Rail crossing safety is once again an industry focus after an Amtrak train carrying members of Congress crashed into a garbage truck and killed a collection worker in Virginia the morning of Jan. 31. The National Waste & Recycling Association (NWRA), Arlington, Virginia, in partnership with the Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA), Silver Spring, Maryland, issued rail crossing driving tips to help drivers and collection workers be safer when approaching train tracks on the job.
Don’t Drive Distracted: Turn off all mobile devices, cell phones and radios.
Trains and Vehicles Don’t Mix: Never race a train to the crossing.
The Train is Closer and Faster-Moving Than You Think: If you see a train approaching, wait for it to go by before you cross.
Be Aware That Trains Cannot Stop Quickly: A freight train moving at 55 miles per hour can take a mile or more to stop once the emergency brakes are applied.
Never Drive Around Lowered Gates: It’s illegal and deadly
Do Not Get Trapped on The Tracks: The train is three feet wider than the tracks on both sides.
If You Stall on the Tracks, Get Out, Move Far Away and Call 911: Move quickly away from the tracks in the direction from which the train is coming to avoid being injured by flying debris.
At a MultiTrack Crossing: Watch for a second train on the other tracks.
When Crossing Tracks: Look both ways and ahead to assure your entire vehicle will cross safely, then cross quickly without stopping.
Always Expect a Train: Freight trains do not follow set schedules.
When in Doubt, Stop: With plenty of space behind the stop line.
Global Methane Forum, Toronto, Global Methane Initiative, the Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC), the government of Canada, www.globalmethane.org/GMF2018
April 23-26
Waste Expo, Las Vegas, Waste 360, the National Waste and Recycling Association, www.wasteexpo.com
General Kinematics Vertex vibratory equipment monitoring device
General Kinematics, Crystal Lake, Illinois, has introduced Barrier, a vibratory equipment monitoring device line. The Barrier line includes Apex, Vertex and Nomadx. Features of the Vertex include:
capable of monitoring equipment 24/7
transmits data to user’s personal Barrier Portal
can send text alerts to user’s phone to warn if there are issues with the equipment
detects potential overload conditions, lower performance rates and more.
data can help companies better maintain equipment and avoid downtime.
Vortex De-pollution, Denver, has announced it is distributing tilting container loaders from New Zealand-based A-Ward. The company will supply MiTilt, a tilting container loader for the scrap recycling industry, throughout North America. Features of the MiTilt include:
helps companies be more efficient in their operations and reduce logistics costs
container can be loaded in 20 minutes
ideal for companies shipping loads overseas
works for 20-foot and 40-foot containers
allows a container to be tipped between -10 to 90 degrees
Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE), Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, has announced that it will enter the rigid hauler market with its own Volvo brand of rigid haulers. Production of rigid haulers by Volvo subsidiary Terex Trucks will cease over time. Features of the haulers include:
range consists of the 45-ton R45D, 60-ton R60D, 72-ton R70D and the flagship 100-ton R100E
R100E is designed with high capacity and hauling speeds, a new V-shaped body, efficient hydraulics, and an intelligent monitoring system and operator environment
R45D, R60D and R70D Volvo rigid haulers are designed with greater visibility and safety systems, along with Volvo technical support and branding
Bandit Industries, Remus, Michigan, has added an option to the Beast horizontal grinder lineup by introducing the Model 2460XP. Features of the grinder include:
available as a towable or track machine
520 horsepower
common maintenance items designed to be accessible from either the ground or on built-in platforms
equipped with a 60-inch-wide by 30-inch diameter, 30-tooth cuttermill
Kemp, Texas-based Larson Electronics LLC has released a new caged-style LED light for temporary lighting designed to be IP65 waterproof and dustproof rated. This LED work area light “can be daisy chained for flexible illumination options,” according to the company. Features include:
a 60-watt temporary job site light that features 6,000-volt surge protection and a stainless steel cage and hook
produces 7,200 lumens of illumination
offered in color temperatures ranging from 2,700 to 6,500 Kelvin
Flaming River Industries Inc., a manufacturer of battery disconnect switches and high output alternators headquartered in Berea, Ohio, is now offering a variety of Littlefuse emergency fuse kits. Features of the kits include:
designed to cover original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) such as Ford, General Motors and Chrysler
diagnostic kits that can be used to test and replace fuses on the go
Smart Glow fuses designed to automatically identify faulty fuses with a glowing LED light
Potomac Metals Inc., headquartered in Sterling, Virginia, has purchased an MTB Cable Box from Buffalo, New York-based Wendt Corp. Wendt indicates the purchase will allow Potomac Metals to upgrade its wire packages to clean copper and aluminum products, opening additional markets. Features of the cable box include:
ability to run four different material types: shredder wire, No. 1 copper wires, aluminum cables and aluminum-copper radiators
includes one 10-foot, one 20-foot and two 40-foot containers
fully integrated electrical and dust suppression systems
Keestrack, a manufacturer of mineral processing technology with U.S. offices in Krum, Texas, has released a new design of its track-mounted impact crusher unit R3/R3e. The 30-ton model can be used at short-term construction site operations and for semistationary production in medium-sized recycling and production companies. Features include:
available in a diesel hydraulic R3 version and as a fully hybrid Keestrack R3e
can crush up to 250 tons per hour
specially adapted crushing tools, an adjustment range for both impact aprons, and an overload system are designed to safeguard a range of applications
powered either by 132-kilowatt or 160-kilowatt electric motors
Chattanooga, Tennessee-based Heil has announced that Heil of Texas has opened a new facility in El Paso, Texas.
