From glass to sand

Gipo, Swiss manufacturers of mobile crushing and screening machines, have recently launched the GipoREC R131FDR. Supplied by Tamworth-based Aggregate Processing & Recycling, the machine features a demountable screening system that has been developed for use with a mobile crushing plant.

With a number of machines currently on trial the results have already led to four companies purchasing the GipoREC R131FDR. Trials have consistently proven that the machine is capable of successfully crushing not only glass bottles, but also reclaimed asphalt and waste concrete. The flexibility of the machine is expected prove a big attraction to the recycling industry.

Featuring a large crusher inlet, the machine operates a closed-circuit screening system that eliminates any rehandling of oversize material to produce Type 1 or other common finished screened products in one pass.

The 5m2 screen can be quickly connected to the mains hydraulic pump with a snap-on block assembly. The demountable screening system can be removed without any external lifting equipment or special tools. Simple disconnection takes less than 30min allowing the crusher to be moved to other ‘crusher-run’ applications. Reconnection is also simple and is completed in approximately the same time. The R131FDR has been designed to be completely stable even with the extra weight. Highway transportation is also straightforward as the whole machine can be moved as one unit, eliminating the need for a crane.

Maintenance has also been simplified.  A few minutes lowering the screening unit allows full maintenance and screen cleaning/mesh changing at ground level.

Richard Coles, sales manager for APR, commented: ‘As the design and flexibility of the GipoREC R131FDR mobile crusher is relatively new to the market, many companies will find it a suitable machine for recycling operations, in particular the recycling of glass bottles into sand and the processing of C&D [waste] into Type 1 materials.

‘The closed-circuit screening system is extremely efficient at producing the desired final product from waste bottles, which can be used as a recycled sand replacement for various applications. The oversize conveyor, which is usually in the closed-circuit position, can be moved hydraulically through 180º to create a separate stockpile of drainage-type products or, in the case of glass recycling, used to clear the system by transporting non-ferrous waste into a skip at the side of the machine.’

Aggregate, Processing & Recycling Ltd, Units 9 & 10 Hedging Lane Industrial Estate, Wilnecote, Tamworth, Staffs B77 5HH; tel: (01827) 260290; fax: (01827) 287770.