Product Spotlight

New and updated products for the recycling industry

Tomra Innosort Flake

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Tomra Recycling Sorting, a business unit of Norway-based Tomra, has launched the Innosort Flake for high-throughput purification of plastic flakes. The Innosort Flake enables simultaneous flake sorting by color, polymer and transparency. The machine:

  • uses a near-infrared spectrometer to detect various polymers, allowing the recovery of plastics from contaminated infeed while giving access to more materials that otherwise would be lost or downcycled
  • sorts shredded and washed mixed plastics into clean fractions of polyethylene terephthalate, polypropylene and polyethylene
  • uses high-contrast imaging to detect multiple colors to create single-color fractions and differentiates between white opaque, natural, transparent and translucent flakes
  • has four chutes and a changeable illumination background, allowing it to run multiple sorting and recovery steps in a single machine
  • can include the installation of Tomra’s cloud-based data monitoring platform, Tomra Insight

Visit www.tomra.com/en/waste-metal-recycling/products/machines/innosort-flake for more information.



BCA Industries PD1000 IO X Tire Shredders

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Milwaukee-based BCA Industries has designed its PD1000 IO X tire shredder to overcome the logistical bottleneck involved in the loading and unloading material before and after shredding. PD1000 IO X tire shredders:

  • are portable and high-volume, specifically designed to work with open-top walking floor semitrailers
  • minimize production downtime and maintenance costs by using readily available off-the-shelf parts and quick-replace cutter heads
  • have a dual-shaft, low-speed, high-torque shredding system that can shred automotive and light-duty truck tires at a volume of 4 to 5 tons per hour
  • allow for the shredding of semitrailer truck treads after the sidewalls have been removed
  • consist of the PD1000 shredder along with a PD1000 IO conveyor, a double-jointed system that hydraulically unfolds to a height of 13 feet

Visit www.bca-industries.com for more information.



Yanmar V7 Compact Wheel Loader

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Yanmar Compact Equipment North America, based in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, has launched the 47.6-horsepower V7 compact wheel loader, weighing in at 8,370 pounds. The company says it features premium capabilities and speed. Additional features include:

  • a compact design, intuitive controls and high-travel speeds to maximize performance and efficiency in a variety of applications
  • an ergonomic cab, low center of gravity and improved all-around visibility
  • a 0.92-cubic-yard bucket capacity, along with an optional light material bucket that brings bucket capacity to more than 1 cubic yard
  • a Tier 4 Final Yanmar engine provides a lifting capacity of 7,981 pound-force
  • an enclosed cab configuration with two steel-frame doors and a standard front sun blind to reduce glare
  • a removable rotating beacon to improve visibility
  • ergonomic joystick controls designed to simplify machine operation
  • hydraulic quick couplers for fast attachment change-out

Visit https://yanmarce.com for more information.

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