Heil of Texas has been providing sales, parts and service to fleet owners since 2001 in Dallas, Houston and San Antonio. The El Paso facility will serve that region as well as New Mexico and will have eight service bays and a staff of trained technicians.
“Heil’s dealer network provides unequaled service to waste haulers throughout the country,” Pat Carroll, president of Heil, says. “In many parts of the country our competition is actually pulling out of some markets, so we’re proud to focus our efforts on supporting Heil of Texas and other Heil dealers as they continue to expand their territory to serve more customers.”
Heil of Texas sells and services all Heil products, including original equipment manufacturer (OEM) parts. The company also operates two full-time service trucks to service the Rio Grande Valley, West Texas and New Mexico regions.
“We’re a total solutions provider, with three parts, service and sales locations in Houston, Dallas and San Antonio,” Larry C. Davis, co-founder of Heil of Texas, says. “Our El Paso location expands our reach so we can better serve our valued customers in New Mexico, West Texas and the Texas Panhandle.”
Davis spent 25 years in the solid waste industry on the chassis side before co-founding Heil of Texas, bringing his industry and dealership experience to the body side of the business. Through focused leadership, he says he hired a team of solid waste professionals and opened facilities statewide in order to offer service after the sale.
Heil of Texas represents four manufacturers that offer a variety of solid waste collection vehicles, bulk waste loaders, balers, sweepers and pothole patchers.
Heil, established in 1901, is an industry leader in automated waste collection technology and offers a broad product line, including front loaders, rear loaders, side loaders, multicompartment vehicles and roll-off hoists. Heil is part of Environmental Solutions Group, Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Eriez Metalworking Demo Truck kicks off tour on West Coast
A 32-foot demonstration truck from Eriez, Erie, Pennsylvania, is traveling across North America to train and educate customers and distributors. The diesel rig from Peterbilt, Denton, Texas, with a 24-foot equipment showroom, is starting off on the West Coast.
The Metalworking Demo Truck houses many of Eriez’s magnetic and vibratory material handling products and equipment from the company’s HydroFlow fluid recycling and fluid filtration lines. Demonstrations and workshops in the truck are tailored to assist participants in finding the material handling, fluid recycling and filtration equipment needed for their applications.
The rig serves as an interactive learning center that enables team members to customize drawings and fulfill other customer requests on demand. The truck’s onboard database provides instant access to Eriez brochures, photos and video presentations.
The Eriez Metalworking Demo Truck has logged more than 130,000 miles since its 2014 maiden voyage, visiting 41 states and four Canadian provinces. Approximately 3,500 participants have climbed aboard over the course of the truck’s more than 1,000 visits.
Andrew Kloecker, Eriez manager of metalworking distributor sales, says that in addition to demonstrating the company’s equipment on the truck, factory-trained staff can bring units inside customers’ facilities for analysis. “This mobile capability enables us to prove performance and show how Eriez technology can solve customers’ unique challenges,” he says. “For example, a fabricator can try out a range of SafeHold Lift Magnets to determine which one works best to move their steel parts, or a manufacturer can test their parts on a variety of Eriez conveyors to find the model best suited to their needs.”
To learn more about Eriez’ Metalworking Demo Truck and view a schedule of planned 2018 stops, go to www.eriez.com/Metalworking DemoTruck. To request a visit, contact Eriez and ask to speak with a metalworking team member.
