Polish firm deploys Sennebogen electric scrap handler

Tarczyn, Poland-based scrap recycling firm Zlompol Sp.J. has recently installed a Sennebogen 8100 EQ material handler. Managing Director Robert Cimoszynsk says the firm, which is in its 25th year in the scrap recycling business, chose a machine it thinks will improve productivity, reduce energy costs and build its business at the same time.

“Our new machine can be seen from quite some distance away,” says Cimoszynsk. “People keep coming to admire it. Many people are even making special trips to bring scrap, so they can see the new material handler.”

The electricity-powered 8100’s EQ counterbalance design is described by Sennebogen as “a simple linkage [that] continuously adjusts the machine’s large counterweight to reduce the amount of energy required to lift each load.”

The design allows a relatively small 110 kilowatt (kW) electric motor to fully power the machine. Without the EQ design, a comparable hydraulic material handler would need at least a 200 kW motor to achieve equal power and cover the same operating area, according to Sennebogen.

Combining the balance principle and the electric drive saves the company up to 75 percent of the machine’s operating costs, according to Zlompol. Working at an elevation of almost 10.7 meters (35 feet), the machine’s operator has an unobstructed view of the shredder feed area and keep an eye on the entire yard and all the processes going on around him, according to Sennebogen.

Germany-based Sennebogen has been offering material handling equipment for 65 years. In the United States, Sennebogen LLC is based in Stanley, North Carolina, and offers equipment for recycling and scrap metal yards, demolition, barge and port operations, log-handling, transfer stations and waste facilities.