Sunnking expands processing capabilities

Duane Beckett, CEO of Sunnking Inc., Brockport, New York, has announced that the company has purchased equipment to shred and separate electronic devices to maximize material recovery. With improved efficiency, Sunnking says it can process high volumes of end-of-life electronics at its R2 (Responsible Recycling) certified facility, producing cleaner streams of reusable commodities.

The new machinery includes a shredder from Shred-Tech, Cambridge, Ontario, a ringmill from St. Louis-based American Pulverizer and a bimetallic classifier from Hustler, O’Fallon, Missouri. The shredder reduces the material to uniform size before feeding it to the ringmill, which will liberate individual streams of material that will then be taken by conveyor to thee classifier’s magnetic head pulley. The classifier automatically separates magnetic from nonmagnetic metals. This automation takes far less time than processing the materials manually, ultimately resulting in higher volumes of material being processed over time and increased profits, Sunnking says.

The equipment will be used in part to process hard drives.

“We are excited about our new equipment because it helps us accomplish our mission to provide superior asset management and recovery services,” Beckett says. “We use proven reuse and recycling techniques that maximize asset value and promote environmental sustainability while meeting data sanitation requirements of our clients.”

The company moved to a new 204,000-square-foot facility this past November in Brockport, which is where the new equipment has been installed.

With facilities in Buffalo, Brockport and Syracuse, New York, Sunnking specializes in collecting, refurbishing, reselling and recycling electronic products from residential, commercial and municipal customers.