Finlay Waste & Recycling shredders are helping to put waste back to work.
As Australia transitions to a circular economy and reduces waste to landfill, demand for products made from recyclable materials is on the rise.
Innovative recyclers are finding ways to recycle what was once considered ‘unrecyclable’. Even consumers are looking at their purchases differently, with a product’s end life gaining importance.
From garden pots to rubbish bins and flooring, all are recyclable. The challenge is breaking them down into a manageable size.
It’s here that Finlay Waste & Recycling excels. A specialist provider of crushing, screening and processing equipment for waste recycling, mining and quarrying industries, Finlay offers a range of solutions to efficiently manage waste, ensuring materials are processed as effectively as possible.
Shredding to size is a critical first step to ensure materials can be further pelletised, exported, extruded, or even treated for energy-to-waste purposes.
At the front end of the process, slow speed shredders generally provide an output size of 125 millimetres to 150 millimetres with the right settings, but it is often difficult to get a consistent output, according to a Finlay spokesperson.
A designated mid-speed shredder can achieve uniform sizes at less than 50 millimetres.
The Terex Ecotec TDS V20, distributed by Finlay Waste & Recycling, is a designated mid-speed shredder. Its ability to produce a controlled product size in one pass is of huge benefit to the operator, saving both time and fuel.
The versatility of the TDS V20 means that it can be used as a primary or secondary shredder should the need arise.
Two shafts draw material into the Vecoplan shredding chamber and then over a cutting knife. This gives the material the time and cuts it needs to pass through a series of screens located under the shredder and on the side doors.
Material that doesn’t pass through the screens is reprocessed through the chamber, resulting in consistent material sizes. If the feedstock is not suitable, the inbuilt tramp relief system will alert the operator.
The cutting counter knife sits on an airbag system that drops under unexpected pressure, saving costly repair bills. If a tooth face on the knife is damaged it can be easily turned with a single bolt.
Access to the shredding chamber is easy and safe. The side doors to the chamber cannot be accessed while the machine is running.
The shafts constantly turn inwards unless programmed otherwise but will reverse when required to allow material to pass in high load. Settings are easily changed depending on material density and load.
The TDS V20 will easily process high-volume amounts of plastics (hard and soft), timber, pallets, green waste, and compost oversize.
A Finlay spokesperson said field studies and customer feedback point to ferrous recovery being best in class when shredding pallets and compost oversize.
“For those composting and handling large amounts of oversize, it is now not an issue,” the spokesperson said.
Reducing the amount of feed to the machine, allows the TDS V20 to be used as a primary shredder, still producing the same uniform size.
The Ecotec TDS V20 is available as a diesel hydraulic and electric version.
For more information, visit: www.finlay.com.au
