December 09 - MeWa Recycling Maschinen und Anlagenbau GmbH

NEWS
December 2009
Newsletter for customers and staff
Fermentation plant upgrades
with Querstromzerspaner
Higher throughputs and better processing
>>> Page 5
The topics:
Combined plant:
Viridor processes refrigerators
and electrical scrap
>>> Page 2
Electrical scrap:
Querstromzerspaner
reaches Quebec
>>> Page 4
Hungary:
UC and UG produce
substitute fuels
>>> Page 6
MeWa donates to
Olgäle Foundation >>> Page 8

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WEEE - recycling
Two QZ process e-scrap and
refrigerators under one roof
In St. Helens, UK, MeWa has created
a dual system for the processing of
refrigeration devices and electrical
scrap, commissioning it in autumn
2009: in a record-breaking construction
time of only one year with an
investment of 16 million euro.
As early as 1948, St.Helens and Stuttgart established one of
the first German-British town partnerships (twin towns).
Compact MeWa plant design in England: refrigeration device disposal
and electrical scrap processing under one roof.
Electrical and electronic scrap is
the flow of waste with the highest
growth rates across Europe.
Viridor is one of the UK’s largest waste management
companies. The company offers
a nationwide collection service for WEEE
material which are processed at it treatment
facilities. In the new plant near the
industrial town of St. Helens, the company
will simultaneously process more than
100 refrigeration devices and seven to nine
metric tonnes of electrical and electronic
scrap in future.
Two separate lines
On two separate lines, MeWa Querstromzerspaners
open up the defunct
cooling units, computers, vacuum
cleaners, hi-fi systems and other
electronic waste. "The motives for
the total investment of 16 million
euro lay in the quality of the output.
Only fractions that have been
perfectly sorted by material type
can be sold at good prices these
days," says MeWa-Area Sales Ma-
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nager Piet Gilbos, explaining why the British
disposal company decided in favour
of MeWa from Gechingen.
How efficiently the MeWa QZ works
is something that Viridor has been aware
of at least since its merger with the largest
electrical scrap processor in Scotland.
Viridor took over the MeWa customer
Shore two years ago and, in doing so,
also acquired a highly economical disposal
plant that reliably processes 500,000
refrigeration devices in a 24/7 frequency
per year. This economic succesful plant
was another reason for Viridor to invest
again in MeWa-technology.
Cryogenic condensation
In the new plant in the north-west
of England, MeWa has now created two
complete turnkey lines. The refrigeration
devices are processed in the front area
of the hall. First of all, the refrigerants
and the CFCs and the oil they contain
are extracted. In the subsequent step, the
MeWa Querstromzerspaner QZ 2500
opens up the devices in a single operation
and exposes the plastics and metals.
Automatic sorting technology then separates
the iron, aluminium and copper fractions,
stainless steel, plastics as well as the
PUR foam. The CFCs and pentanes the insulating
foam still contain are separated in
a matrix degasifying process and liquefied
using cryogenic condensation.
MeWa has implemented a new concept
in the electrical scrap line that works
separately. The mixture of automatic sorting
and manual pollutant extraction ensures
the highest standards in accordance
with the WEEE Directives of the European
Union are met. Before processing with
the MeWa-QZ 2000, the components that
contain pollutants are removed from the
devices. An automatic sorting system then
separates the processor boards and plastic
as well as all the metals into perfect fractions
of a single material type. Workers
then sort out the remaining harmful substances
in another step.
A separate challenge for the MeWa engineers
was the given space requirement.
Despite limited hall space, the planners
were to fit both lines under a single roof.
The result was a plant design that has never
been achieved before: it is extremely
compact and still provides the required
space for efficient logistics - a new standard
in WEEE processing. n
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WEEE recycling
Two MeWa-Querstromzerspaners ensure efficient processing. The harmful substances are
removed from the electrical appliances manually and automatically.
St. Helens is located in the northwest
of England between Manchester
and Liverpool in the county of Merseyside.
The industrial town is the centre
of English glassworks.
In 1948, when the effects and
wounds of the Second World War
were still very present, Walter Marshall,
Lord Mayor of St. Helens at that time,
travelled to Stuttgart. Emotionally affected
by the destruction caused by
bomb attacks on Stuttgart, Marshall
offered to deliver window glass from
St. Helens. In doing so, he provided
not only important material support
St. Helens
for the reconstruction of the city, but
also made a unique contribution to the
normalisation of relations between Britain
and Germany. Walter Marshall and
Stuttgart's Lord Mayor, Arnulf Klett,
thus laid the foundation for the first of
ten town partnerships ever to be established
in Europe.
Alongside the glass industry, the
town with its 180,000 inhabitants is
also known for the notorious "Saints".
The rugby club is one of the most successful
teams in the UK. The Saints have
already won the English-French Super
League championship five times.
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Electrical scrap recycling
Querstromzerspaner
reaches Quebec
Welcome to the St. Lawrence River: the MeWa Querstromzerspaner has completed
its trip around the world and now arrived in Quebec. The Canadian
disposal company e-cycle solutions decided in favour of installing the QZ from
Gechingen in its latest plant for processing electrical scrap.
