After three years of discussions with various government agencies, Randy Schlipp, the owner of Randy’s Recycling, Eau Claire, Mich., says the company recently started work on its first auto shredder in New Carlisle, Ind.
The new location will operate under the name 360 Degree Metal Recycling. It is on 26 acres and is zoned for manufacturing.
360 Metals Recycling received approval for the project from the St. Joseph (Indiana) County Council one year ago.
To assuage concerns from area residents, Randy says the company will put a liner beneath all areas of the yard where processing will take place. This is designed to eliminate fluids from leaking into the ground and contaminating groundwater. The water captured by the liner will be used to help cool down the shredder, according to the company.
The shredder will be an 80-inch-by-104-inch 4,000-horsepower model from American Pulverizer, St. Louis, with conveyors provided by Hustler Conveyor, O’Fallon, Mo. 360 Degree Metal Recycling plans to produce 20,000 tons of shredded material per month.
Randy says the equipment is sitting in trailers at the location waiting for foundation work to be completed. He says he expects the construction of the auto shredder to be finished by early June.
Nick Schlipp of 360 Degree Metal Recycling says the shredder’s downstream system will include a 72-inch-by-72-inch drum magnet and a Shredder1 system supplied by Eriez, Erie, Pa., and an American Pulverizer/Hustler Conveyor batch feeder.
The system also will feature two eddy-current separators provided by Javelin Manufacturing, Fort Wayne, Ind., though Randy says the company will only have one installed at the official opening of the auto shredder.
Randy says the company has three feeder yards to supply the shredder, though he plans to look at adding feeder yards.
Nick says the New Carlisle site is ideal as it is near highways and has direct rail access. The location’s zoning allows the company to operate seven days per week.
While the site is in a manufacturing zone, Randy says the company will upgrade the site to reduce noise. The company also will plant pine trees around the yard and will install a concrete fence to reduce the sound of the auto shredder in operation.
Prior to receiving approval for the shredder in New Carlisle, the company had attempted to locate it in Michigan as well as in South Bend, Ind. The South Bend location received preliminary approval, but opposition by some residents forced the company to look to New Carlisle.
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