Terex brand Fuchs, with North American headquarters in Louisville, Kentucky, will exhibit in booth No. A6 at ISRI2018, the convention hosted by the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries. The event is scheduled for April 14-19, 2018, at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas.

The company will display two material handlers: the MHL340 F2 and MHL350 F2.

Commenting on the lineup, Todd Goss, general manager for Fuchs in North America, say the machines enable customers in the company’s four core segments of scrap, waste, forestry and the port industry to operate efficiently and boost return on investment.

The company says it is focusing on growing distribution globally to ensure customers experience more responsive service and parts support. As of the end of March, 23 Fuchs equipment dealers are located throughout North America, the company says.

The Fuchs MHL340F handles heavy recycling loads precisely within a specific work radius. The undercarriage, with its larger outrigger cylinders and a stabilization footprint measuring 16-feet-9-inches by 14-feet-1-inch, ensures stability when heavy loads are to be handled, Fuchs says, using a reach of up to nearly 42 feet. Slewing motors and slewing gears are fine-tuned, and the lifting and stick cylinders come equipped with special end-position damping to ensure neither speed nor precision is compromised.

The company says “cutting-edge engine technology combined with intelligent hydraulics” give the MHL350 F its speed and sensitivity. With an operating weight of up to 78,263 pounds, a reach of 52 feet and 6 inches and an undercarriage width of 9 feet 10 inches, the MHL 350 offers stability, Fuchs says. The 215-horsepower turbo diesel engine and hydraulics operating in a dual-circuit system ensure that even heavier loads are handled with precision and speed.

“These are exciting times for the Fuchs business,” Goss says. “We have significantly strengthened the Fuchs team, increased local support by growing our distribution network, broadened and updated our purpose-built handler line for the market and customized our equipment to meet specific application needs for our customers. It’s a good time to be a Fuchs material handler customer.”

Local Fuchs dealers can be found at www.terex-fuchs.com/us/find-your-dealer/laender/united-states-of-america-usa.html.

Voith Turbo Inc., a provider of drive solutions, systems and comprehensive services with U.S headquarters in York, Pennsylvania, and Danieli Centro Recycling, an Italian manufacturer of recycling machinery with North American operations in Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania, have announced that Danieli will distribute Voith products and services to shredder operators. Customers can now source Voith quick-time delivery universal joint drive shafts (u-joint shafts), hydrodynamic couplings, SafeSet couplings and highly flexible couplings via Danieli.

“Through our partnership with Danieli, we’re improving the operator’s experience by providing easy access to superior drive components from Voith,” says Kyle Kluttz, vice president, NBS Mining and Metals Americas, Voith Turbo Inc. “Single sourcing offers many benefits, including enhanced administrative efficiency and lower inventory costs.”

Using Voith quick-time delivery, North American delivery times have been decreased from months to weeks. The Voith warehouse in York stocks all of the components for drive shafts in the 198-to-550-millimeter diameter size range, allowing for expedited distribution.

The Voith u-joint shafts feature a modular design, a universal fit and maximized torque capacities that are as much as 20 percent higher than equal-sized competitor products, the company says. These drive and hydraulic solutions can increase the productivity and profitability of capital equipment, including shredders, balers and conveyor systems.

Voith also provides a range of parts and driveline solutions, including connection and torsionally flexible couplings, SafeSet torque limiters, permanent and temporary driveline torque monitoring systems, as well as transmissions, axle drives, torque converters and hydrostatic pumps. These components are used in various industries and applications, including metal processing, recycling, mining, transportation, rail and test-rig equipment.

“For more than 20 years, Danieli has been using and recommending Voith SafeSet couplings to protect shredder drivelines and motors from unshreddables,” says Everson Cremonese, sales director, Americas, Danieli Centro Recycling. “Thanks to Voith products, Danieli shredders have never experienced catastrophic failures with consequent expensive repairs and downtime.”

For more information about Voith Turbo’s products for the recycling industry, please visit http://ow.ly/HOlx30i4dzH or stop by booth No. 2224 at the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) Convention & Exposition from April 14-19 in Las Vegas to discuss the partnership with a Voith representative.  

Spectro Analytical Instruments, Kleve, Germany, has announced an upgrade to its Spectrotest arc/spark mobile metal analyzer for applications in the metal producing, processing and recycling industries.

The Spectrotest mobile spectrometer delivers results when an exact metal analysis is required, materials are difficult to identify or a large number of samples are to be tested, the company says. Applications include on-site grade confirmation of incoming materials at the shipping dock or on the production floor or when metal sorting for value-optimized recycling.

The upgrade, which introduces a more-advanced readout system, the company says. The new readout is a prerequisite for the introduction of iCAL 2.0, an enhancement of the instrument’s proprietary iCAL calibration logic system. ICAL 2.0 enables the mobile analyzer to deliver stability, even in the face of ambient temperature changes, Spectro says.  

With predefined calibration packages and the iCAL 2.0 diagnostics software, the upgraded Spectrotest allows users to perform a single-sample standardization (in less than five minutes) at the start of the day’s testing, the manufacturer says. The iCAL diagnostics are designed to ensure stable performance through a typical day, and the software helps maintain the same standardization, regardless of most temperature shifts.

The analyzer’s high-resolution optical system provides for a wide element range, including nitrogen, lithium and sodium—all elements necessary for a complete on-the-spot metal analysis, Spectro says.

Sample probe adapters are designed to be quick and easy to change for arc excitation and spark excitation (arc spark OES). The battery-powered unit can deliver up to 800 measurements on a single charge, Spectro says. An app enables the display of the measuring screen on a PC monitor, tablet or smartphone. Results can be observed simultaneously in the laboratory and on-site.

