New Jersey Scrap Yard to Add Shredding Plant

American Pulverizer, St. Louis, has been awarded a contract to supply a metals shredder and downstream separation system to American Auto Salvage & Recycling, Mays Landing, N.J.

According to an American Pulverizer news release, the system will be installed early in the third quarter of 2011. The system includes an American Pulverizer 60x85 auto and scrap shredder driven by a dual 2,000-horsepower direct-current drive supplied by Quad Plus Inc., Joliet, Ill.

The entire system will be installed indoors to alleviate dust and noise concerns, according to the release. American Pulverizer’s sister company Hustler Conveyor, O’Fallon, Mo., worked with the customer to help design an indoor system.

“Our American Pulverizer team will handle all facets of the project, including site development, foundation design, and installation,” says the company’s Skip Anthony. “This is the fourth project we have done in cooperation with contractor Cooper & Associates, who will handle full project management.”

The ferrous and nonferrous separation system will include:

•    A P-Rex drum magnet and new Shred1 ferrous cleaning system from Eriez, Erie, Pa.;
•    A heavy-duty tumble-back metering conveyor from Hustler Conveyor;
•    An American Pulverizer trommel;
•    Multiple eddy current separators from Eriez;
•    An Eriez Pro-Sort II metal sensor;
•    Platforms and pick stations; and
•    An E-Shred shredder control package designed by American Pulverizer and Pinnacle Engineering, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The shredder control package includes field distribution panels, remote wireless maintenance controls, a water injection package and an operator control room designed to be user friendly.