Badger Materials Recycling installs CM tire processing system

Wisconsin company adds whole-tire-to-chip system that includes a CM Dual Speed Chipping Shredder.

CM Recycling Solutions, Sarasota, Florida, has announced the sale and commissioning of a new turnkey CM whole tire-to-chip system at Badger Materials Recycling LLC, headquartered in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin.

Badger and partners Wolf Paving, also of Oconomowoc; MCC Inc. of Appleton, Wisconsin;  and Tri-County Paving Inc., Madison, Wisconsin, recently received the 2018 Wisconsin Recycling Excellence Overall Program Award from the state’s Department of Natural Resources (DNR) for shingle recycling collection and processing and for their ongoing efforts to provide clear education about acceptable materials.

Badger has planned to launch a tire recycling program serving Wisconsin and the greater Milwaukee area by late 2018. The flagship equipment for Badger Recycling’s program is centered around a new CM Dual Speed Chipping Shredder. CM says the machine is one of the most popular shredders in its lineup.

The system can be configured for mobile or stationary use, as it is in this case, and is capable of processing passenger, truck, SUV and semitruck tires down to a 2-inch chip that is sold as tire-derived fuel and feedstock for crumb rubber production, according to CM.

The Dual Speed Chipping Shredder is equipped with CM’s patented “Multi-Stack” knife configuration. This system uses replaceable knife inserts made of through-hardened tool steel. The knives can be reground, repositioned and used a total of three times. On average, the knives will be able to process 320,000 PTEs (passenger tire equivalents) per use, or 960,000 PTEs per knife set. This patented feature also uses the closest knife to knife tolerances possible, according CM, allowing the system to produce the cleanest cut chips with the least exposed wire.

Michael Ettner, president of Badger Materials Recycling, says one of the many contributing factors to purchasing the CM equipment was meeting and working with the CM team. “I found the management team for Columbus McKinnon to be very helpful and experienced with assisting us with the startup and commissioning of the equipment,” he says. “I would certainly recommend CM to someone who is serious about tire recycling; our experience with CM has been an incredibly smooth venture.”

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