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Tyre recycling plant
in Kazakhstan taking shape
When’s the summer going to start
for real? This old German song
could scarcely have expressed
the wishes of the MeWa fitters better during
the erection work in Kazakhstan. And
no wonder, with minus temperature deep
into double figures. Kazakhstan’s continental
climate is characterised by its cold
winters. Even in the
factory, the thermometer
sank to below minus
25 degrees Celsius
at times.
Thick gloves, coats
and boots were the
order of the day. “Our saying was: just
keep moving,“ says MeWa mechanic
Lothar Riedel, talking about the assembly
work during the long Kazakh
winter. It appears the team heeded this
advice though as the assembly quickly
gathered pace. By now, the complete preshredder
together with granulators and all
the electrics are ready for commissioning
at the site. The start of March saw the second
part of the plant set off for the Asian
territorial state.
MeWa-News March 2009
This steel structure,
together with its
integrated machinery,
forms a construction kit
which can be assembled
piece by piece.
Tyres shredded to granulate pass
through an intricate purification process
in the plant. The granulate purification
unit, which has separation stages arranged
on three levels, was fully preassembled beforehand
in the new assembly hall at the
MeWa site in Gechingen.
Sophisticated separation
technology separates
fibrous materials,
steel wire, stones
and rubber from one
another. At the end,
the rubber granulate is
99.95-weight-per-centfree
of extraneous materials and is ready
to be sold in various quantities.
To ensure smooth and efficient assembly
of the plant in Kazakhstan, it was
loaded into standard freight containers in
entire sections. This steel structure, together
with its integrated machinery, forms
a construction kit which can be assembled
piece by piece. Delivery is expected in the
capital Astana after Easter. By then, it will
virtually be the start of the hot season.
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Autumn saw the first
section of the new tyre
recycling plant set off for
Kazakhstan. The shredding
lines were erected
in extreme climate conditions
and the complete
granulate purification
unit followed soon after.
And during the hot continental summer
months in Kazakhstan, the sweat will flow.
Then, no doubt, many a fitter will be dreaming
of ice-cold refreshments! ■
The pre-shredder and granulation unit have
already arrived in Kazakhstan.
Wrapped up warm: the MeWa team
defy the cold.