Equipment Report

Encore Systems Inc. (ESI) has shipped a portable scrap tire baler to Northern Tyre Disposal LTD in Iverness-Shire, Scotland. The baler arrived in Liverpool in October and was transported to Scotland. Three days later, ESI personnel arrived and all Northern Tyre employees were trained. The Scottish Environmental Protection Agency has already approved uses of the bales in civil engineering applications such as road building and erosion control.

TREBOR COMPLETES TEXAS INSTALLATION

Trebor Resource Recovery, Jacksonville, Fla., has completed the commissioning of an electrostatic separation system for Lopez Scrap Metal Inc., El Paso, Texas. The system recovers metallic material from dry, granulated, liberated and free-flowing materials with particle size between three- millimeter and 100 mesh. The machine has processing capabilities up to 2,500 pounds per hour.

HOSOKAWA POLYMER INSTALLS GRANULATOR

Hosokawa Polymer Systems has installed a customized version of their Premium Shurfeed™ Granulator at an automotive parts manufacturer. One of the peak concerns of the auto parts manufacturer was the noise created when granulating parts such as electrical fixtures, wire and conductor housings and fuse boxes.

The design featured:

• A backwall in the feed chamber that eliminates most material flyback

• Slower running rotors that help reduce the ricochet effect

• Closely matched chamber, rotor and drive components.

TJN ENTERPRISES INSTALLS SCRAP HANDLER

TJN Enterprises, Sioux Falls, S.D., has installed a pedestal-mounted scrap handler from Northshore Manufacturing. Kevin Kopsas, general manager at two of TJN’s facilities, says the Builtrite Model 4600 has made the business more efficient.

The Model 4600 is equipped with a four-tine Builtrite grapple and features a 45-foot, two-section boom. The unit feeds more than 125 tons of material each day. The Builtrite unit allows the company to have one person perform both operation of the stationary shear and the crane to feed it.