Vecoplan Sells Hurricane Shredder to Canadian Regional Municipality

The regional municipality of Peel, which consists of the cities Brampton, Caledon and Mississauga in the province of Ontario, has purchased its second dual-shaft shredder from Archdale, N.C.-based Vecoplan LLC. 

According to a press release from Vecoplan, the Peel Region purchased a VNZ 250 XL Hurricane shredder, which is to be installed in June. The shredder will be used for size reduction of yard waste and household organics prior to composting. 

“The municipality’s decision to invest in another Vecoplan shredder was based largely on the performance of our first machine, combined with our overall satisfaction in dealing with Vecoplan as a company,” Larry Conrad, Peel’s physical engineering manager, waste operations, says in a press release issued by Vecoplan.

Peel bought a VNZ 210 dual-shaft shredder in the late summer of 2005, and the shredder has been in operation at the Caledon landfill since December. It has a reported throughput of 30 to 40 tons per hour and achieves a particle size of 4-inch minus processing compostables.

“Even though the waste we process for composting is supposed to be source-separated organics, with curbside collection tramp metal is always a concern,” Conrad says. “Vecoplan has a variety of innovative features built into their shredders to deal with tramp metal when it enters the waste steam.” These features include a limit switch on the spring torsion arm with the gear box, a shock-absorbing bedknife and a dual-shaft, solid rotor design with easy-to-replace bolt-on cutting teeth. Hydraulic double-wing, drop-down doors enable removal of tramp metal and other contaminants when they do enter the cutting chamber.

Vecoplan make industrial shredding and size reduction equipment. More information is available at www.vecoplanllc.com.