’s starscreen, which is designed to separate the fines from the bottles and cans and the plastics and cans from the glass.
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