Vecoplan Receives Patent for Mobile Document and Product Destruction System

When the truck is running, a PTO- (power-take-off-) driven, 180-kilo-vol- amperes generator powers the shredder, or the truck engine can be shut down and the shredder can be plugged into three-phase industrial power and operated as a plant-based system.

 

QuickLink is the trade name that Vecoplan uses to designate the plug-and-play docking technology. Other features, exclusive to the VST-42e shred truck, include Vecoplan’s TaskMaster Application Management System and large throughput capacity, the company says.

 

The TaskMaster, part of the HMI touch-screen control panel, is designed to optimize the shredding process for a range of materials, according to Vecoplan. With five built-in programs, the application management system has settings for high volumes of paper; tapes, pill bottles, credit cards and other plastics; books, file stock and banker’s boxes; uniforms and textiles; and hard drives and other electronic devices.

 

The VST-42e features a throughput capacity of between 6,000 to 7,000 pounds plus per hour, according to Vecoplan.

 

The company asserts that green aspects of its design make the VST-42e a lower-carbon-footprint shredding machine. It runs on ultra-low-sulfur diesel and is B5 biodiesel-compatible for lower greenhouse gas emissions. Running off the PTO, the truck uses half the diesel as a traditional PTO-driven hydraulic shredder system, and when plugged into a plant’s power it uses no diesel, Vecoplan says. Additionally, by eliminating 94 percent of the hydraulic fluid needed on the truck, the VST-42e decreases the possibility and impact of a hazardous materials spill, plus the hassle of recycling hydraulic fluid during maintenance, according to the company.

 

More information on the VST-42e is available at www.VecoplanLLC.com.