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machine’s mechanical power
transmission features direct chain
wheel drive, with geared motors at
the drum surface, and the variable
speed provides optimum adjustment
for regulation of the screening
quality.
Compost and soil turning equipment from the German maker Backhus was well represented at the Scottish
demonstration days. Blue Scotland reports that the new 16.30 Compost Turner and the model 16.50 Straddle Turner
gained particular interest while working the compost windrows on site.
The 16.30 Compost Turner is the latest addition to the Backhus range of turning machines which use the siteproven
roto-milling technique. Designed and built specifically for the essential turning and milling of windrows in the
composting process, the self-propelled Backhus 16.30 is compact, productive tracked machine. It is powered by a
35.4kW (47.5hp) Yanmar 4TNV 88 engine and has infinitely variable hydrostatic drive.
The 3.5m wide 16.30 Compost Turner weighs 1700kg and is capable of processing a heap with a width of up to
3.0m and a height of up to 1.3m. The machine has a continuous travel speed of up to 50 m/min and a turning capacity
of up to 700m³/hr.
Working together at Bo’ness were two new recycling units from Kiverco Recycling Systems Ltd of Dungannon in
Northern Ireland. These complementary machines were a 620 Trommel and a Mobile Picking Station.
Customised picking stations
Blue Scotland sells the new range of Kiverco Mobile Picking Stations which can be customised to virtually any size to
suit customers’ applications. Pickers can be positioned on either or both sides of the variable speed conveyor and, for
enhanced working conditions for operatives, fully enclosed cabin work stations have heating and lighting. Discharge
chutes can be positioned as required and in any number for convenient “binning” of unwanted or recyclable materials
in their respective stockpiles.
Specifically designed for the primary screening and separation of commingled recyclables, municipal solid waste
(MSW), skip waste, commercial, industrial and C&D waste, the Kiverco 620 Trommel can be used as either a standalone
machine or as part of a municipal recycling facility. Materials can be sorted at rates of up to 20 tonnes/hr or 60
tonnes/hr for MSW.
The Kiverco 620 Trommel features a screening drum set at an angle of 5º and with an infinitely variable rotation
speed of up to 15rpm. The drum is equipped with removable punched plate screen sections and there are a variety of
screen plate apertures to suit customers’ specific requirements. A selection of woven mesh or rubber-coated screen
plates is also available.
A Falkirk Council spokesman said, “This even clearly showed how new and improved recycling and composting
equipments and technologies can assist councils and other major recyclers in reducing the quantity of waste sent to
landfill and increase the use of secondary/recycled materials.” (CP&E)
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This self-propelled Backhus 16.30
Compost Turner has been designed and
built specifically for the essential turning
and milling of windrows in the
composting process.
Blue Group
Doppstadt
Bachus
Kiverco
A JCB JS160 materials handler with fixed raised cab
was used to efficiently feed the Kiverco 620 Trommel
and Mobile Picking Station.
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