Equipment Report

Rumpke Expands Columbus, Ohio, MRF

Rumpke, a waste and recycling company headquartered in Cincinnati, has expanded its Columbus, Ohio, material recovery facility (MRF) with the installation of a single-stream processing system provided by Machinex, Plessisville, Quebec. The new system expands on the sorting capability of the MRF's phase 1 system, separating old corrugated containers (OCC) from single-stream recyclables. According to Machinex, Rumpke wanted the new system to process 30 to 35 tons per hour of recyclables with minimal reliance on manual sorting.

The Machinex system starts with a second pre-sort system to collect small pieces of OCC, boxboard and chipboard while removing plastic bags. A scalping screen and fines screen device was included to break glass and divert the less-than-4-inch fraction directly to the finishing screen. Multiple ONP (old newspapers) screens have been installed to ensure maximum efficiency in sorting ONP while minimizing labor associated with manual sorting, according to Machinex.

The container sorting line includes flat fraction separators, magnets, an eddy current, optical sorting units and a glass cleanup system.

Rumpke's Columbus single-stream processing system is the first complete single-stream plant that Rumpke and Machinex have completed together, according to the equipment company.

"Machinex adapted well to a unique situation," says Jonathan Kissell, Rumpke corporate communications supervisor. "Rumpke has had a good experience with Machinex on several projects, including the renovation in Columbus and an aluminum can processing system in Georgetown, Ky."

Watch a video report at www.recyclingtoday.com/rumpke-columbus-mrf-video.aspx
 

Vecoplan Midwest Introduces Turnkey Pellet Systems

Vecoplan Midwest, Floyds Knobs, Ind., a division of Vecoplan LLC, Archdale, N.C., designs, builds and installs complete pellet production systems for a range of materials, including wood, paper and cardboard, for use as alternative fuel.

A typical line includes size reduction, conveyance, metering, pelletizing, cooling, screening, packaging and customized system controls. The heart of each system is a Vecoplan pellet mill, which features belt-driven dual drives. According to the company, Vecoplan's pellet mill is designed to provide maximum efficiency with ease of operation and maintenance, providing lower operating costs. The systems include Vecoplan controls, designed and manufactured to maximize ease of use and optimize system performance, according to the company.

Vecoplan says its pellet systems deliver production rates from 1,000 to more than 8,000 pounds per hour, depending on the material being pelletized and the size of equipment specified.

Vecoplan Midwest says its staff has hands-on experience running pellet mills and provide system startup, operational training and ongoing parts and service.

More information is available by visiting www.vecoplanmidwest.com.
 

US Shredder, US Conveyor Expand Shared Illinois Plant

U.S. Shredder and Castings Group, Trussville, Ala., and U.S. Conveyor Technologies Inc., Mackinaw, Ill., have expanded the U.S. Conveyor plant in Mackinaw, which prepares equipment for both companies. The 10,000-square-foot addition boosts the facility's capacity to 40,000 square feet.

U.S. Shredder says the added space will house a new paint shop and will include two 10-ton cranes and a 60-foot long enclosed paint booth. The paint shop is being designed "to enhance paint quality and the throughput of fabricated equipment," according to the companies.

The remainder of the expansion will be used to stage equipment for pre-assembly and final testing. The facility is part of a planned $750,000 upgrade to the Mackinaw plant. U.S. Shredder says the upgrade in Mackinaw will allow it to "increase its overall quality and help keep up with the company's increasing market share of recycling systems and parts fabrication."

The U.S. Shredder and Castings Group offers scrap shredders, control systems, downstream systems, nonferrous recovery, air systems, scrap shears, balers and loggers. The company also provides shredder castings, service, engineering and consulting services to the scrap industry.

U.S. Conveyor Technologies specializes in the production of heavy- and light-duty conveyors for the recycling and scrap industries, including infeed conveyors, magnetic separation systems, picking stations, oscillating conveyors and complete downstream systems.

More information is available at www.usshredder.com and at www.usconveyor.net.
 

International Baler Adds to Dealer Network

International Baler Corp. (IBC), Jacksonville, Fla., has named Requip LLC, Plano, Texas, as the company's dealer for Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, New Mexico and the Shreveport area of Louisiana.

"Requip offers many years of industry knowledge, service capability and the willingness to take care of the customer—the exact same philosophy adhered to by International Baler," Gibson says. "Keith Engelke and Mary Armee of Requip have hit the ground running for us and are already helping recyclers in the Southwestern United States become better equipped to process their materials."

Go Green Solutions LLC, Carthage, Mo., also has joined IBC's network of dealers. Go Green Solutions will represent IBC in Missouri, Kansas and Nebraska.

More information is available at www.intl-baler.com.
 

CP Group Upgrades San Diego MRF

CP Group, based in San Diego, has begun a retrofit of a single-stream material recovery facility (MRF) that the company owns and operates. The company says the retrofit should be complete by the end of 2011.

The CP Group, a manufacturer and supplier of recycling equipment, uses the MRF as a prototype and showcase plant.

The retrofit includes two paper and container screens. One of the screens is a new design and is being field-tested before being introduced to the market, the CP Group says. The MRF also includes optical sorters from MSS Inc. and an air drum separator from Ken Mills Engineering, CP Group's U.K. partner.

"We are unique among all manufacturers in that we have our own operating MRF, which allows us to showcase and test our product line," Bob Davis, CP Group CEO and president, says. "It gives us an operator's perspective on equipment performance."

A new IPS two-ram baler also will be installed at the MRF. Davis says it will reduce baling time by half from 12 hours to six hours.

The CP Group includes CP Manufacturing, CP Europe, MSS Inc., IPS Balers and Krause Manufacturing. More information is available online at www.thecpgrp.com or at www.cpmfg.com.