Upstate Shredding purchases Wendt shredder and nonferrous separation system

Model M6090 shredder and three-line nonferrous system will be installed at Upstate’s Albany, N.Y., facility.

January 29, 2014
Recycling Today Staff

Wendt Corp., headquartered in Buffalo, N.Y., has sold a Model M6090 shredder and three-line nonferrous separation system to Upstate Shredding-Ben Weitsman, based in Owego, N.Y. The shredder is the third Upstate has purchased and will be installed at its Port of Albany, N.Y., facility.

Shortly after purchasing the Albany scrap yard, opened in August 2013, Upstate recognized the need to purchase a shredder for the location, says Adam Weitsman, owner of Upstate Shredding.

With the company’s main shredder in Owego, N.Y., the company faced excessive freight costs to transport the material and decided that having a shredder onsite made the most sense, Weitsman adds.

“We have ambitious goals for our Albany yard, and this shredder is the next step in putting that plan of expansion into motion and becoming more competitive in the region,” he observes.

After completing the install of the shredder Upstate will be looking to add to its workforce, as well as make some strategic acquisitions, which will increase the volume of material for the shredder.

In a Wendt release, Weitsman says that after looking into several manufacturers, the M6090 shredder “offered the best overall value and proper sizing for the area.”

According to Wendt, the M6090 shredder is designed with modular features that help reduce overall project costs for customers compared to “traditional” installations. In addition to the shredder decision, the company also saw the opportunity to maximize the recovery of its material through the purchase of a nonferrous separation system.

“Wendt put together a package that best suited our needs,” says Weitsman. “The nonferrous equipment will allow us to increase revenue to our bottom line and create additional jobs in the area.” The new separation lines will allow the company to recover insulated copper wire, zorba and zurik, as well as fines material.

The new shredder features a 2,500-horsepower DC motor and Bowe disc rotor. The shredder is equipped with an infeed conveyor, Wendt AutoDriver controls and modular design features that includes a prefabricated motor enclosure, remote pre-wired e-house, operator control tower and ferrous downstream.

Upstate reports that installation will begin in the second quarter. When complete, the shredder will be able to process up to 18,000 tons per month of ferrous and nonferrous material and run seven days a week.

Wendt has also recently commissioned a high-volume MTB wire chopping line at Upstate’s Owego, N.Y., facility and will install an additional shredder for the company in the fourth quarter of 2014 in New Castle, Pa.

American Pulverizer and Hustler Conveyor install shredder at Garden Street Iron & Metal

Companies also sell an integrated shredding plant to Harmon Metals in Tennessee.

January 29, 2014
Recycling Today Staff

Auto Shredding Equipment & Products

American Pulverizer Co. (APCO), St. Louis, and Hustler Conveyor Co., O'Fallon, Mo., have installed and started up an APCO 98x115 heavy-duty automobile and scrap shredding system at the scrap metal company Garden Street Iron & Metal, Cincinnati, Ohio.

According to APCO, the Garden Street system was installed at the end of 2013 with startup and commissioning in December. The system design was the result of the companies’ Team Concept, a collaborative approach that provides integrated engineering from American Pulverizer, Hustler Conveyor, Eriez Magnetics, Pinnacle Engineering Controls, SiCon GmbH and Quad Plus. The team also worked closely with Earl and Rob Weber, owners of Garden Street, APCO reports.

According to Skip Anthony, APCO’s vice president of sales and service, the system is unique in that it offers the latest technologies designed to yield lower installation cost, highly productive shredding with comprehensive liberation, efficient cleaning and separation of both ferrous and nonferrous metals.

System components include:

APCO 98-inch top, back and bottom discharge, high production shredder box;
Hustler tumbleback metering conveyor;
APCO three-split trommel;
Combination of mechanical and air separation on nonferrous portion;
Eriez P-Rex Underflow drum magnets, fitted with traction plates that provide three or more material flips per drum for greater agitating action and cleaner ferrous metals; and
Latest Pinnacle e-shred controls with field distribution panels and remote wireless maintenance operation and Co-Pilot software for production control.

APCO says it had the entire system up and running in one week.

The companies also were awarded an order with Harmon Metals, Cornersville, Tenn., which includes a 60x85 heavy duty automobile and scrap shredding plant with integrated ferrous and nonferrous separation plants. The new operation will be installed and running by end of the second quarter of 2014, the companies report.

