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What is a LEV test?

It is a health and safety assessment of Local Exhaust Ventilation components to ensure dust, fume and vapour aren’t escaping and poisoning or harming staff and employees,  operators or anyone in the vicinity. Read our LEV Testing FAQs here.

What are the benefits of planned maintenance?

LEV equipment is designed to protect the health of the workforce, proper planned maintenance and servicing is vital if you want to ensure that it continuously works as well today as it did on the day it was first installed.  Ventilation systems can often have their lifespan extended if maintenance is regular, which is often just a case of pre-planning. Read more.

What are the risks of not extracting dust?

Dust extraction systems are essential within a factory or manufacturing set up, in order to protect the health and well-being of employees. Ventilation is key where health and safety is concerned. Find out more here.

How can I check the health of my shredder?

Checking the health of your industrial shredder can be quick if you know what to do and can help to elongate its life span. Find out how here.

What are the benefits of shredder operator training?

Shredders are often sizeable bits of machinery, but even if they are smaller models it is not to be forgotten that they are dangerous bit of kit if not used properly. When they are used by an operator that has had trained and in a safe way, shredders can assist in easily reducing the size of large and otherwise useless bits of plastic, wood, aluminium, textile and rubber. Read more

How can help increase the life span of my shredder?

If you regularly maintain your wood shredder, plastic shredder or metal shredder you could double its life span. Explore our step-by-step maintenance guide here.

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Monday October 2, 2023

From Wooden Pallet Waste to Biomass Fuel

Overtime, like with any product, general wear and tear will inevitably cause some wooden pallets to become unusable and beyond repair. Pallet...

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Thursday September 7, 2023

Drainage and Compression of Metal and Plastic Swarf with the WEIMA C.200 Chip Press: Trials Now Available

Introducing the latest addition to our test facility, the WEIMA C.200 chip press. The WEIMA C.200 hydraulic drainage press offers a sustainable and economical...

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Wednesday April 19, 2023

WEIMA Launch New WL4 Single Shaft Shredder

Technology update to WEIMA classic WL4 wood shredder: More robust, improved energy efficiency and lower maintenance. WEIMA will be showcasing the new...

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Friday November 4, 2022

Waste Volume Reduction with the SWEED 450 Scrap Chopper

SWEED choppers offer a compact solution for the volume reduction of packaging waste. With a range of scrap choppers suitable for a...

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Friday September 9, 2022

PPMA Total Show 2022: Reduce your Packaging Waste

Reduce your volume of packaging waste with WEIMA compaction solutions. This month we will be heading to the PPMA Total Show 2022...

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Tuesday October 20, 2020

Reduce Your Pallet Waste with the ‘PY Series Pallet Breaker’

FERCELL has launched the ‘PY Series Pallet Breaker’, which can reduce your pallet waste by up to 80%....

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Monday May 20, 2019

Unsure what to do with your unwanted pallets?

Whether it's simply surplus supply or your pallets are no longer fit for purpose, this article looks at the process of shredding those unwanted pallets....