Looking to reduce onsite waste, a manufacturer of construction and mining equipment has implemented a size reduction system to reduce their bulky wood waste. This not only reduces waste disposal costs, but creates a biomass resource.
The standalone solution consists of a BOA Series Pallet Breaker, with outfeed conveyor, which allows any wooden packaging waste, such as wooden pallets and crates to be reduced in size efficiently.
It’s a compact and self-contained solution for processing wood waste. Completely automated, the processing on the BOA is monitored, meaning if there is a blockage the breaker will stop, reverse (to clear the blockage) and start again.
Processed material is transported via an outfeed conveyor. The conveyor is equipped with a metal-free zone, in preparation to ensure quick and easy retrofit for an ‘over-band’ magnetic separation facility.
Equipped with an extension hopper (for restricted loading by mechanical means) and a fully guarded discharge, the system has been designed with operator safety in mind.
With a hopper opening size of 1,600 mm the breaker is ideal for breaking down both whole and part wood pallets, and other bulky waste, achieving an output size of <100mm.
Capable of processing the equivalent of 40 pallets per hour, the breaker reduces voluminous packaging waste onsite by up to 80%. This creates more storage space and a cleaner working environment.
Operation is simple, with pallets automatically processed through the machine. When the breaker detects that there is no material present in the hopper, it automatically switches off, saving energy.
Output material is sent on for further processing, for use as biomass. This reduces any waste disposal costs, lowers carbon emissions by transporting much lower volumes of waste offsite, and creates another purpose for material that would otherwise be considered unusable.