Hyundai touts wheel loader safety feature
Norcross, Georgia-based Hyundai Construction Equipment Americas has announced the availability of an All-Around View Monitoring (AAVM) system on new factory orders of Hyundai HL900 series wheel loaders, which are available in the U.S. and Canada.
The new system was displayed publicly for the first time at the January 2018 World of Concrete Show in Las Vegas on a Hyundai HL955 wheel loader. AAVM has been available as an option on Hyundai HX series excavators since October 2015.
Equipped with four cameras, including one each mounted on the left- and right-side mirrors, one on the front of the cab, and the standard backup camera mounted to the rear hood, the monitoring system has been designed to provide a 360-degree operating view of the job site.
“Safety on the job site is a necessity,” Corey Rogers, a marketing manager with Hyundai Construction Equipment Americas, says. “Now with the new wheel loader AAVM system on our HL900 series, Hyundai provides owners and operators a safer solution than other options on the market.”
Included in the AAVM system is the Intelligent Moving Object Detection (IMOD) system that senses and warns the operator with onscreen flashing arrows and an alarm when objects come within either of two selectable ranges of the wheel loader (6.5 feet or 22.9 feet). The image is integrated into the Hyundai seven-inch color touchscreen cluster monitor located in the cab.
The AAVM system uses Hyundai’s imaging software to display multiple 3D and 2D views of the operator’s working environment, including a bird’s-eye view.
“Exclusive features like AAVM and a long list of standard features are combined on the Hyundai HL900 series wheel loaders to give our customers what we call ‘the Hyundai edge’ —performance, convenience, serviceability and, of course, safety,” Rogers says. “The Hyundai edge is the result of innovation, world-class engineering and manufacturing, and components and systems sourced from trusted global suppliers.”
Hyundai Construction Equipment Americas Inc. offers a line of wheel loaders, crawler excavators, wheeled excavators, compaction equipment, hydraulic breakers and forklifts.
Case makes Michelin tires a factory option for its skid-steer loaders
Case Construction Equipment (Case CE), Racine, Wisconsin, has announced the availability of the X Tweel SSL all-terrain airless radial tires by Michelin, Greenville, South Carolina, as a factory-approved/supplied option on all skid-steer loader models the company offers. Airless radial tires perform just like a pneumatic tire, but without the risk and costly downtime associated with penetrations and impact damage, Case says, noting it is the first skid-steer loader original equipment manufacturer (OEM) to offer the Michelin X Tweel SSL from the factory.
The Michelin X Tweel SSL is one single unit, replacing traditional tire/wheel/valve assemblies. No complex wheel/tire mounting equipment is needed, and no air pressure needs to be maintained once each tire is bolted on. The AT models feature a deep open tread design to provide cleaning and traction and a deep layer of undertread, allowing the core to be retread many times, according to Case.
“Case offers a broad range of skid-steer tires to meet the needs of a variety of applications, from general dirt work and landscaping to road-building, excavation and mining/aggregate environments,” George MacIntyre, skid-steer loader product manager for Case, says. “The addition of airless radial tires to our lineup of factory-available options expands our current offering and shows our commitment to advanced technology, as well as our dedication to providing our customers with a growing array of machine options that can have a positive impact on total cost of ownership.”
The Michelin X Tweel SSL is designed to provide stability and enables a skid-steer loader to work rapidly with more comfort for the operator, reducing driver fatigue while improving productivity, Case says. It delivers a consistent footprint with strong wear life that is two-to-three times that of a pneumatic tire at equal tread depth.
The proprietary design provides great lateral stiffness while also resisting damage and absorbing impacts, the company says. Additionally, the unique energy transfer within the high-strength polyresin spokes reduces the “bounce” associated with pneumatic tires, according to Case.
More information on the Michelin X Tweel SSL is at www.michelintweel.com. More information on Case skid-steer loaders can be found at www.casece.com.
Bigbelly shares 2017 sales and growth
Bigbelly, a smart city solutions provider specializing in smart waste and recycling headquartered in Needham, Massachusetts, has released company growth data for 2017. Deployed across all 50 states, the Canadian provinces and more than 50 countries, Bigbelly has sold 13,709,539 compactions, 2,456,062 collections and 18,304,538 internet of things connections last year.
“We are proud to partner with so many global communities leveraging technology to modernize a core service,” Brian Phillips, Bigbelly’s CEO, says. “Smart waste management is a proven, measurable and easy to implement component of successful smart cities, campuses and buildings. Our platform is the world leading entry point to these smart initiatives.”
