Recycling Specialist Lindner’s New Plant Delivers on Automation, Robotics, Flow Manufacturing and Increased Depth of Production Mission accomplished. Only one year after the topping-out ceremony, the move into the new offices and the modern, 14,000 m² production area was completed in July this year. The high global demand for Lindner’s quality products made it necessary to expand the plant and the team. The motto in the new home of recycling, however, has not changed one bit: Make the most of waste. Recycling has been experiencing a strong upswing for many years – worldwide. From the very beginning Lindner Recyclingtech has been considered a pioneer , which is why shredding solutions from Spittal in Austrian Carinthia have been used internationally for decades and are considered a benchmark in many areas. A g rowing awareness of energy costs, the scarcity of resources and raw materials have increasingl y highlighted the importance of the circular economy. In 2019, due to the associated higher demand for efficient recycling solutions and Lindner’s endeavour to support its customers…

Shredding – Washing – Sorting: Efficient all-in-one plastics recycling solutions As a pioneer in the recycling industry, Lindner draws on a wealth of experience in transforming waste into valuable materials and stands for quality, experience and product innovations. At K 2022 in Düsseldorf, Germany, Lindner will be presenting ground-breaking all-in-one solutions for the efficient plastics recycling of tomorrow in Hall 9, at Booth B17 & B19. Along with a wide range of product innovations, a special highlight is a new system solution to directly process post-consumer rigid plastics in an injection moulding process. The circular economy and the growing importance of plastics recycling under the umbrella of climate protection are key topics at October’s K in Düsseldorf. Undoubtedly, there has been an upswing in plastics recycling for several years. The challenges facing the industry, however, continue to be multifaceted and complex: demand on recyclate quality is increasing as is the call for higher throughputs with minimal energy consumption…

The Dutch National Test Centre Circular Plastics (NTCP) Trusts in Lindner Washtech’s Modular Washing System for the optimisation of various plastic streams Heerenveen (Netherlands), March 2022. Europe’s first independent testing and research centre with facilities on industrial scale, the NTCP (National Test centre Circular Plastics), in the Netherlands, founded in 2018, has set out to examine the behaviour of different plastics during sorting and washing. The goal is to optimise processes quantitatively, qualitatively and with more efficient energy use, in order to promote plastics recycling in line with the circular economy model. Dutch and foreign clients are already showing great interest in the testing options. ”With its modular design, Lindner Washtech’s plastic washing system, to be installed in mid-2022, will make a significant contribution to our research and the optimisation of various plastic streams,” says Martine Brandsma, director of the NTCP. Tucked away in Friesland, a northern Dutch province, lies the 50.000-strong community of Heerenveen. Since 2018, it has also been home to the National Test…

Efficient Recovery of Recyclable Materials in Line with the Circular Economy Energy-efficient and profitable solutions for the challenges of tomorrow’s waste management - at the IFAT 2022, hall B6, booth 251/350, and the VDMA outdoor area, the recycling pioneer Lindner will present innovative shredders and system solutions that maximise efficiency and output gains and enable waste disposal and recycling companies to successfully enter the field of plastics recycling. “Make the most of waste” - This motto has been guiding Lindner Recyclingtech’s work for many, many years, and yet it is more relevant than ever. The Green Deal and the associated New Circular Economy Action Plan (CEAP) call not only for the reduction of CO2 emissions, electrification of the economy and greater energy efficiency but, above all, ask for potential secondary raw materials contained in material flows to be better processed and analysed. At the IFAT 2022, hall B6, booth 251/350, Lindner will be showcasing solutions for these industry-specific and future-oriented…

Austrian recycling pioneer Lindner has been chosen by the Swiss waste-to-energy technology firm Hitachi Zosen Inova, its joint venture partner, the BESIX Group, and the Dubai Municipality for bulk shredding at the world’s largest energy-from-waste plant. The facility is currently being built in Warsan, Dubai. As part of Dubai’s sustainability strategy, the Dubai Municipality aims to minimise the volume of municipal waste disposed of in landfills, thereby investing into renewable energy facilities. The new plant in Warsan will be the biggest of its kind worldwide and treat 5,555 tonnes of non-recyclable municipal solid waste from the Dubai area per day, converting 1,825 million tonnes into renewable energy annually. The produced electricity will be fed into the local grid as baseload energy and power around 120,000 homes. Lindner welcomes the opportunity to be part of such a sustainable and quality-oriented project. Hitachi Zosen Inova stated that the Urraco…

