EnableLink says new shear has doubled production

U.K.-based EnableLink General Manager Charlie Penn says the Danieli Henschel shear the company installed in 2013 has effectively changed the business.

The company added a CIP 1250-10 Danieli Henschel shear with six 90-kilowatt motors to replace two lower capacity models.

Danieli Henschel is a subsidiary of the Italian recycling equipment company Danieli Centro Recycling.

“As well as saving on running costs, it gives us a product that is denser, cleaner and easier to melt,” Penn says. “The extra density means we can load an extra 10 percent into containers, which increases the margin for all concerned and has led to real interest from the international marketplace.”

Based in West Midlands, EnableLink has 20 employees and processes up to 600 metric tons per day of ferrous and nonferrous metals, with a core focus on heavy melt grades.

Giovanni Scarcelli, U.K. Sales Manager for Danieli Centro Recycling, says EnableLink and Danieli Henschel worked closely to select the proper equipment.

According to Danieli Centro Recycling, the new shear has helped EnableLink manage stockpiles more effectively and reduced operating costs.

Penn says the new machine is producing more than the two previous machines combined and requires one operator instead of two and one feeding machine instead of two.

“We are now producing more scrap for less money and a better grade of scrap into the bargain,” Penn says.

With the CIB 1250-10, steel is fed into an 8-meter (26-foot) box where it is hammered into a 900-by-800-centimeter (29-by-26-foot) log up to 8 meters (26 feet) long. The compacted material is struck with a clamp before the product is cut to length, Danieli Centro reports.

The company says with the new shear, production has doubled to 600 metric tons per day.