E
-cycle solutions presented the new
plant in October 2009 to the public
as the "6.5 million disposal centre
that offers the most modern processing
technology available for electrical scrap".
For the company from the western Canadian
province of Alberta, the first plant in
the state of Quebec at the same time means
a large step towards further expansion
in the direction of central and eastern
Canada. With six locations in five provinces,
e-cycle solutions is now the largest
Canadian-owned recycling company for
electrical and electronic scrap.
Processing for manufacturers
Here, it is very important for the disposal
specialist to be able to provide safe, environmentally
friendly and trackable processing.
e-cycle solutions procures the
materials both from manufacturers of the
electrical appliances and from municipal
collection points.
After separation using the MeWa-
Querstromzerspaner QZ 1600, the new
plant in Valleyfield on the St. Lawrence
River combines mechanical and manual
sorting. The target is a recycling rate of
98% of the recyclable resources the devices
contain.
Virtual process supervision
e-cycle solutions offers a special service
for customers who want to be sure that
the equipment is disposed of in line with
accepted technical principles and that, for
example, data and media are properly and
adequately destroyed: a web camera delivers
around-the-clock access, thus ensuring
supervision of the processes in real
time.
The successful MeWa-Querstromzerspaner
continues its trip around the world
- not only virtually but in reality. And Salaberry-de-Valleyfield
with its 40,000 in-
Larocque Bridge in Valleyfield at the St. Lawrence River.
habitants, which is located on an island
in the St. Lawrence river, is now also one
of the intermediate stages. n
QZ 1600 Querstromzerspaner.
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Biogas plant
Fermentation plant upgrades QZ
Municipal waste disposal works invests in Querstromzerspaner
With the annual throughput volume
of 30,000 metric tonnes
and a maximum power output
of around 1.5 Megawatts (electrical), the
fermentation plant in Leonberg is one of
the largest in Germany.
However, the reality used to be different.
The target value appeared to be
unattainably high for the two block-type
thermal power stations because the actual
gas yield was significantly lower than the
plant design seemed to promise. To increase
the economic efficiency and to reduce
the vulnerabilities for extraneous material,
the plant operators began looking for
a technology that could replace the shredders
that has been used to date.
Material perfectly processed
The local council found what they were
looking for at MeWa: the patented Querstromzerspaner.
With its chains, the machine
processes the initial materials significantly
more efficiently, exposing packaging
materials, plastics, textiles, pieces of wood
or bones. Even pieces of metal are no obstacle
for the QZ (which in fact has its origins
in recycling technology).
After separation, around 30 metric
tonnes of iron parts and 300 metric tonnes
of other non-organic wastes, for the most
part plastics, accumulate in the Leonberg
fermentation plant every year. Until now,
the material was inadequately broken
down by a first shredder, which meant it
had to run through a second granulation
stage and was then fed back into the
grading screen. Even then, the plant operators
identified an inorganic proportion
in the separated material that was much
too high. The multiple runs in the granulation
stages also meant that extraneous
materials were granulated further, thus
The fermentation plant in the
county of Böblingen is configured
for an annual throughput
of biological waste of
30,000 metric tonnes. However,
the technology that was originally
deployed quickly reached
its limits due to the different
composition of the supplied
material in biological waste
bins. The municipal waste disposal
works has now invested
in the Querstromzerspaner
made by MeWa. In doing so,
they have optimised the entire
process of disposal.
QZ 1600 Querstromzerspaner
enabling them to enter the fermenter. The
two shredders and the return circuit have
since been removed from the process.
A scrapping belt conveyor is now transporting
the input material directly into the
QZ. The material is perfectly processed in
only one work step. Metal and other packaging
is removed from the screened organic
material, which can now be transported
directly into the storage bin and
pumped into the fermenter. n
Ulrich Hink, Claus-Peter Boor (both MeWa) as well as Helmut Heilmeier and Rudi Sendersky
(both Böblingen County Council) commission the biological QZ (from left to right).
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MeWa site Györ
Family business disposes of wastes
from the automobile industry
The Hungarian town of Györ is strategically located in the heart of Europe.
Not only does the MeWa sales office East have its headquarters here: the automobile
manufacturer Audi has been producing engines for its premium class vehicles in the
town on the Danube for a number of years now. One disposal company has seized
the opportunity and now offers an innovative service for the industrial waste.
Granulator UNI-CUT UG 1600.
In October of this year, Audi Hungaria
received an award for its environmental
declaration. This describes, for example,
the sophisticated system for the reduction
of wastes.
Büchl Hungaria Dienstleistungs GmbH
takes care of the remaining wastes. The
parent company from Ingolstadt has been
operating for years as a reliable partner of
Audi and has developed a concept that
is tailored to the needs of the automobile
plant.
The Büchl company is tightly networked
with the industrial operation and
handles, for example, waste disposal from
the assembly line. The Hungarian location
was set up in the Györ industrial park in
2001.
Káptalan hill with the
residence of Györ´s bishops.