Global service and support for the upgraded Spectrotest are provided through the AMECare Performance Services program, backed by more than 200 AMECare service engineers in 50 countries. These customized services include proactive maintenance programs, application solutions, access to specialists and instrument-specific training.

For more information, visit www.spectro.com/products/mobile-metal-analyzer/spectrotest-spectrometer or email spectro.info@ametek.com.

Spectro is a unit of the Materials Analysis Division of AMETEK Inc., a leading global manufacturer of electronic instruments and electromechanical products. 

Starbucks Coffee Co., Seattle, has announced it has committed $10 million in partnership with the Closed Loop Fund and its Center for the Circular Economy to establish a consortium to launch the NextGen Cup Challenge.

This is the first step in the development of a global end-to-end solution that will allow cups around the world to be diverted from landfills and composted or recycled inti another cup, napkin or a chair—anything that can use recycled material.

Through the NextGen Cup Challenge, the consortium will award accelerator grants to entrepreneurs working on ideas that could lead to the development of more sustainable cup solutions and invite industry participation and partnership on the way to identifying a global solution.

“Our store partners proudly pour sustainably sourced coffee in our 28,000 locations around the world, but everyone wants to take our ability to serve it sustainably to the next level,” says Colleen Chapman, vice president of Starbucks global social impact overseeing sustainability. “No one is satisfied with the incremental industry progress made to date, it’s just not moving fast enough. So today, we are declaring a moon shot for sustainability to work together as an industry to bring a fully recyclable and compostable cup to the market, with a three-year ambition.”

Each year, Starbucks says an estimated 600 billion paper and plastic cups are distributed globally, and though Starbucks cups account for an estimated 1 percent of that total, the company says it is not leaving the problem-solving to others.

“Through this partnership, the Challenge will enable leading innovators and entrepreneurs with financial, technical and expert resources to fast-track global solutions, help get those solutions to shelf, through the recovery system and back into the supply chain,” says Rob Kaplan, managing director of Closed Loop Partners.

Closed Loop Fund, an investment fund that finances scaling recycling infrastructure and sustainable manufacturing technologies that advance the circular economy, is part of the New York-based Closed Loop Partners, which invests in sustainable consumer goods, advanced recycling technologies and the development of the circular economy.

Starbucks recently announced it has joined the Recycling Partnership, the Falls Church, Virginia-based nonprofit that leverages corporate investment to support recycling, as a new funding partner. The company joins Amazon, International Paper and 34 other companies, including Coca-Cola, Target, Pepsico and P&G, to help create more circular economy jobs, more material recovery and stronger, more equitable communities, the nonprofit says.

Starbucks says the need to innovate is recognized industrywide and by leading nonprofits, including consortium member World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and its Cascading Materials Vision. The Cascading Materials Vision was developed by a collaboration spearheaded by WWF that brings together the world’s leading brands, policymakers, materials, management solution providers and environmental nonprofits.

“Through this collaboration, Starbucks and the Closed Loop Partners are undertaking complex issues in the sourcing and recovery of materials, looking to protect the environment and future wealth of our natural resources,” says Erin Simon, director of sustainability research and development (R&D) and material science at WWF. “World Wildlife Fund is excited to support and participate in comprehensive solutions that help tackle the world’s greatest challenges.”

Throughout development, Starbucks says the solution will be open source so that others can benefit and innovate on the path toward the development of recyclable and compostable cups around the world.

“We want to make sure this technology is available to everyone because it’s the right thing to do,” says Andy Corlett, director of packaging R&D for Starbucks. “The idea of environmental sustainability in packaging is not just a Starbucks issue. It’s a global issue. Anything that gets us closer to that goal is not something we want to keep to ourselves.”

As the NextGen Challenge kicks off, internal research continues as Starbucks Research and Development team initiates a trial of a new bioliner, made partially from plant-based materials for its paper cup. The internal trial, expected to take six months, will test not only for environmental impact, but whether the cup’s liner can stand up to stringent safety requirements and quality standards when filled with a hot liquid. This trial marks the 13th internal test of its kind in the last year alone as part of continued efforts to deliver on its goal for a Greener Cup.

Industry leaders such as Lynn Dyer, president of Foodservice Packaging Institute, recognize the challenges that come with striving to improve on the recyclability of cups.

Dyer says, “Starbucks is a leader in the ongoing work to make a recyclable paper cup a reality. However, this takes a great deal of time and effort, and certainly not something that can be done alone or by simply designing a new cup.”

She continues, “The truth is no cup is recyclable until it is widely accepted by communities, recycling facilities and paper mills. We have been fortunate to have Starbucks engagement and partnership in working on this challenge, and we look forward to continued collaboration towards a truly recyclable cup.”

Starbucks paper cups are currently manufactured with 10 percent postconsumer recycled fiber, the first prototype of its kind to be approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 2006. The inside of the cups is coated with a thin liner designed to meet quality and safety standards, including preventing leaks. The cups are recyclable in many municipalities with the appropriate infrastructure, including Seattle, San Francisco, Washington and New York City. Starbucks says it is pushing for broader acceptance, and the use of a plant-based liner could help more municipal recycling and composting facilities process used cups, keeping them from the landfill.

“Developing a plant-based liner that stands up to hot liquids and is commercially viable is incredibly hard, but we believe the solution is out there, not just for cups but for other exciting applications, like making straws greener, in the future,” says Rebecca Zimmer, director of global environmental impact.