The picturesque south coast of the holiday island of Cyprus in August 2020: 40 °C in the shade and COVID-19 – tourists who would otherwise be enjoying the sea breeze at the height of summer are conspicuously absent and the only full car park is that of the rental cars at the airport. But instead of letting pandemic lethargy set in, Enerco – Energy Recovery Ltd, associated company of Vassiliko Cement Works, commissioned a Lindner shredder from the Polaris series to shred high-calorific refuse derived fuels (RDF). Vassiliko Cement Works is among the biggest industrial players in the island state and operates one of the largest and most advanced cement plants in Europe near Mari, between Limassol and Larnaca. To ensure the amount of energy needed to produce approximately 6,000 metric tons of clinker per day, the company relies on resource-saving alternative fuels from its associated company Enerco. ‘We are delighted to report that since we commissioned Lindner’s…

Lindner’s new 1500 model from the Micromat series was presented at K 2019 and showcased the shredding of fishing nets as the first step in the recovery process. This model was delivered to Chilean plastics recycler and circular economy pioneer Comberplast Nature lovers and globetrotters alike find even the mere mention of this region breath-taking: Patagonia. Besides rugged mountains shaped by Pacific winds and impressive landscapes, it is above all the fjords and coasts that – Covid travel restrictions apart – attract more and more visitors to this strip of land in southern Chile every year. Michel Compagnon from Santiago de Chile is one of them. Besides the magnificent spectacles of nature, one thing in particular caught his eye: discarded fishing nets and ropes, which are a burden on the environment and can bring the life of many sea creatures to an unhappy end. When asked about this, the local fishermen simply described the carelessly discarded rigging as waste. But for Compagnon, Commercial Manager at the plastics recycling company Comberplast, the unpleasant scene became a project to save the oceans and the incomparable beauty of Patagonia. And that is how the Atando Cabos project started. What began in 2016…

The manufacturer of HDPE containers, drums and bottles, AST, is investing in a new centre of competence with a complete plastics recycling line. As a project partner, they are relying on Lindner. Erndtebrück (Germany), March 2021. The European manufacturer of plastic containers, drums and bottles, AST, has set a long-term target to increase the amount of recyclates used in its products and aims to supply their own ‘raw materials’. For this reason, AST is investing in a new centre of competence with a complete plastics recycling line to process post-industrial and post-consumer HDPE (high density polyethylene). As a project partner, they are relying on the expertise and a system solution from Lindner. Since 1977, AST Kunststoffverarbeitung GmbH has been producing high-quality packaging with approval for dangerous goods in Erndtebrück, Germany. Today, the company is a European market leader when it comes to plastic containers for chemical products or food, and it is working hard to increase the sustainability of its products by using recyclables. If you ask AST what the new centre of competence is all about, the complexity of the topic quickly becomes…

Precision with Maximum Efficiency The way a twin-shaft shredding unit works is fairly simple: two tools moving in opposite directions draw in the collected waste material for shredding and crush it all together into smaller pieces. If it is purely about volume reduction, for example for easier transport, this can be achieved with conventionally designed shafts. Some applications, however, require specific particle sizes for their processes. Plants that recover energy from waste wood, for example, are usually designed with a standardised particle size in mind. Oversized particles in the material stream can block the conveyors or safety systems such as rotary valves. In addition, too many fines negatively affect combustion and very small particles might lead to lumps jamming the facility. Therefore, if the required size is not obtained in the first shredding step, the material must be treated further. The crux of the matter is that additional processing is costly, reduces the recycler’s profit margins…

Rough Tools for Fine Particles When it comes to hiring first-class machines, you should head to Oud-Alblas in the Netherlands, about 25 km from Rotterdam. That’s where the Tuytel Group is based and where it has been renting out heavy construction machinery as well as offering transport solutions and recycling machines in the Netherlands and all across Europe since 1999. In the matter of machines for processing waste wood, the company relies on Lindner‘s robust solutions, supplied and supported by Dutch sales partner Van der Spek Vianen B.V. At the beginning of 2020, a system solution consisting of the Urraco 95DK shredder and a Zeta Star 95DK star screen was added to a fleet that has been home to two mobile twin-shaft shredders of the Urraco 75 series for quite some time. ‘As a heavy equipment rental company we focus specifically on premium machines from top European brands. We have to offer our clients solutions with maximum reliability and the lowest possible maintenance costs,’ explains…

