Challenge: A shredder operator had a need to re-feed Auto Shred Residue (ASR) back into their system for non-ferrous removal. The material is mostly fluff and light weight by nature. In order to meet plant capacity, a large volume of ASR would have to be staged, conveyed, and then metered at the appropriate rate to [...]

Challenge: Prior to the installation of a wood preparation system ahead of a pelletizing unit, GKC conducted testing to show how the De-Stoner® air classifier could be used to remove unwanted heavy material (Rocks). Because this testing indicated that only a small amount of rock was present and some other type of classifier was proposed [...]

Challenge Copper content reduces the value of scrap material in the ferrous foundry industry. Metal recycling facilities, therefore, look to provide certification on the scrap they provide to increase the saleable price per ton.  A Midwestern metal recovery facility installed their first copper detection system with General Kinematics components with success. As this customer looked [...]

Problem or Potential Need: Punchings from a stamping facility can cause havoc at the baler. History: During the stamping process literally thousands of -1 ¼” punchings of different shapes are created. The punchings and larger scrap pieces travel together to the scrap baler. In the baler the small punchings get wedged in the tight crevices [...]

Problem or Potential Need: The transfer and spreading of non-ferrous auto shred residue (ASR) for better presentation to an Eddy Current Separator (ECS). Poor presentation results in ineffective separation of aluminum and auto fluff. History: Eddy Current’s are designed to separate aluminum from non-ferrous auto shred. This product consists of shredded metal, rubber and auto [...]

Challenge A C&D recycler started in the recycling business a number of years ago. The customer went out and purchased a used portable screen and pick belt to make a small recovery system. Once they started sorting the customer discovered that he was going to need a much larger system than the used one he [...]

Challenge A customer recently contacted General Kinematics to explore alternatives to their water bath, wet tank arrangement that they were currently using to separate heavies from lights in an existing C&D Sorting facility.  With the existing wet tank, the facility was averaging over 500,000 gallons of water consumption per month and spending approximately $50,000 per [...]

Challenge
The customer was looking for a unique solution to replace their existing vibratory shear take away conveyor. Every so often the shear would not fully shear off the material correctly. By design, the shear would then index the piece forward. If this happens several times in succession, the extended piece would be leveraged onto the vibratory conveyor which deformed the trough pan overtime. In addition, the large downward force would restrict the vibratory conveyor’s motion, causing damage to the supporting rocker legs and drive assembly.

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A Midwest recycling center had placed an air-knife unit to remove paper from their mixed broken glass, but found that many items contained in the end product still contained contaminations such as plastic caps, aluminum cans, and plastics. This company came to General Kinematics to look for an air-knife solution to provide a cleaner glass stream.

Challenge
A regional U.S. recycler required a more efficient processing solution for separation of construction and demolition waste. Their existing system could not meet the throughput or reliability demands of the incoming C&D waste stream.