APCO reports it worked closely with Harmon over the last year to develop a simple yet efficient system to process 3,000-5,000 tons per month of automobiles, obsolete scrap and logged or baled mixed metals. The shredder is expected to allow Harmon to run materials normally associated with larger shredders, APCO says.

The system is a collaborative team effort between APCO, Hustler Conveyor, Eriez Magnetics, Pinnacle Engineering Controls and Red River Hydraulics and includes a new integrated design package that will minimize installation costs and reduce the timeline for Harmon, allowing the company to more quickly earn a return on investment for the project.

More information is available from Skip Anthony at 314-713-5489 or at santhony@ampulverizer.com.

Harsco lands multiyear contract in China

Mill services company also renews contract at a different Chinese steel company.

January 29, 2014
Recycling Today Staff

Ferrous Legislation & Regulations

Harsco Corp., a diversified global company headquartered in Camp Hill, Pa., has signed two multiyear contracts in China that will bring in $200 million in projected revenues. The contracts, one a new award and the second a multiyear contract expansion and renewal, address innovative approaches to waste stream management and energy reduction with two customers in the Chinese steelmaking market, the company says.

Harsco’s contract renewal is with Hangzhou Iron & Steel Group and aims to build on a Harsco process underway at another Chinese steelmaking plant that significantly reduces the environmental impact of steelmaking versus traditional methods. Harsco’s process allows for high-efficiency metal recovery and comprehensive use of metallurgical materials, which Harsco will market for beneficial reuse in the cement, concrete and road-base infrastructure sectors.

Hangzhou’s steelmaking plant has a capacity of 3.8 million metric tons per year and serves the demand for steel products along China’s East Coast. Harsco began operations at Hangzhou in 2002, providing resource recovery services and environmental products through a superfines operation that produces cement substitute from slags.

“In the last 12 years since our cooperation started, Harsco has provided the world the best services in slag processing,” says Shizhong Li, chairman of Hangzhou Iron & Steel Group. “They have made great contributions to protect the local environment.”

In addition, Harsco has signed a 15-year contract with Ningbo Iron & Steel Co Ltd. for coke briquetting. The new contract will effectively process coke fines, dust and carbon slurry that are generated during the steel production process, enabling significant reductions in environmental impact and power consumption at the site.

The briquettes produced by Harsco will be added to the iron making and steel-making furnaces for beneficial reuse. Briquettes return more material to the plant, reducing the amount of raw material needed, Harsco says. The contract adds to Harsco’s work at the site, having provided scrap management services since 2007 and waste oxide briquetting since 2011.

Ningbo Iron & Steel Co. Ltd is a slab-making facility with a production capacity of 4.4 million metric tons per year.

(photo is of Harsco's scrap management operations at Acindar's works in Argentina)

NRT names sales manager

Thiru Ilanchelian will guide the company’s global sales and marketing functions.

January 29, 2014
Recycling Today Staff

Legislation & Regulations Personnel

National Recovery Technologies (NRT), based in Nashville, Tenn., has named Thiru Ilanchelian its new sales manager. He will report directly to NRT President Matthias Erdmannsdoerfer. In his role, Ilanchelian will guide NRT’s sales and marketing functions on a global basis.

NRT provides optical sorting equipment for a variety of industries, including materials recovery facilities, secondary plastics, electronic scrap and mineral separation.

“This is the next step for NRT as we continue to grow. We’re fortunate to be in a position to hire someone of Thiru’s caliber to lead our sales team,” says Erdmannsdoerfer. “NRT has long led the industry in technology innovation and customer service. I feel confident that with Thiru in place our sales team will be ahead of the curve, helping our customers find the right custom solutions for their business and the first-class customer service that we’ve become known for.”

Ilanchelian says, “NRT has achieved so much in its history as a thought leader and provider of best-in-class equipment, and has so much potential moving forward. NRT is made up of experienced leaders who do the right thing for their customers, and our technology has some clear advantages. Our value proposition is very strong and I look forward to leading our team as we bring it to markets throughout the world.”

Prior to joining NRT, Ilanchelian served as business development manager at Magotteaux Inc.’s North American Cement and Utilities division.

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