Strenghening of international service and distribution network Lindner has been doing business in Asia for over 20 years now. In recent years in particular, a greater awareness of the need to manage resources responsibly and, above all, to recover waste materials, has grown in the world’s most densely populated region. The Asia-Pacific region has become one of the largest growth markets in the waste management sector. Lindner Recyclingtech, one of the world’s leading suppliers of shredding technology and system solutions for recycling, is now strengthening its presence in the region with its new subsidiary in Singapore, thereby expanding its international service and distribution network. ’We already have very strong partners with whom we successfully implemented numerous projects in countries such as China, Japan, Korea, Thailand, Malaysia, the Philippines and also Australia. With the new service and sales hub in Singapore, we’ve created a point of contact for partners and clients to better respond to individual local…

On centre stage a universal and state-of-the-art washing system from Lindner Washtech In February 2020 Dinos d.o.o. Ljubljana, Slovenia officially inaugurated a new recycling plant for processing industrial plastic waste, in particular plastic film. On centre stage of the new facility are a universal and state-of-the-art washing system from Lindner Washtech with a range of new and improved components, such as a Micromat 2000 shredder, a highly effective pre-wash unit Floater extend and a mechanical dryer of the Loop Dryer series. The washed flakes are regranulated by an Erema Intarema 1714 TVEplus extruder. The plant has been up and running around the clock five days a week for several weeks now. With 19 waste depots in operation, Dinos is considered one of the largest waste management and recycling companies in Slovenia. The company collects and recycles non-ferrous materials (glass, wood, plastic and paper), metals (all types of old and new industrial scrap, steel, stainless steel and cast iron) and non-ferrous metals (aluminium, copper, nickel and…

Introduction of Lindner`s Fire Prevention System One of the most pressing recent issues in the mechanical processing and conversion of waste into solid recovered fuels (SRF) is the high fire risk. This is largely due to a constantly increasing number of lithium batteries in the general waste collection. If damaged, a chemical reaction is often initiated, which leads to incredibly high temperatures. This may cause severe damage to facilities and plants and, in the worst case, start a major fire. To minimise such fire hazards, Lindner‘s FPS (Fire Prevention System) detects overheated particles in the material stream, cools them to a safe temperature and makes sure that objects that cannot be cooled can be safely removed by hand. The continuous, process-related monitoring of surface temperature at several relevant points has proven to be highly successful in combatting potential fire hazards and actively improving safety in facilities that produce solid recovered fuels (SRF). Lindner’s Fire Prevention System (FPS)…

The specialist in waste processing and shredding technology, founded in Austria in 1948, celebrated the groundbreaking ceremony for its new factory premises on 18 September 2020. Strengthened by the successes of recent years and its solid corporate management, the company is investing in a new site covering over 45,000 square metres. In addition to a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility, the new headquarters will become an international Centre of Excellence for waste recovery and recycling – in keeping with the circular economy concept. When the Lindner machine factory opened its doors in the 1940s, the company manufactured sawmill equipment. The big transformation happened in the late 80s and the company was one of the first started to delve into shredding and waste processing – Lindner Recyclingtech was born. Today, 72 years later, recycling and the sustainable use of resources are among the pressing issues of our time and the Spittal-based family business…

This Time with a Tracked Chassis As early as 2017, Linz ag was one of the first clients to start up the then brand-new Lindner Miura 1500 at the waste treatment facility in Linz’s Gaisbergerstrasse. The Miura’s high performance and quality was so impressive, it soon led to another order for a mobile primary shredder. Now, once again, Linz ag opted for Lindner Recyclingtech and the Miura 1500 shredder – this time the recently launched DK version with crawler tracks. With over 3,000 people working for the Austrian company, Linz ag is one of the largest multi-utility providers in this industrial region along the River Danube. LINZ AG`s tasks include the supply of energy and drinking water, the provision of telecommunications solutions, public transport and the management of wastewater and waste. The company has been relying on Lindner’s equipment for its waste management since 2010. What began with several of Lindner’s secondary shredders from the Komet series has now grown into a complete…

Improvement of output quality in film washing systems In recent years Lindner Washtech GmbH has evolved into a technological leader in the field of PE film recycling, now with over 50 washing systems installed worldwide. Many new developments such as the patented pre-washing system Rafter have set new standards in the industry and are now an integral part of every Lindner washing system. The latest in a series of developments for PE film recycling from Lindner Washtech is the Film Examiner. It is placed directly in front of the extrusion phase as a final process to improve the product quality. The device reliably separates small hard contamination particles which are extremely difficult to remove using traditional methods within the washing line due to their specific density and size. These include in particular rigid plastic particles of PP or HDPE, and in addition light aluminium particles and small wood flakes. The Film Examiner is mounted directly in the air stream after the thermal drying process, utilizing the…

