RESIDUE RECYCLING PROCESS BEGINS IN BELGIUM
A shredder residue recycling process developed by SiCon GmbH of Hilchenbach, Germany, is being installed at a Belgian scrap facility located near the port of Antwerp.
Belgian Scrap Terminal NV (BST) has commissioned SiCon to set up the first stage of its process at a scrap facility in the port city of Kallo, near Antwerp. The plant will have an initial capacity of 8,000 metric tons per year, according to a SiCon news release, with the ability to expand available.
The plant’s design is based on a pilot plant set up by SiCon in Willebroek, Belgium, for BST over the previous six years. "During this period, the process engineering has been thoroughly tested for use on an industrial scale and different recycling channels have been established successfully," according to the SiCon news release.
BST is also planning to add another SiCon process that will allow it to recycle plastics from electric and electronic scrap, according to SiCon.
JMC RECYCLING SYSTEMS INTROS NEW SHEAR
JMC Recycling Systems Ltd., based in England, used the ISRI 2005 Convention & Exposition in New Orleans in April to introduce its newest product, the McIntyre Model 500 Shear.
The shear incorporates an automatic hydraulic hold-down clamp and a 20-inch blade length and offers more speed and power than any other 20-inch shear in its class, according to the company. It also offers easy foot pedal operation, locking wheels and low-noise. The McIntyre 500 features a 10-horsepower motor and measures 65 inches by 36 inches by 58.5 inches.
Strip Technology Inc. of Fort Worth, Texas, distributes JMC equipment in the United States and reports that five Model 500 shears were sold at the ISRI Convention in April.
Strip Technology has sold more than 150 shears for JMC Recycling since it was named the exclusive North American distributor for McIntyre shears.
More information on the 500 shear and other JMC products is available at www.StripTec.com or www.JMCRecycling.com.
HARRIS ADDS SHREDDER PROJECT ENGINEER
Harris Waste Management Group Inc., of Peachtree City, Ga., has added John Bauer as a project engineer in the company’s Shredder Division.
Bauer has 10 years of industry experience, having formerly been employed by Riverside Engineering and Newell Industries Inc. He will be based out of San Antonio, and will specialize in design and layout drawings for shredder plants and downstream systems.
"John not only has engineering experience, but he has a lot of experience in installation and start-up of shredding equipment," says Doug Sebastian, executive vice president with Harris. "He will be a great help on our existing projects and future projects," Sebastian adds.
WINKLE FINE TUNES LIFTING MAGNETS
Winkle Industries, Alliance, Ohio, has launched its newest lifting magnet for the scrap industry. The 68-inch magnet outlifts the company’s earlier models, sometimes lifting on par with Winkle’s 71- or 72-inch units.
"Our investment in 3D Finite Element Analysis is now paying big dividends for our customers," Winkle President Joe Schatz says. "We did not want to be just another magnet supplier to this industry or any other industry. There is a lot of science that goes into this business, and we wanted to bring it out."
Winkle Engineer Mike Conn says that the industry’s transition from cable cranes to hydraulic material handlers calls for a change in magnet design, with magnets typically using 50 percent duty cycles. "These machines move much faster than the old machines. Now, to maximize their investment, scrap yards require 75 percent or higher duty cycles without burning up," Conn says.
Winkle’s new magnets were designed with customer input. According to the company’s research, customers are looking for lighter magnets that have a greater depth of field, reaching farther into the pile to move more with each lift.
The company says its new 68-inch magnets provide the comparable lifting capacity of a 72-inch magnet and weigh about 1,500 pounds less.
Winkle says three years of research and development have gone into the new magnet. "Furthermore, we are now taking the result from our research and are applying it to the rest of our product line," Schatz says.
Winkle Industries manufactures engineered components for industrial lifting and materials handling equipment.
More information is available online at www.winkleindustries.com.
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