Substitute fuels
In the meantime, a disposal centre in
line with the highest European standard
has been established. Büchl has replaced
its processing technology and invested in
UC 120 rotor shears as well as in a UG
1600 Granulator made by MeWa. The
high-performance machines process the
wastes from the automobile plant to create
high-calorific substitute fuels for the
cement industry.
Leading role in waste management
With a separate waste recording system,
modern technology and the existing
know-how, Büchl has assumed a leading
role in waste management - in a strategically
favourable location in the ancient
city of Györ with the MeWa branch office
right next door. n
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MeWA site Györ
MeWa trains sales teams for South-East Europe
MeWa sales subsidiary in Györ presents positive annual financial statement
The MeWa sales team for South-East Europe visiting the tyre recycling plant of Euro Rubber
near Cégled.
The new "MeWa Maschinen und Anlagen
Vertrieb Region Ost GmbH"
relocated to a modern technology
centre in the international industrial park
in Györ. As it is located in the region where
the frontiers of Slovakia, Austria and Hungary
meet, the Hungarian town has excellent
transportation links. The European capitals
Vienna, Bratislava and Budapest with
their international airports can be reached
very quickly on the motorway.
Sales network in South-East Europe
Over and above this, the town functions
as a gateway to the South-East European
states, thus providing the best con-
Lecturing with passion: Michael Meder
presents MeWa technology.
ditions to be able to operate close to the
market and customers. These tasks will
be performed by a well-coordinated team
with an established sales network in all
neighbouring countries on the entire Balkan
peninsula, all the way down to Turkey.
Existing infrastructure
Reference plants that use all MeWa recycling
solutions are in operation in Hungary.
A modern, fully equipped test centre
and a large spare parts store are also
available. Gábor Vidák is responsible for
the sales organisation, and the office in
Györ with the required infrastructure is
managed by Éva Takács. They are backed
up by a vigourous team, and the premises
also include extensive training and meeting
rooms.
Detailed product training
This is where the regional sales teams
from Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Slovenia,
Croatia, Serbia and Turkey met up in
late summer for an intensive exchange
of experience and detailed product training.
Short distances
Alongside the theoretical explanations
of the new developments in the MeWa
range of products, it was above all the
individual markets that were the focus of
attention at the meetings. Furthermore,
MeWa customers provided an exceedingly
informative insight into regular plant operation.
The diverse application variants of
MeWa technology can be viewed in Hungary
in different plants that are only short
distances apart.
Operating even closer to the
market - as defined in spring of
this year, this is what the organisation
of sales for South-East
Europe in the MeWa location in
Györ aims to achieve. Even the
first annual financial statement
delivers positive results.
Various MeWa machines were available
for inspection at the test centre in Ács.
This meant the participants were able to
test MeWa granulation technology for
themselves and take a close look at the
result.
Positive figures
After only eight months, the MeWa
sales organisation East has been able to
present a positive financial statement in
the shortened fiscal year. The constructive
discussions and the optimistic mood at the
sales meeting also indicate that the present
team expects further revenue growth and
positive figures for the year 2010. n
Éva Takács and Gábor Vidák.
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MeWa internal
MeWa makes a donation for children
suffering from cancer
President of the foundation Dr. Stefanie Schuster (left) and managing director
Ms. Gabriele Kilian, framed by Ulrich Hink and Helmut Oberguggenberger.
T
he Olgäle Foundation has set itself
the aim of improving the lives
and reducing the suffering of the
young patients and their families at the
child cancer centre of the Olga hospital.
To this end, the MeWa managing directors
Helmut Oberguggenberger and Ulrich
Hink handed over a cheque worth 5,000
euro to the president of the foundation,
Dr. Stefanie Schuster, and managing director
of the foundation, Gabriele Kilian. The
foundation uses the donations, for example,
to finance the latest medical devices
such as a mobile X-ray unit
for children.
The creation of an
atmosphere that meets
children's needs in what
is otherwise a sterile hospital
environment, providing
psychological and
social care for the young
patients, as well as training
of the personnel are
other objectives the foundation has set
itself. n
Clowns alleviate children's fears
about their stay in hospital.
Instead of gifts for business partners
and employees, MeWa
is sending out a signal to the
weakest in our society this
Christmas. A donation to the
"Olgäle Foundation for Sick
Children" is intended to support
the Olga children's hospital in
Stuttgart.
A mobile X-ray unit makes work easier in the
Olga hospital.
Imprint
MeWa News
Publisher:
MeWa Recycling Maschinen
und Anlagenbau GmbH
Gültlinger Straße 3, 75391 Gechingen
Editor: Harald Pandl
Tel. 0049 (0)7056 925-0
E-mail: info@mewa-recycling.com
Internet: www.mewa-recycling.com
Design: MeWa in collaboration with Creativ-Werbung
M. Dostal, Tiefenbronn
Printing: Druckhaus Weber, Althengstett
Photo credits: MeWa, Wikipedia, Google
Earth, St. Helens Rugby League Club, City
of Stuttgart, Olgäle Foundation
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