The productivity gains, even for difficult materials such as sheets or pipes, are astonishing. The company Lohner Kunststoffrecycling GmbH (LKR) in Vechta, Germany, has been recovering plastic waste generated during the production of industrial or consumer goods since 1992. The highly specialised pioneer and full-service provider is now part of the Remondis Group and transforms about 45,000 metric tons of rejects into new material every year – a perfect example of a circular economy. When it comes to shredding, the company relies on Lindner Recyclingtech’s state-of-the-art solutions such as the Micromat 2000. Equipped with the latest Multiplex cutting system, the machine efficiently shreds almost any type of plastic. The productivity gains, even for difficult materials such as sheets or pipes, are astonishing. Today the disposal of production waste is a no go. International discussion is driving medium-sized companies and even large industrial and consumer goods manufacturers to use raw materials more sustainably. And from an economic point of view, it is…

Nothing’s Impossible Machines are installed despite of COVID-19 A new shredder to transform waste into alternative fuels had been ordered and delivered, the facility’s retrofitting was in full swing – and then came the coronavirus lockdown. That was the problem facing the German waste management company Hündgen in Swisttal-Ollheim. But thanks to state-of-the-art communication software and remote service tools, the new Lindner Micromat 2500 is running smoothly and as scheduled. Every single minute that delays the commissioning of a new facility comes with a price tag. This well-known truism poses a challenge to many a company even under normal circumstances. What it means in light of a global crisis is something that Christian Hündgen, CEO and Plant Manager of Hündgen Entsorgungs Gmbh & Co. KG, knows all too well: ‘Our new Lindner Micromat 2500 shredder was delivered in March, when the construction of our facility was well under way. When we were told that due to COVID-19 and the associated travel restrictions, no Lindner…

Thanks to the Successes of Recent Years The current situation suggests a standstill in many places. But that hasn’t stopped the annual financial reports for the year 2019 from being published. Among them is that of the Austrian specialist for waste processing solutions and shredding technology Lindner Recyclingtech. The figures speak for themselves and leave no doubt that the company will overcome the crisis in a positive light. Standing in front of Lindner headquarters, it quickly becomes clear that things are different at the moment. Like everywhere else, information on hygiene regulations and safety measures is displayed next to the omnipresent disinfectant dispenser. Also, due to teams being divided into several locations or working from home, it is quieter in the office building than normal. However, if you listen closely, you will quickly notice that work on the production floors is still in full swing. The group of companies around Lindner Recyclingtech markedly exceeded revenues of €100 million…

The New E-Drive for Twin-Shaft Shredders Wins the Global CemFuels Award Lindner is setting new standards in efficiency with their asynchronous twin-shaft shredders’ innovative and purely electromechanical drive with smart DEX (Dynamic Energy Exchange) energy management system. This novelty won the Global CemFuels Award in the category ‘Alternative Fuels Innovation of the Year’ at the 14th Global CemFuels Conference and Exhibition in Paphos, Cyprus. The specialist for shredding technology and waste processing solutions received the cement and lime industry’s coveted award for the sixth time in February 2020. This ingeniously engineered, new drive – used for the first time in Lindner’s Atlas 5500 AS shredder – beat stiff competition. The purely electromechanical drive`s secret weapon lies in its intelligent DEX energy management system. This system recovers the valuable kinetic energy generated by one of the shafts while braking and supplies it to the second shaft – a much more efficient process than losing it as heat. Thanks…

Digitalisation and smart technology are in the spotlight Only a couple of years ago, terms such as digitalisation or waste management 4.0 sounded very futuristic. What was still considered a prediction of coming trends at the last IFAT in 2018, has already become a reality at the World’s Leading Trade Fair for Water, Sewage, Waste and Raw Materials Management in Munich in 2020. Whether collection logistics, customer communication or the production process, current developments show that more and more digital technology is finding its way into all aspects of waste management, where it is optimising the valuable resources flow and ultimately transforming the sector into a highly efficient circular economy. As a shredding and waste processing specialist, the Austrian company Lindner Recyclingtech consequently relies on smart system solutions to transform waste into recyclables and produce high-quality solid recovered fuels. Stefan Scheiflinger-Ehrenwerth, Head of Product Management at Lindner, explains: ‘We have always been…

