Automated equipment from Steinert lets Neville Metals shred with confidence.

Neville Metals in Pitts­burgh entered the shred­ding market with confidence in late 2004 after installing a new Texas Shredder Inc.plant and downstream separat­ing equipment provided by SteinertUS.

Neville Metals President Jim Snyder says the produc­tion of clean grades of non­ferrous metals has occurred from the very start-up of the plant and its downstream Steinert system.

As an added bonus, the series of Steinert separa­tors are configured with total digital system controls. The separators perform their tasks without the need for production workers to attend to them or provide manual us that we have just started in the last 45 days, but it is working marvelously.” Snyder says of his downstream sort­ing line. Among the Steinert equipment deployed there are Steinert Eddy Current Separators (ECS) and the Steinert All Metal Separator.

Manual sorting is not part of the equation at the Nev­ille Metals shredding plant because the ISS scans the residue for every last trace of metal. The automated as­pects of the Steinert system have allowed Neville Metals to hold down labor costs as­sociated with its new shred­der plant.

Steinert’s new ECS Pro­fessional Controls with Touch Screen Display instantly sorting back up. All equip­ment is also controlled by a Best Inc.system that permits subtle adjustments of the drive speeds of conveyors and sorting mechanisms, allowing the entire system to adjust to the desired produc­tion volume.

“It’s a new installation for show the status of the set­tings while quickly respond­ing to changes of speed and direction. The Digital Control Center for the Induction Sorting System (ISS) III 160 monitors the operation of key ISS components and allows for adjustments to separation programming while keeping track of sensor and air jet functions.

While controls have been modernized, the tradition of rugged quality in the carefully engineered Steinert separa­tors has been maintained.

Snyder says he was con­fident the Steinert equipment could handle the job in part because of the strong rec­ommendation from Texas Shredder Inc. He says the process of working with Denny Law-rence at Texas Shredder for the shredding plant installation and working with Dennis Ciccotelli and the people at Steinert went smoothly. “Both companies were easy to work with and we were real pleased to have partnered with them.”

The investment and in­stallation has allowed the 40-year-old metals recycling company to process auto hulks, white goods and other forms of scrap that it had previously been unable to process competitively.“We’re now able to go after auto bodies and white goods and produce a clean ferrous grade and, thanks to Steinert, seg­regate the nonferrous metals that come off the shredder. The quality of the nonferrous material has been absolutely excellent.”

April 2005