Bigbelly launched Clean 5.0, an upgrade to the system’s software platform, in June. The product suite expanded with a new standard capacity smart bin that debuted in September. All smart stations now have options such as wheeled lift bins and an enclosed hopper design.
In 2017, the company also engaged Alex Gamota as senior vice president of information and communication technologies with the goal of driving its plans to bring its platform to market in 2018.
“We are extending our value by hosting wireless equipment within our core city infrastructure,” Phillips says. “Working with strategic telecommunication partners, we can drive smart city initiatives that modernize waste management and solve problems from the digital divide to bandwidth deficits in dense urban areas.”
O’Brian Tarping Systems names new VP of sales
O’Brian Tarping Systems, Wilson, North Carolina, announces that Monte Clindaniel has assumed the role of vice president of sales. Clindaniel will lead the development and execution of O’Brian Tarping Systems’ rebranding while focusing on its dealer program and customer development initiatives.
“Strong dealers are critical in providing local, professionally trained service the end user deserves,” Clindaniel says. “We intend to have every end user witness the bottom-line difference with O’Brian Tarping Systems’ value-added benefits and lowest total cost of ownership (TCO).”
Prior to O’Brian Tarping Systems, Clindaniel had a 20-year career in national sales, municipal sales and dealer development for Charlotte, North Carolina-headquartered Wastequip/Toter LLC. While at Wastequip /Toter, he was the recipient of the Silver and Gold Millionaires’ Club award numerous times and was responsible for developing their dealer network. He was most recently a regional sales manager for Quebec-based Labrie, where he helped develop their first Mega-Stocking Dealer program.
“O’Brian Tarping Systems could not be more excited and proud to welcome Monte to our team,” Sean O’Brian, president and owner of O’Brian Tarping Systems, says. “Monte is a proven leader in the solid waste industry with an impressive knowledge of dealers and both municipal and private waste haulers. With his leadership and appetite for success, O’Brian Tarping Systems is poised to increase our market share by offering value-added products and exceptional service.
“O’Brian Tarping Systems’ nationwide dealer network and tarping equipment will play into Clindaniel’s strengths. With new innovative products in development, Monte will have the most complete and cutting-edge tarping systems behind him to cover our customers’ needs,” O’Brian says.
Down to size
Features - Equipment Focus | Shredding Applications
Zanker Recycling uses a shredder on its new line to create alternative daily cover for landfills and increase its diversion.
Zanker Recycling installed a shredder from SSI Shredding Systems to reduce the size of bulky waste items and residuals from its recycling lines.
Shredders in the waste and recycling industries are usually used to reduce the size of material for easier transport by rail, truck or ship. At Zanker Recycling, San Jose, California, easier transport is only one reason the company installed its shredder.
The shredder breaks up material, allowing the fines to be made into alternative daily cover (ADC) for a local landfill. It also allows Zanker to increase its diversion rates.
“It’s a combination of things that goes into the shredder,” Michael Gross, director of sustainability at Zanker, says. “It’s loads of what we call trash that are so marginal they aren’t worth sorting. They may have a 20 to 25 percent recycling rate.”
Gross says bulky items picked up from residential curbs, such as furniture, mattresses and white goods, and residuals from other recycling lines also go into the shredder.
“A construction waste line may have a beautiful piece of lumber that’s painted. We can’t pull that piece of lumber off for biomass, so it falls off the end of the conveyor,” Gross says. “We weight it in as outbound on our construction line, and it’s weighted as inbound on [this line].”
BACK TO THE BEGINNING
Zanker Recycling started in 1985 as a landfill when the city of San Jose required it to divert 25 percent of its material. “We found out a lot of materials can be recycled,” Gross says.
Gross claims Zanker started one of the first wood, concrete and demolition recycling facilities in the U.S.
Today, Zanker employs 230 people and has two recycling locations in San Jose and Sacramento, California, along with a composting facility near Gilroy, California. Seven lines are registered or certified with the Recycling Certification Institute (RCI), Sacramento.
In May 2017, Zanker started its demolition materials (DM) reduction line. Gross says the DM reduction line allows Zanker to “go after items that no one really goes after” to find materials that could be recycled.
“My Sheetrock recycling operation has minimal contamination. We’re already pulling out the metal and garbage. In the garbage there’s a lot of lumber, but not enough to justify a stockpile. So, we’ll take that pile, weigh it out of the Sheetrock operation and then inbound it at the DM line,” Gross says.