Production of solid recovered fuels (SRF) with technology by Lindner Limited space, fewer tonnes, but still maximum productivity: as special requirements need smart solutions, Lindner’s Polaris 1800 shredder has been in operation at the company Island Waste, that is part of the Guernsey Recycling Group, since early 2019. Now that a year has passed, Matthew Cox, Guernsey Recycling Group’s Operations Director, takes stock: ‘The logistics of getting the shredder on site alone were quite an adventure. Here on Guernsey, the availability of suitable hoisting equipment is relatively limited. Consequently, we had to build the facility around the shredder and clear a whole row of bushes to get from the ferry to the construction site by lorry. But the effort was well worth it. Lindner’s Polaris 1800 currently transforms about 8 metric tons of municipal waste per hour into alternative fuel. However, the shredder still has significant power reserves for possible future expansion. We can highly recommend this solution from Lindner and its…

Lindner Showcased the Brand-New 1500 Model at the K show The Lindner Micromat is a top seller in the plastics shredding market. At K 2019 the next generation has been presented along with an additional model and a new and improved universal cutting system. The shredder has been displayed live and in colour in the outside area. Further applications and added features Based on Lindner’s tried-and-tested technology, the Micromat series has been further optimised to meet current market demands in the plastics industry. And with the 1500 size – meaning a rotor length of 1500 mm – a new entry-level model from the Micromat series has been created. But that’s not all. The most innovative feature is without doubt the new Multiplex cutting system. Thanks to the three-dimensional arrangement of the rotor knives, this exceptional system can shred almost any plastic. As a result of the knives actively pulling in the material, output can realistically be increased by some 40 percent on average compared to previous technologies.…

Borealis Is Committed to Upcycling and Counts on Cooperations and Lindner’s Technology With their acquisition of the plastics recycler mtm plastics, Borealis, a leading chemicals and plastics group, became the first plastics manufacturer to work towards a circular economy. The group has been consistent in its efforts to drive plastics circularity and is developing regranulates of the highest quality. The result is sophisticated and innovative products jointly created with partners from the waste management and plastics industries. Upon meeting Günter Stephan, Head of Mechanical Recycling at Borealis Circular Economy Solutions, it is immediately clear that the company has truly understood the most pressing issue of our age. In 2016 Borealis became the first big plastics industry player to acquire a plastics recycling company, mtm plastics. Two years later, the Austrian company Ecoplast, another plastics recovery company, joined the Borealis Group. The group is doing everything in its power to advance the circular economy. ‘We believe plastic is a fantastic…

Lindner’s Next Generation Atlas Attracted Considerable International Interest The Austrian specialist in shredding technology and system solutions for waste processing invited guests to the Lindner Atlas Day on the scenic Lake Wörthersee on 1 October 2019 to present the eponymous next generation twin-shaft primary shredder for automated 24/7 operation. ‘At the moment, everything is heading towards a circular economy. Our diverse, international audience is proof that this trend is not only emerging in Europe, but all over the globe”, explains Stefan Scheiflinger-Ehrenwerth, Head of Product Management at Lindner Recyclingtech. These developments call for new technologies that will make it possible to cope with the ever-growing amounts of waste and to process them efficiently. To achieve this goal, Lindner’s design team focused on successfully combining the following three aspects in the Atlas shredder: ideal output size and chunkiness for subsequent sorting processes with high energy efficiency and 24/7 operation. 24/7 operation combined…

Focus on effective cleaning and not only high but above all continous output Gone are the days when products made of recycled plastics were a well-intentioned but marginal phenomenon. Markets, and in particular big brands, have to react to the sustainability trend and are demanding ever-higher quality recyclates in ever-increasing quantities. To deliver this high quality, complex processing systems – and here, in particular, washing technology – are needed. One specific challenge is posed by undesirable materials stuck to post-commercial and post-consumer film as well as unpleasant odours. The more effectively these materials can be removed, the higher the quality and the potential revenue. German-Austrian company Lindner Washtech has developed a three-stage hot-wash system to meet these requirements and also ensure high productivity. Managing Director of Lindner Washtech, Harald Hoffmann: ‘When developing the new components, we focused on effective cleaning and continuous processing so that all preceding and subsequent equipment can…

