Product Spotlight

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Harris Piranha Horizontal Baler. Harris, a Peachtree City, Ga.-based recycling equipment manufacturer, has unveiled its redesigned Piranha closed-door horizontal baler. Harris says the baler handles all grades of paper stock and secondary fiber, aluminum/steel cans, PET (polyethylene terephthalate) and HDPE (high-density polyethylene). Features include:

• Small footprint allows it to work in confined facilities

• Half-inch plate construction with 1-inch-by-4-inch thick reinforcement

• 96 tons of compression force and 110 pounds per square inch of ram face pressure

• Hydraulic door actuator and a serrated shear knife

Visit www.harriswaste.com for more information.

Bobcat E60 Excavator. Bobcat Co., West Fargo, N.D., has announced in a press release that its E60 excavator is now available from Bobcat dealers. The E60 is a new model in the 6-ton weight class. Features include:

• Necessary interval to grease the boom, arm and bucket pivot exetended to once every 250 hours

• Heat and air conditioning system with five operation modes

• Rapid changing of attachments through pin coupler system

• Polymer shims in lateral joints to prevent pin wear

• Auto idle and electronic engine rpm control system

Visit www.bobcat.com/excavators for more information.

Cogelme Eddy Current Separator. Cogelme, an Italian manufacturer of metal separation technology, has introduced its newest eddy current for the separation of ferrous and nonferrous metals. Features include:

• Best applied for small-sized (2 to 20 millimeters) ferrous and nonferrous metals separation

• Equipped with a vibrating feeder with a magnet

• Separation purity can reach up to 95 percent, Cogelme says

• Four wheels allow the system to be easily moved

• Occupies less space compared with a conveyor installation

Visit www.cogelme.com for more information.

TEME Container Tilter. Henry A. Wiltschek Inc., Stoney Creek, Ontario, and TEME Engineering, Caledonia, Ontario, have announced a container unloading system that allows containers to be unhitched from a trailer and secured to a tilter for unloading. Features include:

• Tilter lifts the container up to 90 degrees to facilitate material loading

• Unloaded container’s doors are automatically closed

E-mail henrywiltschek@hawiltschekinc.com for more information.

MOD ShipShape Plastic Bulk Containers. Meese Orbitron Dunne Co. (MOD), a container manufacturing company based in Ashtabula, Ohio, is now offering its ShipShape reusable bulk containers in a choice of polyethylene materials to match the bulk density of the cargo. Other features include:

• Containers available in either HDPE (high-density polyethylene) for heavy-duty loads or in LLDPE (linear low-density polyethylene) for loads with lighter bulk densities

• Plastic material option is offered on all eight bulk forklift containers in the ShipShape container line

• Capacities range from 30 to 44 cubic feet

• Available in standard 44-inch by 44-inch footprints

• Choice of 16 standard colors or custom designs

Visit www.shipshapecontainers.com for more information.

SBU 340 Hydraulic Breaker. Atlas Copco, Auburn Hills, Mich., has introduced the SBU 340 to its line of hydraulic breakers. The compact breaker is for carriers in the 9,920-pound-to-19,840-pound weight class. Other features include:

• No side bolts, tie rods or parting line

• Double-retainer bars for extended wear life

• Full-length floating tool bushing reduces wear on the bushing and tool and is designed to prevents tool breakage

• Simple tool retainer lock mechanism is designed for quick component changes

• Captures reflected energy when breaking very hard rock

Visit www.atlascopco.us for more information.

Dustboss DB-60 with Oscillation. Dust Control Technology, Peoria, Ill., has introduced a 180-degree oscillation option for its DustBoss DB-60 model. Features include:

• Effective particle control over more than 80,000 square feet from a single location

• Revised designs require engineers to change to a center water feed to accommodate the increased range of motion

• Larger motor must be installed to handle the additional work

• Four oscillation settings: 45-, 90-, 135- and 180-degrees

• Atomizes water into 50- to 200-micron droplets

• Available with company’s Variable Particle Sizing Technology

 Visit www.dustboss.com for more information.

Allegheny Hard Drive Shredder. Allegheny Shredders, based in Delmont, Pa., has released its Allegheny Hard Drive Shredder. Features include:

• Designed to destroy computer hard drives, optical media and other electronic devices

• Can destroy 25 to 35 hard drives per minute

• Angled in-feed chute for easy manual feeding

• Individual precision-ground sawtooth, hooked cutters shred materials into unusable and unidentifiable pieces

• Output conveyor for transferring shredded material

Visit www.alleghenyshredders.com for more information.