Machinery Update September \ October 2017

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Feature: Sustainability
Machinery Update
reports on disposal
Shredding options come in
all shapes and sizes
to offer benefits across
a range of industries.
Safe & Secure Logistics
has boosted the capacity of its
WEEE recycling service with a
new hard drive shredder to pave
the way for further growth while
Packer Products is offering a range
of heavy duty carton shredders that
instantly convert everyday waste
paper, cardboard and corrugated
board into void fill.
The dual action carton shredding
machines trim and simultaneously
convert waste cardboard into
flexible matting for wrapping or void
fill, to provide goods with optimum
product protection against damage
during handling and transit.
Money can be saved on expensive
void fill and on carton and
cardboard storage, removal and
disposal as it allows users to produce
the void fill they need, on demand.
Billed as an environmentally
friendly way to recycle and reuse
unwanted cardboard, many of the
single phase machines are built to
class IE3 energy efficiency – making
them 30% more energy efficient
and capable of longer run times.
This, as well as new inverter
technology, helps to improve
reliability while making the
machines safer, cleaner and quieter.
Packer says its carton shredders
are cost effective and easy to use.
There’s no complicated training
required, and they can often pay
for themselves within a matter
of months through the savings
The RS40 shredder supplied by Untha
Getting rid
of wastage
All machines
from the range
are fully
CE/EMC
compliant
and are sold with
a twelve month
warranty
they generate in operation.
Different models are available to
produce flexible matting or 4mm
cut strips. Different machines also
offer different run times, and can
cut different board thicknesses.
Meanwhile, Safe & Secure
Logistics has invested in a new
hard drive shredder which will
enable the confidential destruction
team to comfortably – and
compliantly – process over 3,000
hard drives per week.
The Untha RS40 shredder has
been delivered to SAS Logistics’
Northampton site and thanks to
its ‘plug and play’ technology it
was operational within the hour.
But that same technology – plus
the machine’s compact footprint –
will mean the RS40 can easily be
loaded onto a vehicle for additional
use as a mobile shredder.
In either scenario, the four-shaft
system will produce an homogenous
output fraction of 15mm which,
coupled with the liberation of
materials within the hard drives,
will ensure optimum recycling rates.
“We have established a
prominent industry position due to
the robustness of our processes from
start to finish,” says Lee Spendlove,
managing director at SAS Logistics.
“The market is crowded with
shredders we could have used
but we opted for the most proven
solution, in terms of reliability,
throughputs and confidential waste
destruction compliance.”
Previously only able to tackle
250 hard drives per day due to the
limitations of its previous shredder,
SAS Logistics now expects to see
growth of 65% within the hard
drive recycling side of the business.
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