Perfectly shredded waste wood and scrap metal at a high speed At this year’s RecyclingAKTIV in Karlsruhe, Germany, the shredder specialist showcased system solutions for waste wood processing, light scrap recycling and its patented fast exchange system for mobile shredders. Demonstration fairs are very special. This year’s RecyclingAKTIV in Karlsruhe, Germany is certainly no exception. Where classic trade fairs try to win the hearts and minds of customers with architecturally designed booths, elegantly polished exhibits and lavish supporting programmes, these speciality fairs get down to business: technology live and in colour. ‘For us, it’s great when we can simply demonstrate our solutions’ capabilities to a specialist audience. Our highlight was the combination of our Urraco 75 DK mobile shredder with the latest stage V engine and the ZetaStar 75 F2 DK star screen for transforming waste wood into a standardized P63 final output size,’ states Clemens Jäger, Sales Manager at Lindner. ‘I was also very happy with…

State-of-the-Art SRF Production Facility in Germany: SRF for an Entire Cement Plant 24/7 The two major players in recycling and waste processing: Lindner-Recyclingtech and the B+T Group have been partners for many years, successfully working together on many important projects. Now they are delighted to announce their latest project: a brand-new SRF production facility with the most modern technology in the whole of Germany. One Lindner Jupiter 3200 for primary shredding and three Komet 2800 HP for secondary shredding are in operation there. The latter are part of the new Series 2 – a recently launched Lindner innovation. The Bohn group’s eighth facility – with a total of over twenty Lindner machines in operation – covers an area of 25,000 square metres below the cement plant, has a maximum throughput of 250,000 metric tons per year and a storage facility for approximately 4,000 metric tons of finished goods. Pre-sorted waste is processed at the plant, especially non-recyclable post-consumer packaging and plastic film, as well as rubber and textile…

Lindner Focuses on System Solutions in Plastics Recycling Lindner, the Austrian waste processing specialist will be showcasing highly productive, turnkey system solutions for plastics processing that create perfect material for subsequent extrusion, as well as the next generation of the tried-and-tested Micromat shredder series and an exciting new hot-wash system at K 2019. Circular economy is the new buzzword and it has brought recycling companies out of their niche and into the limelight. Once current ad campaigns by major brands are also taken into account, it’s clear that this is a huge opportunity served on a silver platter. ‘Consumers around the world are demanding that resources – and particularly polymers – are used sustainably and responsibly. Many manufacturers are already responding to this trend by trying to provide as many products as possible with at least some recycled material,’ explains Harald Hoffmann, Managing Director at Lindner WashTech. ‘Current developments also place ever higher demands…

The company shows what is possible in the world of waste wood and light scrap recycling The Lindner twin-shaft shredders from the Urraco and Miura series are based on the principles of maximum flexibility and customisation. ‘Our customers require solutions that deliver results specifically tailored to their particle size, fines and throughput needs. In recent years, we have focused in particular on optimising the hydraulic systems and control software, as well as expanding the range of shafts. This enables us to customise the shredders to the client’s specific requirements, allowing us to shred waste wood to a P100 fraction according to ISO 17225-1, for example. With a downstream star screen, we are even able to produce a P63 fraction with a fines content of less than 5%. If we change the configuration, we can use the same tried-and-tested machine as a volume reducer for light scrap. The mobile hydraulics jointly developed with Bosch-Rexroth ensure that the machine always runs at the optimum operating point, saving up to 30% on fuel compared with conventional…

Geocycle Mexico Declares War on Landfills with Lindner’s Polaris 2200 Orizaba, Mexico. A Polaris 2200 shredder has been in operation in the Mexican city of Orizaba since April 2018. Now that one year has passed, Operations Manager Esteban Heredia is taking stock: ‘Mexicans’ purchasing power is growing steadily. That’s good for the people but it also leads to much more waste. Our clear goal is to ensure the planet is clean. Sustainability is also of paramount importance to our parent company Lafarge Holcim and that’s why we were looking for a smart, universally deployable solution to recover this municipal solid waste in our cement works in an environmentally friendly way. A year ago, we opted for this one-step processing solution from Lindner and their Mexican sales partner GTA Ambiental. Thousands of tons of alternative fuels later, we are now aiming to increase our capacities.’ The Polaris shredders are highly specialised industrial machines for one-step waste processing and subsequent co-processing in the precalciner.…

That is the shredder Polaris 2800, of that Wurzer Umwelt GmbH is certain. The Wurzer Group has been relying on Lindner’s shredding technology for over ten years and has been successfully using the manufacturer's Polaris 2800 in waste wood processing for over a year now. The result: few fines in the output, the highest throughput with the best machine availability – consistent, reliable and safe. Eitting/Spittal an der Drau. Today Wurzer Umwelt GmbH is part of Eittinger’s timber industry tradition. The processing of waste wood of the grades A1 to A4* is one of the backbones in the manifold business activities of waste management and recycling. ‘Wurzer successfully entered this segment 25 years ago,’ says Hans Kenst, Signing Officer and Operations Manager who has been with the company since 1997. ‘We have been continuously expanding our processing capacities, including the construction of a large hall for the dry storage of A4 wood. In the last three or four years, the total quantity of waste wood processed has increased from around…

