After hosting a public meeting and fielding objections from more than 100 neighbors, the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) has approved an air-quality permit for a proposed copper plant in New Haven.

SDI La Farga – a joint venture between Steel Dynamics and La Farga Group, a company from Barcelona, Spain – is in the process of building the plant at 1640 S. Ryan Road. To read the rest of the article, click here.

 

Cresswood Shredding Machinery, Cortland, Ill., has introduced the Destroyer-Max drive system for its Destroyer line of single-shaft, low-RPM shredders. The drive is designed to offer commercial and municipal recycling operations increased throughput and uniform output when processing bulky and dense materials, such as paper cores, books, plastic purgings, pallets, containers and wood scrap.

“Recyclers are contacting us to solve their specialty shredding needs with a cost and energy-saving machine, and they’re increasingly ‘volume challenged,’” Jack Cress, CEO of Cresswood, says. “We’re excited that coupled with our new Max-Rotor design, the Destroyer-Max drive produces an impressive increase in throughput with significantly less horsepower.” He adds, “It’s a major leap forward for us.”

According to Cresswood, tests conducted in a controlled environment are yielding data for specific materials.

Mark Anderson, vice president of engineering for Cresswood, says, “Basically, the Destroyer-Max is a proven full-time digital vector drive for your main motor which enables energy-efficient performance under load and quicker, smoother transitions—forward and reverse.”

The Destroyer-Max drive is integrated into the central control panel for the shredder, providing a user-friendly interface for operators, according to Cresswood. It also functions with the proprietary gearbox and mount design, offering a fully mature, robust and durable technology that is a “ready-to-ship innovation,” the company says.

More information is available by calling 800-962-7302 or visiting www.cresswood.com.

PTR Baler & Compactor Co., a manufacturer of recycling equipment headquartered in Philadelphia, has been named a finalist for the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) Sandy Trowbridge Award for Excellence in Community Service. NAM says “PTR had a uniquely positive story to tell about how a company can work with educational institutions in an intercity environment.”

In May, the company, in conjunction with Thomas Edison High School in Philadelphia, opened the PTR Welding Center to promote welding trades at the high school. Students trained at Edison will be able to work in co-op programs at PTR and other Philadelphia-based manufacturers.

Marilyn Perez, principal of Thomas Edison High School, says, “We are elated to be able to offer such a worthy program to our students. Without PTR’s generous donation this dream would not have come to fruition. This program allows young men and woman the opportunity to learn a skill that will allow them after graduation to go directly into the workforce and earn a good living.”

Mike Savage, PTR president and CEO, says, “It’s an honor to be recognized by NAM for the Trowbridge Award and to be a part of the program at Edison that helps hone skills and creates jobs; providing a career in manufacturing for the next generation of young people.”

The company will be recognized at the NAM board of directors’ dinner Oct. 13, 2011, in Washington, D.C.
 

Vecoplan Midwest, Floyds Knobs, Ind., designs, builds and installs complete pellet production systems for a range of materials, including wood, paper and cardboard, for use as alternative fuel.

A typical line includes size reduction, conveyance, metering, pelletizing, cooling, screening, packaging and customized system controls. The heart of each system is a Vecoplan pellet mill, which features belt-driven dual drives. According to the company, Vecoplan’s pellet mill is designed to provide maximum efficiency with ease of operation and maintenance, providing lower operating costs. The systems include Vecoplan controls, designed and manufactured to maximize ease of use and optimize system performance, according to the company.

Vecoplan says its pellet systems deliver production rates from 1,000 to more than 8,000 pounds per hour, depending on the material being pelletized and the size of equipment specified.

The company’s expertise includes pelletizing hard and soft woods and other forms of biomass, wood scrap, agricultural byproducts, grasses, manures, ethanol waste, paper, cardboard, carpet scrap and municipal solid waste.

Vecoplan Midwest says its staff has hands-on experience running pellet mills and provide system startup, operational training and ongoing parts and service.

More information is available by visiting www.vecoplanmidwest.com or by contacting info@vecoplanmidwest.com or 812-923-4992.