Metso installs shear in Texas

Waxahachie, Texas-based Oak Cliff Recycling has selected an N Series Inclined Shear (NIS) made by Metso to accelerate the way it processes bulky, oversized scrap.

“Metso NIS has the design and ability to process difficult materials quickly and efficiently,” says Benjie Smith, the owner of Oak Cliff Recycling. “Cutting cycle times are fast, and the design of the moving floor in getting the scrap metal to the blades removes the added time of folding and compressing in a box.”

Smith says the Dallas area recycling company has struggled with unwieldy materials in conventional style shears that slow down production. Oversized and often intractable material hampered recycling processes, but the challenges were detected and the company turned to Metso for a solution.

“The wide-ranging Metso N Series Inclined Shear was the perfect solution to Oak Cliff's processing inefficiencies,” says Scott Holder, a regional sales manager with Metso.

Holder describes the Metso NIS as a state-of-the-art gravity feed shear that can accept long material and large bulky scrap. it is available with cutting forces from 600 to 1,250 metric tons. It is available as a self-contained unit that is easy to install, according to Metso, and it is ideal in preparing heavy melting scrap, auto bodies, steel mill scrap, miscellaneous shapes, pipe, plate, railcars, demolition scrap, aluminum and stainless steel materials and in shipbreaking applications.

Oak Cliff Recycling has been in the scrap processing industry for more than a quarter of a century. The company processes ferrous and nonferrous metals such as steel, rebar, iron, aluminum (including cans), brass, copper, insulated wire and stainless steel. The firm serves both industrial companies and the public.

Finland-based Metso serves the mining, aggregates, recycling, oil, gas, pulp, paper and process industries with products including mining and aggregates processing equipment and systems to industrial valves and controls.