Viridor invests in metals separator at glass facility
Waste management firm Viridor has invested in an Eclipse Magnetics metal detector at its Sheffield glass recycling facility.
The Artemis tunnel metal detector has an electromagnetic field that triggers a reject device, diverting metals out of the sorting process.
The detector can identify fragments as small as 1.4mm in size and help remove the smaller pieces of metal that often remain in glass until the end of the process.
Terry Ashton, process engineer at Viridor, said: “We have been delighted with the Eclipse Metal Detector. Whilst we have invested heavily in a highly efficient process at our Sheffield glass recycling facility, we are always striving for continuous improvements to maximise recyclate quality.
“The installation of the metal detector into our process has eradicated the issue of metal contamination in the final product, ensuring that Viridor’s customers receive a high-quality product which is as good as virgin glass.”
Blue Machinery Scotland makes milestone sale
Waste product manufacturer Blue Machinery Scotland has sold its 1000th piece of equipment to long serving customer Central Demolition in Stirlingshire.
Central Demolition has purchased a Premiertrak 400 mobile jaw crusher, a Powerscreen machine that incorporates a fully independent high amplitude and hydraulically driven pre-screen with increased drop angle on the bottom deck to facilitate maximum throughput.
Meanwhile, improved pre-screened material flow is achieved by an enlarged discharge opening from the under chute – which allows faster movement of pre-screened material to bypass the crushing chamber.
Coincidentally, Central Demolition was also Blue Machinery Scotland’s very first customer – purchasing a Powerscreen Powergrid in 1998.
Blue Machinery Scotland’s managing director Austin Carey said: “We have always realised that a key to the success of our business is a good relationship with customers. I would like to emphasise how much we value the loyalty shown to us by organisations such as Central Demolition and our many other clients throughout Scotland and the North-East of England, which has helped us to achieve this 1000th machine milestone.”
William Sinclair buys walls for compost site expansion
William Sinclair Horticulture has invested in reinforced concrete retaining walls for its compost manufacturing plant at Ellesmere Port, Cheshire.
William Sinclair has purchased nearly 80 of Poundfield Products’ 4-metre high Alfabloc wall units to use at the site, which is currently undergoing an expansion.
The organics recycler has operated the former Castrol bottling plant since 2012 and currently produces over 8 million bags of bark compost and peat products per year.
Since taking over the firm has been installing storage facilities to undertake the manufacture of growing media from a total of 1 million cubic metres of compost material delivered to the site.
To assist in the safe storage of this material, William Sinclair is constructing large bays in order to keep incoming material segregated and has returned to Poundfield in order to facilitate this.
Projects director, Greg Sutherland, explains: “We have used Poundfield products at our main operations in East Anglia and have found them to be extremely durable, reliable and easy to install. The Alfabloc system is an ideal solution for us as we are able to store materials both sides of the wall without the risk of it deforming. Although the majority of our materials are lightweight, we have large wheeled loaders moving material around in very close proximity to the walling and it more than copes with the demands we put on it.”
Norse invests in JCB fleet
Norse Environmental Waste Services (NEWS) has invested in a fleet of specialist waste handling equipment from a local dealership Watling JCB.
The Norfolk county council waste service provider has purchased three 437HT Wastemaster wheeled loaders, a 427HT Wastemaster and two 541-70 Wastemaster telescopic handlers.
The vehicles will add to Norse’s existing fleet which includes two JCB 436HT Wastemaster loaders at its green waste facility.
NEWS transfer station manager John Tillbrook said that the firm “cannot afford to be doewn” when it comes to purcashing enough vehicles for the business.
He said: “Because we run small, remote sites, if a machine goes down we can’t afford to get another machine there, so downtime is critical. Norfolk is out on a limb geographically in terms of infrastructure links and a lot of plant companies are Midlands or London-based in the central corridor of the country.
“We went for JCB because Watling is in Wymondham, Norfolk. They can be at any of our remote stations in 40-50 minutes and our main material recycling facility in 20 minutes. We went with JCB for the 24-hour parts and service that they provide. The key for us is service and the speed of getting the equipment up and running.”
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