Contaminated agricultural and packaging film are lead back into the cycle Daly Plastics is one of the largest plastics waste processing companies in the Netherlands. At the Zutphen site, the subsidiary Caroda Polymer Recovery recycles agricultural and packaging films. The aim is to produce regranulates of the same quality as virgin material. That requires innovative solutions. Two Jupiter 2200 and four Micromat 2000 shredders from Lindner Recyclingtech provide the recovery facility with the ideal particle size. The agricultural film is collected from over 2,500 farmers in the Benelux countries and northern Germany. Approximately 64,000 metric tons of used film arrive for processing each year, the majority of which is recycled as reusable polyethylene recyclate (regranulate). Lindner Jupiter – the perfect primary shredder for agricultural and packaging film Daly Plastics relies on Lindner’s technological expertise for film shredding. Two Jupiter 2200 and four Micromat 2000 shredders are in continuous operation – four shifts,…

In the waste wood processing industry, railway sleepers are among the most difficult materials to shred. They are made of very hard wood and often still contain iron screws and plates. When Gojer, Kärntner Entsorgungsdienst GmbH was faced with the challenge of shredding these sleepers, they opted for the Urraco 95 DK mobile twin-shaft shredder from Lindner-Recyclingtech at the end of August 2017. How does the 770 HP mobile machine perform in terms of throughput, energy consumption and efficiency? Gojer looks back on a very positive first year. Over 10,000 metric tonnes of railway sleepers shredded The tracked Lindner mobile twin shaft shredder has already processed more than 24,000 metric tonnes of waste wood, including more than 10,000 metric tonnes of decommissioned railway sleepers. Gojer’s input material is acquired from Austria as well as neighbouring European countries. After shredding, the material is transported to an incineration plant in Austria. The…

At the Morschheim site in Germany, Veolia Umweltservice West GmbH operates a highly efficient sorting facility for post-consumer plastic films. Crucial to ensuring the best possible output quality in homogenous LDPE film is a Lindner-Recyclingtech Micromat 2000 BW shredder. This innovative machine also regulates the quantity of material and creates the perfect conditions for optical sorting by feeding the optical sorting system with the particles it needs. A very important system component – the best prerequisite for automatic sorting At the Veolia Umweltservice West GmbH site in Morschheim, over 6,000 tons of commercially produced LDPE film waste arrive annually for sorting. The Micromat 2000 BW proves to be a very important system component here – innovative, powerful and highly productive while at the same time cost-efficient and therefore economical. The shredding performance of the tried-and-tested Lindner model series is key to ensuring that very high…

E-drive and intelligent energy management – an innovative yet ingeniously simple solution Lindner is responding to the increasing demands placed on the automated sorting of valuable recyclables as well as the ensuing rise in the need among producers of solid recovered fuels (SRF) for pre-shredded yet ideally sortable material. With the new Atlas, the leader in shredding technology is not only focusing on the energy efficiency of shredding systems, but also on the ideal output size with continuous dosing for optical sorting systems and a maximally possible resistance to foreign parts at the same time. Uniform material discharge, more recyclables Designed for very high uptimes (24 hours a day, seven days a week), the ‘ripping twin-shaft shredder’ has a throughput capacity for coarser output sizes and uniform material discharge of 40 to 50 metric tonnes per hour, depending on the feed material. As a result, more recyclable materials, in particular plastics such as film from mixed municipal solid waste as well as from commercial and industry waste,…

Thanks to Lindner’s taiolor-made re-grinding line Winco Plastics, North Aurora, Illinois/USA, a subdivision of Winco Trading, is one of the largest full service plastic recycling companies in the Midwest with 30 years of experience. After purchasing a Lindner re-grinding line including a Micromat 2500 pre-shredding system and a grinder, Winco has significantly increased their plastics waste handling capacity. The range of rigid materials fed into their Lindner system includes HDPE pipes of any size and thickness, HDPE sheets, PE and PP purge, and PC sheet as well as PET, mainly from post-industrial sources such as automotive and others. Tim Martin, President of Winco Plastics, confirms an output of 4,000 to 6,000 lbs. of ½” regrind material per hour, ready for sale to the company’s clients for further processing in the recycling loop. “One major reason for our decision to purchase Lindner’s re-grinding line was its ability to handle the wide variety of size, weight and form of the expected input material…

