Application Report 15
The Problem...
High Volume Crate and Pallet DisposalCentral News of Akron, Ohio, distributes over a thousand different pocket books, magazines and periodicals each month to hundreds of outlets in its marketing area. Unsold copies are returned for credit, and must be completely mutilated to prevent them from being salvaged and returned again for credit. The disposal system was effective, but inefficient and expensive. A BloApCo shredder discharged the shredded material directly into a dump truck -- that had to be continuously moved to assure even loading. Scrap was trucked to a local incinerator. Central News was charged per truckload for disposal, and tipping fees were about to be doubled.
The Solution...
A Piggyback Shredder over a Horizontal BalerAfter surveying similar operations throughout the country, Central News specified and installed a specially designed BloApCo Model 3K32-2536 BV Shredder mounted piggyback over a Selco horizontal closed-door baler capable of processing up to 12,000 lbs. per day. The shredder is fed by an inclined belt conveyor, complete with a safety overweight plate. According to Central News, this new shredder/baler system destroys or mutilates 99.9% of the publications, eliminating any possibility of them being returned a second time for credit. The uniformly shredded scrap is compressed into extremely dense 2,100 lb. bales, thus reducing the weekly volume of material to 20 to 25 bales...one trailer load. The scrap is now in a form that is valuable and can be picked up for recycling, rather than hauled and incinerated at a cost to Central News. Their company truck and driver wages also have been eliminated. Savings are estimated at about $15 per ton of scrap. (Their 15-year-old BloApCo shredder was sold, reconditioned and is still in service in the area shredding other paper products.)
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