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Recycle Glass – Reduce Your Foot Print On The Earth

admin — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 05:04:06 +0000

Recycling glass instead of making it from Silica Sand reduces mining waste by 70%, water use by 50%, and air pollution by 20%. Using a glass crusher at a business or recycling center to process jars, bottles, and other glass that would normally end up in the trash starts this process. Small glass crushers can turn glass into 1-2” cullet suitable for transportation as the density is increased by over 90%. Larger glass crushers can turn glass into instantly recyclable end product as small as 100 mesh – sand particles.

Nexgen Balers - Material Handling Made Easy and Convenient!

admin — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 08:18:46 +0000

Recycling is such an important and crucial issue that requires its proper implementation in domestic as well as industrial application if we wish to have cleaner and greener environment. Therefore, knowing recycling procedure is equally essential.

Recycling involves a process by which waste or refuse is handled and managed which saves space or storage capacity and reduces the amount of waste. It also facilitates reduction of the usage of raw materials and diminishes the energy usage. There is a range of equipment like balers, compactors, shredders, conveyors etc. get applied in recycling.

A large stock of waste or byproduct is generated and get recycled. Balers are suitable for this application. There are equipments called nexgen balers made to facilitate the material handling process easy. They involve automatic wire tying mechanisms which facilitate raising waste or refuse throughout.

A nexgen baler is operated on horizontal plane. One can perform easy operation with putting a little human input. For instance, there is a tripping sensor. The baler starts and then completes the procedure of compression producing a bale tied up and get ejected at the end of the process. It’s up to an individual which equipment to choose keeping in mind the type of waste.

All About Compactors

Cort — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 03:07:36 +0000

A compactor is exactly what it sounds like – a machine used to minimize waste and space through the process of compaction. A compactor is usually a large, rectangular machine powered by hydraulics; though it can take many shapes and sizes.

Probably the most well-known example of a compactor is one used for crushing cars. It can take the form of a pancake-flat plate crushing the car directly from above or a more common type of baling compactor that smashes it from four sides, creating a type of ‘rectangle.’

Even just a large bulldozer that crushes waste material beneath its wheels could be considered a compactor.

In the commercial arena, compactors are used frequently by retail and service industries, which usually have large amounts of refuse, much of it non-recyclable. In that case, compacting the waste materials greatly decreases space needed in landfills and similar areas.

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Baler Basics

Cort — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 03:08:44 +0000

What is a baler?
A baler is essentially a type of farming machine used to compress a crop like hay or straw into bales and bind them; they are also used in locations like recycling facilities to gather and compress paper, plastic and other scraps of cut or shredded materials.

What types of balers are available?
There are a number of balers that are commonly used in the process. These are round balers, rectangular balers, square balers and industrial balers.

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Welcome to the Northern California Compactors Blog!

Cort — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 03:06:10 +0000

Hello all!
Welcome to our new Northern California Compactors blog; here you will find news, updates and information about the latest trends in machines and operations in the material compacting industry. Our goal is to become your source for information about everything from how to reduce your monthly garbage bills and generate the highest rates of recycling revenue to new machines and protocols in the industry.

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