Equipment Report

Eriez, American Pulverizer Partner on Recycling System

Eriez, Erie, Pa., and American Pulverizer Co. (APCO), St. Louis, have jointly announced a new system that the two companies say will offer users the ability to provide No. 1 shred quality steel to the steel manufacturing industry.

According Eriez, the system is designed around American Pulverizer’s 60-inch-by-85-inch shredder and integrates the Eriez CleanStream Process, an Eriez’ 90-inch ProSort II airless metal recovery system, an Eriez’ 60-inch FinesSort Jr. metal recovery system, an Eriez’ rare-earth eddy-current separator and two Eriez pulley magnets. The system also includes conveyors supplied by Hustler Conveyor Co., a wholly owned subsidiary of APCO.

“To ensure their high quality standards, APCO only partners with the most technologically advanced companies, so we are so pleased that APCO chose to work with Eriez on this new system,” says Mike Shattuck, Eriez heavy industries project manager. “Eriez continues to invest in new products for the many industries we serve, including the ever-growing recycling industry. The ability to partner with first-class companies such as APCO and Hustler Conveyor to offer customers advanced solutions that improve their processes is a real compliment.”

According to Shattuck, the APCO/Eriez/Hustler Conveyor system will soon be in operation at American Recycling, a scrap recycler based in Mays Landing, N.J. Eriez says additional installations are expected to follow.

More information is available at www.eriez.com.

A-Ward Develops Container Loader

New Zealand-based A-Ward says it has been working closely with its customers to develop a new container loader called MiSlide. MiSlide is a horizontal container loader designed to load 20- and 40-foot containers with light- and extremely heavy-gauge material. Named MiSlide after its sliding system, A-Ward’s horizontal container loader is designed to offer a range of benefits to its customers.

By using MiSlide, a container can be in and out of a yard in as little as five minutes, according to the company. As the truck is reversing toward the MiSlide, the machine operator can adjust the MiSlide from the cab using hydraulic controls. This helps the reversing trailer to align correctly. Another way the company says MiSlide saves time is with the automatic container locking and unlocking mechanism, the “Auto-Locker,” which A-Ward says removes the need for someone to manually lock the machine in place.

Weight systems are incorporated into both A-Ward’s MiSlide and container tilters to ensure that maximum weight loading can be achieved, the company says. Real-time weight is displayed on the remote-control screen inside the cab, so the machine operator does not have to leave its safe environment.

Simon Ward, managing director of A-Ward, says, “The benefit of the MiSlide that we are most excited about is the fact that there is no high-maintenance telescopic ram. The collective feedback from companies who have purchased other horizontal loaders was that the operating and servicing costs and complexities associated with the huge telescopic ram were a lot higher than expected. Not to mention the daunting realization that their expensive telescopic rams would likely need to be replaced in the future.”

The other goal during development of MiSlide, according to A-Ward, was to create a loading machine that causes virtually no container damage, especially when loading extremely dense materials. A-Ward’s solution is a system where the shipping container encapsulates the loading machine and drives forward, holding the load inside.

By eliminating the need for a telescopic ram, A-Ward’s MiSlide runs on a 23-horsepower motor. The power or fuel costs of operating the MiSlide are a fraction of the costs associated with other horizontal loading techniques, according to the company. The design of the MiSlide also ensures that service and maintenance are almost non-existent, and wage costs can be slashed by making the container loading process a one-man operation, according to A-Ward. The greater efficiency brought about from fast-turnaround and accuracy equals greater profitability, the company adds.

The choice between a horizontal loader and container tilter depends on the type of material being loaded and the size of the shipping containers being used. For example, when loading shredded steel and HMS into 20-foot only containers, filling at 90 degrees with a container tilter enables maximum weights to be achieved. In A-Ward’s experience, many companies who were previously forced to load HMS into 40-foot containers to achieve maximum weights are now able to shrink shipping costs by loading 20-foot containers tilted upwards.

More information on the MiSlide is available at www.a-ward.com.

Terex Expands Distributor Network in the Southeast

CLM Equipment Co. Inc., Broussard, La., is a new distributor of the full line of Terex Fuchs material handling machines built for scrap, demolition and portside applications in Louisiana and southeast Texas.

CLM Equipment currently operates in three locations: Lafayette, La.; Lake Charles, La.; and Baytown, Texas, with another location scheduled to open in Louisiana this summer.

The Terex Fuchs line includes models with operating weights that range from 41,888 to 145,505 pounds and reaches ranging from 30 to 68 feet.

“We are pleased to welcome CLM Equipment as a new Terex Fuchs distributor in the Gulf Coast region,” says Jim Robbins, vice president and general manager, Terex Construction Americas. “CLM Equipment has an excellent reputation in the scrap and demolition market, and when other companies have stalled out, their business continues to grow and thrive. Their customers’ needs are growing and thriving as well, and the Terex Fuchs line will help CLM Equipment extend their equipment offering to better meet these growing needs.”

