Equipment report

Germany’s Max Becker Trading adds new Sennebogen electric crawler

Max Becker Trading of Cologne, Germany, has added a new Sennebogen 850 R Special Electro at its Cologne Niehl port facility. The electric scrap handler is used for charging the scrap metal shears and for material sorting.
Max Becker Trading added its first Sennebogen material handling machines within a few years of its founding in 1994. The site also utilizes two 835 M units to move, sort and prepare scrap material for processing and for further transport by ship.

The new handler was delivered in 2014 by Sennebogen’s sales and service partner Baumaschinen Rhein-Ruhr (BRR) of Herne, Germany. It was supplied from Sennebogen with a factory-fitted 1,000-litre-capacity HGT 1000 multi-shell grapple, featuring a five-shell semi-open grapple with forged tips. According to Sennebogen, the grapple’s optimized hydraulic flow ensures fast opening and closing and guarantees maximum closing forces.

Sennebogen reports that the 850 R Special was also equipped with a 250-kilowatt electric motor upon customer request, and that the motor saves about 50% of energy and operating costs compared with the diesel-powered previous version. The handler offers reach of over 20 metres and covers an area of just under 1,300 square meters, Sennebogen adds.

The company says the crawler undercarriage features a 4.90-metre track width, offering stable and flexible use of the handler over the entire compound. To provide the necessary overview and reach for filling the scrap shears, the machine was elevated by 5 metres by means of a tube pylon at the customer’s request. Combined with the 1-metre rigid cabin elevation, the elevation offers operator Lothar Lenzen an ideal overview of his entire work area, Lenzen says.

The unit also features the Sennebogen Mastercab, built for operator comfort, and all-around safety glass. The extensive camera system and LED lighting set help ensure a safe work environment, Sennebogen says.

Sennebogen says the electric machine also offers constant motor performance in all load ranges, extended maintenance intervals, lower service costs and a lower background noise.

Turkish steelmaker purchases Danieli Lynxs shredder

Turkey-based steelmaker Tosyali has purchased a Danieli Lynxs DCR 2227 shredder for the steel company’s Oran, Algeria, facility from Danieli Centro Recycling, an equipment company headquartered in Buttrio, Italy.

According to Danieli, the sale marks the first partnership between Danieli Centro Recycling and Tosyali, one of Turkey’s largest private iron and steelmakers.

The Oran, Algeria, site produces more than 1 million tonnes of liquid steel per year from its electric arc furnace (EAF). The shredder is expected to improve profit yields through greater flexibility on scrap purchasing and a reduction in furnace transformation costs, Danieli says.

Davide Braga, executive manager of technical sales at Danieli Centro Recycling, describes the company’s experience as a steelmaker as crucial to the sale. “We know exactly what a steelmaker is looking for in a product. We are not only selling recycling equipment; we also provide added value in terms of know-how.”

The 4,000-horsepower shredder offers an output of up to 100 tonnes per hour and a yearly capacity of up to 400,000 tonnes of shredded scrap. Standard features include its high inertia, long-life, capped rotor; heavy-duty rotor bearing housings; and a single unified base structure to increase strength in the vicinity of the anvil, Danieli reports.

The company says the shredder offers lower kilowatt-hour power consumption per tonne produced. Furthermore, Danieli Lynxs has developed a new hammer pin puller designed to reduce maintenance time and costs.

Braga says that flexibility in terms of feedstock purchasing is the greatest benefit of the shredder.

“In general, when producing one tonne of steel with an electrical furnace, 80% of the total production cost comes from the cost of raw materials. Sourcing less expensive scrap, shredding and raising the quality of your final product therefore impact enormously on profitability.”

Braga says adding a shredder allows steelmakers to source less expensive feedstocks and to produce fresh scrap which may contribute to better yields.

Danieli Centro Recycling currently operates four shredders across Africa and three in the Middle East.

ExxonMobil installs baler in Africa

Ken Mills Engineering Ltd. (KME), headquartered in the United Kingdom, has recently commissioned an Aries two-ram baler for petroleum and petrochemical company ExxonMobil at one of the company’s operations in central Africa.

KME says ExxonMobil’s intent is to avoid waste generation and to reuse or recycle scrap wherever and whenever safely possible.

The baler is handling recyclable materials generated within ExxonMobil’s oilfields and pipeline transportation operations, which transport crude oil from Chad to Cameroon. Scrap materials processed include cardboard, polyethylene and paper, the equipment dealer reports.

According to KME, the Aries two-ram baler was selected for its robust compact design, high throughput capacity and high density bales. The fully automatic unit is capable of handling up to 10 tonnes per hour.

The machine is designed and manufactured by British-based KME. The manufacturer says its simple but effective construction makes it an ideal machine for the remote operation in Africa.

A video about the Aries baler is available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-7AUYLwwdc.