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STEINERT Open '09
December 1, 2009
A great event thanks to over 200 customers from Europe and overseas.
On October 28th and 29th the STEINERT Open was hosted for the second time by STEINERT Elektromagnetbau GmbH in Cologne and just as in 2006, the event was a great success.
The comprehensive two-day event focused on the latest sorting technology in practice around the world and provided an opportunity for exchange among colleagues.
Working equipment like the Finemaster, CanMaster® and RTT Steinert's Unisort Flakesorter® were on display. A special highlight was the large-scale demonstration sorting wood scrap on the Induction Sorting System ISS® and the X-Ray Sorting System XSS®. The new FSS sorter with a slide was also presented.
Impromptu, some visitors brought their own experimental materials with them for testing. STEINERT'S experienced engineers and technicians test department showed that with sophisticated technology and a steady hand, impressive separation results was achieved with the customers' materials.
Thanks to the abundance of technology available at the STEINERT Open 09' the event lasted late into the evening.
See you next time!
Iowa MRF Adds Metals System to Boost Recovery Levels
November 30, 2009
Published by Recycling Today Magazine - view original source here
Addition of nonferrous processing system could extract 150 tons of nonferrous metal a year.
The city of Ames, Iowa, announced that it has recently installed a non-ferrous metal recovery system at its Arnold Chantland Resource Recovery Plant to pull more metals out of the solid waste stream.
"We believe this new equipment will allow us to collect more than 150 tons of non-ferrous metal annually, keep it out of the landfill, and recycle it while generating revenue," said Gary Freel, Resource Recovery Plant assistant superintendent.
The recovery plant was built in 1975, and was the first municipally operated waste-to-energy facility in the nation. Previous to the addition of the new equipment, the facility used magnets to extract ferrous metals.
However, the company installed a system that includes eddy current technology, which separates non-ferrous metals. Aluminum, copper, brass, stainless steel and other valuable metals are diverted from the waste stream and captured for recycling.
The equipment purchased is a Steinert eddy current 40-inch system with an Induction Sorting System (ISS). The system is presently working, although a spokesman for the county says that at the present time they are tweaking the ISS system.
The advantage of the system is that while many sorting lines may take up a significant amount of space, the system that the county had installed took up far less space, making it an effective system for the recovery facility.e
Michael Sopchak, Western U.S. regional sales manager for Steinert, notes that the system installed is a modular design that uses a cascading design, with the eddy current stacked on top of the ISS for more effective sorting of the different types of nonferrous metal.
While the county looked at a host of vendors to supply the equipment to the plant, they chose the Steinert system due to the relative simple maintenance and ease of the system.
The system is expected to cost $1.1 million to purchase and install. The county, which had looked at purchasing a system for several years, expects to to see the payback for the purchase within four years.
"This new system could present an annual revenue stream of more than $100,000," said Freel. "This does not include cost savings on transportation and landfill disposal of this material."
Groundbreaking for project to expand production capacity
Source: Steinert Elektromagnetbau GmbH
Feb. 3, 2010
Published by Environmental Expert.com - view original source here
STEINERT Elektromagnetbau GmbH has been at home in Cologne since the late 19th century. With its innovative products for the sorting of raw materials and electromagnetic applications, the company has enjoyed excellent success in the global marketplace from the very beginning. Today we are one of the world's leading companies in terms of both technology and sales.
In late 2009 the shareholders decided to solidify and enhance this position by making a substantial investment in a new production building and new facilities to expand the production capacity at the company's Widdersdorferstrasse site in the Braunsfeld district of Cologne. This measure will increase production space from 5,000 to 7,500 m².
The production building and the new plant equipment installed therein will expand our existing production capacity for electromagnetic systems. STEINERT builds classic electromagnets, mostly for the sorting of raw materials, but other sorting technologies are also in use today. That, too, is a world-wide unique selling point. Our electromagnetic systems are also used for applications in other sectors, such as drive technology.
The investment has a total value of nearly €7 million. The initial aim for the project is to secure existing jobs, and we are planning to add six new jobs this year in association with the construction of the new building. A further increase in the number of employees can be expected in the medium term, however. As of 1st January 2010, STEINERT employed 126 persons in Cologne. Added to this are roughly 25 in Australia, three in Japan, two in Brazil and ten in the USA at the respective subsidiaries. Twenty people work at our newest subsidiary, RTT STEINERT GmbH in Zittau, Germany. |
