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Nuga improves PET bottle granulation
Whole bottles or bottle pieces are
fed by conveyor belt into the Centri-
Cut and converted into flakes. The
machine’s long-life rotor and stator
blades consist of sintered carbide
metal plates that have been specially
developed for use in the abrasive
PET granulation process. Through-
puts of several hundred tonnes are
possible without the blades needing
to be turned. A horizontal screw
arrangement feeds the PET bottles
inside into the granulator rotor,
thereby offering large-volume and
low-bulk-density intake of material
as well as fast delivery of output ma-
terial. The short residence time elim-
inates thermal burden on the ground
material and leads to low specific en-
ergy consumption, low blade wear
and throughputs of up to 3000 kg per
hour depending on PET bottle type
and on the geometry of the screen
perforation used.
Nuga AG, Balgach, Switzerland,
Phone: +41 71 720 00 40,
Fax: +41 71 720 00 45,
E-mail: [email protected]
www.centricut.ch
Eriez targets fines recovery
Eriez, the US-based manufactur-
er of a range of magnetic, vibra-
tory and inspection equipment,
has introduced the FinesSort for
cost-effective recovery of metals
from shredder fines.
The new system features a feeder
coupled to a magnetic and an eddy-
current separator to produce both a
ferrous and non-ferrous metal prod-
uct. The feeder delivers a uniform
feed distribution across the width of
the magnetic drum separator which
recovers all ferrous materials in the
process stream. The non-ferrous ma-
terials from the magnetic separation
are delivered to the eddy-current
separator whereby metals such as
copper and aluminium are recovered.
Eriez President and CEO Tim
Shuttleworth comments: ‘The unique
feature of the system is the alterna-
tive it provides to further processing
the ferrous metal product with an op-
tional second stage magnetic drum
separator. This is not the case with
other systems.’ In the past, fines
have often been too small to recover
using conventional processing equip-
ment and so have ended up in land-
fill, the company points out.
Eriez, Erie, Pennsylvania,
USA, Phone: +1 814 835 6000,
Fax: +1 814 838 4960,
E-mail: [email protected]
www.eriez.com
Typical times for routine, positive
grade identification is less than two
seconds – up to four times faster than
Thermo’s previous generation of in-
struments. As a result, sample
throughput and user productivity
are significantly increased, says the
manufacturer. The Niton XL3t 900
Series offers non-destructive, labora-
tory-quality chemical analysis of alu-
minium and titanium alloys, as well
as nickels, super-alloys and stainless
steel among others. It eliminates the
need for OES instrumentation in the
field for analysis of magnesium, alu-
minium and silicon. ‘In fact, the XL3t
900 Series, with its helium purge
measurement head, takes the ana-
lytical capabilities of hand-held XRF
to a new level,’ says Niton’s Market-
ing Director Jon Shein. Both series
are available in a range of configura-
tions and with an assortment of op-
tional features/accessories to suit a
wide variety of analytical needs, ac-
cording to Thermo.
Thermo Scientific NITON
Analysers, Billerica, Massachusetts,
USA, Phone: +1 978 670 7460,
Fax: +1 978 670 7430,
E-mail: [email protected]
www.thermo.com/niton
Thermo Fisher Scientific, the US manufacturer of hand-held X-ray
fluorescence (XRF) analysers, has unveiled the Niton XL3 800 and
XL3t 900 series which, it claims, provide the fastest alloy grade iden-
tification and laboratory-quality composition analysis ever achieved
with a hand-held XRF analyser.
To complete its 2008 Waste –
Master range of equipment, JCB
has introduced the TM310
WasteMaster telescopic wheeled
loader which, it claims, is more
powerful and offers lower fuel
consumption.
According to the material handling
equipment manufacturer, the TM310
is compact and manoeuvrable owing
to a pivot steer design which allows
the operator easily to place a load us-
ing the steering. The machine fea-
tures an improved operator station
and a more durable and reliable driv-
eline. A revised boom end geometry
has increased roll-back torque by
91% and the auxiliary control has
been refined. Compared to its prede-
cessor the TM300, fuel capacity on
the TM310 has been increased from
100 to 160 litres to make the machine
even more productive, according to
JCB. Jonathan Garnham, the compa-
ny’s General Manager for Waste, Re-
cycling and Demolition, says: ‘The
TM310 is more productive and more
efficient, and with the JCB Diesel-
max engine it is also more powerful
and cleaner than its predecessor. The
WasteMaster spec version of the
TM310 provides for a safe and com-
fortable operator environment within
a tough and robust machine, making
it ideal for use within the waste and
recycling environment.’
JCB, Rocester, Staffordshire, UK,
Phone: +44 1889 590 312,
Fax: +44 1889 591 144,
E-mail: [email protected]
www.jcb.com
Nuga, the Swiss manufacturer of plastics granulators and acces-
sories, has further developed its compact CentriCut 44slr range
designed for demanding PET bottle applications.
Top-speed Niton analysers
Productivity boost with JCB loader
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