VW-SiCon shredder residue plant for BST

Archiv – At its Kallo deep-water port location to the north of Antwerp, Belgian Scrap Terminal (BST) is currently commissioning the first increment of its shredder light fraction recycling operation based on the VW-SiCon process.At its Kallo deep-water port location to the north of Antwerp, Belgian Scrap Terminal (BST) is currently commissioning the first increment of its shredder light fraction recycling operation based on the VW-SiCon process. The plant has a capacity of 8000 tonnes per year and will be successively extended. In a further move, BST will integrate another process step in order to recycle plastics from electrical and electronic scrap.
One of Europe’s leading scrap processors and a user of modern, high-capacity machinery, BST processes and markets more than 1 million tonnes of steel scrap at its two locations. A third location near Liège in Belgium is currently under construction.
The new scrap processing plant is based on the pilot facility that has been operated by SiCon at BST in Willebroek for the last six years. Over this period, the process engineering has been thoroughly tested for use on an industrial scale and different recycling channels have been successfully established. Further plants in Europe are currently being engineered and are scheduled for installation during 2006.
SiCon is a technology leader in the field of shredder light fraction recycling. The VW-SiCon process is claimed to be the first industrially-viable mechanical recycling process ensuring treatment of shredder residue to the greatest possible extent.