‘If you don’t recycle, we do it for you’ ...is the motto of Wheeldon Brothers Ltd. This waste management company in Manchester/UK produces solid recovered fuels too. This is where a particular shredder with high output comes in: the Polaris 2800 one-step shredder from Lindner-Recyclingtech. ‘There is no better and more efficient machine for one-step shredding,’ says Wheeldon. From A to Z – the company’s philosophy in a nutshell The family business Wheeldon Brothers Ltd. is a leading local waste management company and also specialises in the disposal of hazardous waste in the Greater Manchester area. Almost all material collected by the municipal authorities is recycled: plastics, glass, paper, wood, bulky waste, tyres, computers, televisions, flat screens, e-waste, electrical goods (refrigerators, dishwashers and washing machines, dryers, etc.), oils and other liquids and, last but not least, metals from A for aluminium to Z for zinc. ‘Recycling takes priority,’ says Managing Director James…

Whether furniture, bulky goods or other waste wood: Lindner is a reliable partner. With a focus on solutions for efficient waste wood processing for co-incineration, Lindner presented at IFAT productive shredding solutions and screening technologies that meet customers’ highest demands for quality and service. Whether Euro-pallets, furniture, bulky goods, roof beams, railway sleepers, construction and demolition waste, rootstocks that are difficult to shred or many other types of waste wood, the Austrian company has extensive experience and is a competent, reliable partner when it comes to the shredding of waste wood for co-incineration or recycling purposes. It’s all about the end product – energy for 25,000 households That’s a claim the Altenstadt combined heat and power plant in Upper Bavaria, Germany, can support: Lindner designed and supplied an on-site solution that combined a Urraco 95 shredder as the heart of the plant with a special downstream star screen. The Altenstadt combined heat and power plant went into operation in 1999…

Lindner Atlas - Primary shredding with intelligent energy management Specialists, get ready: Lindner believes in the future of electric drives in shredder technology and has identified a clear trend in solid recovered fuels production. At IFAT 2018 in Munich the technology leader with 70 years of engineering expertise introduced the Atlas. This stationary ‘ripping’ twin-shaft primary shredder perfectly complements the tried-and-tested Jupiter series: the newly developed ripping system ensures very high throughputs and little downtime: it is (cost)-efficient, energy saving, environmentally friendly and produces little noise. Optical sorting systems, such as those following primary shredders in modern SRF lines, can sort out recyclables more effectively and thus better comply with legal regulations and requirements if the discharge conveyor is evenly filled with material. Furthermore, coarser particles are often an advantage. Film, for example, should be the size of an A4 sheet. In response to greater demands on recycling sorting…

SRF Production Facility Saves One Million Tons of CO2 15 years ago ThermoTeam started producing solid recovered fuels for the cement industry. Incredibly, one million tons of energy rich SRF have already left the production line designed entirely by Lindner-Recyclingtech. With this innovative facility for sustainable and environmentally friendly waste processing in Styria, Austria, cement manufacturer Lafarge has already been able to save 1.2 million metric tons of carbon dioxide (CO2). This is the amount of CO2 that the average car would emit while circumnavigating the earth approximately 230.000 times. ThermoTeam Alternativbrennstoffverwertungs GmbH in Feldkirchen near Graz is a joint venture between Lafarge Perlmooser Holding AG and Saubermacher Dienstleistungs AG. On February 28th, 2018 the company celebrated 15 years of successful SRF production at the Retznei site in Styria with guests from politics, business and research, and announced more trailblazing investments in the future. The innovative SRF facility went…

High availability, a wide range of possible applications, precise grain size ‘We make more out of waste’ – That’s the Nemetz Entsorgung und Transport AG’s objective. Founded in 1915 with a small horse-drawn carriage, today the family business in Leopoldsdorf near Vienna is active in waste management throughout Austria. Services include the collection and recycling of valuable materials (metals, paper, glass, plastics, demolition/construction waste, etc.) as well as the disposal of residual waste, special waste and hazardous municipal, commercial and industrial waste. For this purpose Nemetz customers can use an online ordering service for skips and other containers. Since 1993 the company has been operating a continuously expanding sorting plant (also for film and PET) at its headquarters and since 2002 a modern RDF plant at the Himberg site in Lower Austria, which was later retrofitted with a system for the removal of PVC plastic. The refuse-derived fuels are produced from mixed waste and are marketed primarily in the cement industry. When…