Dave Donneral, scrap and demolition equipment manager, CLM Equipment, says, “As our customer base in the scrap and demolition markets has grown, we’ve looked to add more products that will increase our customers’ productivity. Taking on the Terex Fuchs line allows CLM Equipment to offer specialized equipment designed to meet our customers’ particular needs. We are pleased to provide customers with a full suite of sales, rental, service, parts, warranty and financing for such a well-known and respected brand in the industry.”

More information on CLM Equipment is available by calling 800-CLM-0490 or by visiting www.clmequipment.com.

Vecoplan’s VIC Provides Controls

VIC (Vecoplan Integrated Controls), a division of Vecoplan LLC, High Point, N.C., has the capability to provide individual control panels as well as the integration of plant-wide centralized process controls.

Customers of VIC include machinery importers that need control panels meeting applicable North American codes and regulations and OEMs interested in adding touch screens to their machine controls.

VIC designs machine-specific PLCs (programmable logic controllers) and HMIs (human-machine interfaces) with the ability to integrate ethernet, devicenet and other plant-wide networks, Vecoplan says.

VIC also provides system-wide processing controls, including automated sensing, monitoring and communication designed to optimize material processing rates throughout a production line.


More information is available at www.vecoplanllc.com.

Yaffe purchases Harris Shredder

Yaffe Metals, Tulsa, Okla., has purchased a Harris HS 98115 shredder plant with a 4,000-horsepower, zero-emissions air system and nonferrous metals recovery system. It will be the second shredder from Tyrone, Ga.-based Harris that Yaffe has purchased. Yaffe also operates a Harris auto shredder at its Wichita, Kan., yard.

The auto shredder and downstream system will be located at Yaffe’s Tulsa, Okla., yard. It will replace an auto shredder that has been operating at that site for more than 30 years.

“The Harris Shredder provides the exceptional production rates we were looking for in a second shredder with a layout that is perfect for our facility,” says Rocky McGee, Yaffe general manager.

The new shredder will be capable of processing an estimated 100 tons of material per hour, doubling the throughput of Yaffe’s existing Tulsa shredder.

“We are pleased with the productivity we have achieved at the Wichita plant with the Harris shredder. We wanted something similar, but we also increased the size of the machine,” McGee adds.

Along with the auto shredder, the company will be installing a downstream system, including an eddy-current separator and ISS system, to extract stainless steel from the auto shredder fluff.

The company expects to have the new shredder installed and operational by the end of 2011. McGee says Yaffe will run the existing shredder until the new shredder is operational.

Yaffe also operates an auto shredder at its facility in Fort Smith, Ark.

Heil Environmental, Chattanooga, Tenn., has launched two new products: the DuaLift, which combines a hook lift and a cable hoist for unloading hook and cable roll-off containers, and the KwikLift cable hoist for loading and unloading roll-off containers.

According to Heil, the DuaLift hoist can service both hook and cable containers with a single chassis. The DuaLift can load and unload containers, haul both standard containers and short hook containers and power short containers to the rear of the frame before raising for additional safety, the company says. The hoist accommodates roll-off container lengths of from 12 to 24 feet and 62-, 54- and 36-inch lift bars.

Heil says KwikLift’s free cable length is 10 feet, achieved by the traveling carriage, which is hydraulically powered to travel the entire length of the hoist. Because the cable sheave is attached to the carriage, every foot of carriage travel produces 2 feet of cable movement. This cuts loading and unloading time by 50 percent over traditional roll-off hoists, according to the company.

The carriage can pull a container far forward on the hoist, and the container rollers do not interfere with the tandem fenders, the company adds. Safety features on the KwikLift include housing that surrounds the cable sheave. If a cable failure occurs, the restraint mechanism and the shorter length of the cable act together to prevent the whip-like action of a broken cable from reaching the cab and possibly injuring the operator.

U.S. Shredder and Castings Begins Shredder Install in Florida

The U.S. Shredder and Castings Group, Trussville, Ala., has begun installation of a heavy-duty shredder, complete with a 98115 downstream system, at a scrap yard in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. The shredder project is a joint operation of U Pull It, Davie, Fla., Garden Street Iron and Metal, Ft. Myers, Fla., and Cimco Recycling of Sterling, Ill.

U.S. Shredder’s Engineering Services division will provide turnkey engineering for the installation, including the motor house design, hydraulic and electrical systems and civil and foundation requirements.

A 4,000-horsepower DC drive system supplied by AmeriMex, Houston, will drive the system.

U.S. Shredder’s sister company, U.S. Conveyor, Mackinaw, Ill., will supply conveyors and structures. SGM Magnetics, Sarasota, Fla., will supply drum magnets, eddy-current separators and sensors.

U.S. Shredder says installation and commissioning should be complete by September 2011.

Ameri-Shred Expands E-Scrap Product Line

Ameri-Shred Corp., Alpena, Mich., has expanded its e-scrap shredder line with the release of the AMS-300HD.

According to the company, the AMS-300HD features casters and a compact size for maneuverability. An optional discharge conveyor allows for stationary operation. Other key features include safety interlocks and a low-speed, high-torque design, an hour meter, lighted viewing widow and powder-coat finish.

More information is available at www.ameri-shred.com.