Gensco partners with ELV companies to advance depollution

As the need for a global circular economy takes center stage, governments across North and Latin America are pressed to place greater accountability on businesses to process end-of-life vehicles (ELVs) responsibly. ELV dismantlers and scrap metal recyclers are keenly aware that minimizing dangerous fluids, valuable parts and automobile shredder residue (ASR) from the recycling process is being scrutinized. The pressure to reduce environmental contamination and recover fluids, rubber, plastics, copper, precious metals and aluminum, among other commodities, is a high priority. 

Around the globe, steps have been taken to legislate standards in ELV recycling, and recyclers in several countries have been legislated to remove automotive oils, greases, coolant, fuel and windshield fluid in addition to parts that could be sold or recycled. 

Gensco Equipment Inc., a 100-year-old recycling equipment supplier and consultancy company, has partnered with Iris-Mec S.r.l., a global manufacturer of vehicle, motorcycle and truck depollution and dismantling equipment. 

Gensco says its aim is to continue to help the ELV recycling industry find better ways to manage operations while reducing the risks of pollution from the recycling process, and, the company adds, with Iris-Mec’s know-how, attention to detail and quality, it believes it has found the right partner. Iris-Mec has developed systems and components Gensco says are simple, economical and built with a high standard in quality. 

The company offers a wide range of purpose-built systems and equipment for recycling operations of various sizes, including depollution equipment, and can: 

Hydraulic lifts with built-in drill drainage systems have been designed for easy extraction, separation and compliant storage of various auto fluids. Fluid and fuel quality can be assessed and either reused on-site or sold for revenue, and Gensco will also provide systems that are compatible with customer racks, ramps and lifts already in place. 

Hydraulic clamping/tilting tables can extract valuable parts from an ELV such as alternators, wire harnesses and catalytic converters, and the company provides the equipment to process these parts further and recover copper, palladium, platinum and rhodium. 

Tires can be separated from crushed steel and aluminum rims, and aluminum separators will render the rim useless without compromising its structure so it can be sold as confirmed, pure aluminum.   

Gensco says the right equipment offers a means to be compliant, responsible and profitable all at once, and, with a history servicing the recycling, demolition and automotive industries, the company notes that it will handle any implementation required with respect to delivery, installation and serviceability of the product. 

“Behind every machine is a relationship and an expectation from our customers that we will back our products and provide a lifetime of support for them,” the company says.