Between the line’s start and December 2017, it processed 69,000 tons per day. The wood processed in the line is made into mulch and the concrete is made into base rock. Copper wire, ferrous, nonferrous metals and beverage containers are also collected from the line, creating a 54.92 percent diversion rate.
The shredder allows Zanker to increase its diversion rates by allowing it to remove recyclables it may have previously missed.
SO IT GOES
The bulky items and residuals are loaded into an all-electric Pri-max PR6600 shredder from SSI Shredding Systems, Wilsonville, Oregon. The shredder breaks down the material to 14-inch minus. Gross says Zanker chose that size to make a manageable material that can serve double duty as a recyclable material and ADC.
“After the material is shredded and gone through the sort line and is either ADC or comes off as waste, it’s so easy to manage,” he says. “It’s easy to pick up and handle. The handling of the material is made a lot safer, which all rolls down to the bottom line—if you have a good, safe operation, you’re probably doing pretty good financially.”
The shredder processes 90 tons of materials per hour. Once shredded, the material is conveyed under a magnet to remove ferrous metals and then dropped into a SST 1025 trommel screen from Doppstadt, Rockville, Maryland.
The first section of the trommel screen removes 1-inch-minus fines, which are conveyed under another magnet to remove more metals. The remaining 1-inch-minus material is stockpiled and shipped as ADC. The second section of trommel screens removes the 4-inch-minus fines, which are processed through an Air Knife separator from General Kinematics, Crystal Lake, Illinois. The Air Knife removes any remaining fines less than 1-inch minus before heavy items, such as glass, metals, wood and stones, are removed from lighter items, such as paper, plastic and insulation.
The heavy items are conveyed under another magnet and then stockpiled for ADC. The light materials are conveyed to a bunker until they are shipped to a landfill. The remaining materials larger than 4 inches are conveyed to a sort line where wood, concrete, metals and brick are removed. The sorted materials are sent to other recyclers for processing, and residuals from the sort line are directed to the on-site landfill or transported to the Marina Landfill in Monterey County.
The ADC is used at the New Vienna Landfill, which is owned and operated by Republic Services, Phoenix. Gross says the relationship between Zanker and the landfill has lasted for eight years. “Even if the recycling credit goes away, we’re still going to be producing it,” he says.
According to Gross, the main goal of the DM reduction line is to divert more material rather than create ADC. The ADC is created because, Gross says, “there’s nothing else I can do with it.
“When we were making the DM plant, our original diversion number was 35 percent, so we were surprised to see how high our number was and the metal in our loads,” Gross says. “You don’t think about where you find metal in things—little brackets that hold together Ikea furniture, a table that has metal legs. It’s amazing to find all this stuff.”
Bulky items, such as furniture, mattresses and white goods, and residuals are broken down to 14-inch minus at Zanker’s DM reduction line.
THE PROOF IS IN THE PUDDING
The relationship between SSI and Zanker has grown over time, Gross says, starting with meetups at conferences. “I’ve known Terri [Ward of SSI] for years, I’ve been on the board of the CDRA [Construction & Demolition Recycling Association] for a long time. She was a member and would come to conferences, and we would talk about shredders,” he says.
Zanker used a shredder in 1989 for its demolition processing facility, and Gross says it had consistent issues with breaking down. While looking for a shredder to place on the DM line, he says Zanker demoed a few and chose SSI.
“The stuff we’re dealing with is hard,” he says. “Bulky items are hard.”
Zanker looked at four different shredders before deciding on SSI’s Pri-max PR6600. It chose this model because, Gross says, a company in the Bay Area was using the same size shredder. “We asked if we could lease it for a month and they said no, but we went on a few trips and we just saw how durable it was,” Gross says. “The proof was in the pudding from the competitors to the customers.”
To keep its shredder durable, Gross says maintenance is key. “You have daily preventative maintenance where you’re blowing stuff off, cleaning filters, greasing certain components. You do that after so many hours in one day,” he says. “Once per week, we hard-face.”
With hard-facing, a maintenance person welds metal to certain parts of the machine to either increase its wear resistance or restore a worn-down surface.
Gross says the only issue with the shredder was a hydraulic motor going out. The motor was not manufactured by SSI and was replaced in a day. “When you do startup, you expect stuff is going to happen because guess what happens? Stuff happens.”
The author is assistant editor of Waste Today and can be reached at hcrisan@gie.net.
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