Sanoh UK Manufacturing generates offcuts of varying shapes during the production of brake and fuel pipes for the automotive industry.
With the metal collected in skips for off-site recycling at a cost of £120 per week, much of the volume of each skip was actually fresh air.
By shredding the material to a <40 mm particle size, Sanoh can now load each skip with approximately five times more material. Skips are now collected only once a month, with the resulting financial savings meaning the RS40 will have paid for itself in less than 18 months.
Achieving throughputs of up to 500 kg, the flexible RS40 is also capable of shredding wooden pallets and crates that can similarly be volume-reduced to magnify the fiscal benefits of the investment. The machine can be reconfigured to tackle plastic waste too, which all adds up to space-saving advantages across the site.
The installation of the four-shaft RS40 shredder follows a research process which began online. The deciding factor in opting for this machine was a successful trial using Sanoh’s own material, at Untha UK’s North Yorkshire shredder test centre last year.
Commenting on the shredder procurement, Sanoh UK Manufacturing purchasing and materials manager Barry Channon said: “We have long had a strong environmental conscience so, unlike some organisations, we didn’t decide to invest in the equipment to make us more ‘green’. Instead we sought a smarter way to handle and store our waste, to ensure a tidier site plus more money on our bottom line. That’s before we’ve factored in any potential revenue yield from the sale of the recyclates we’ve homogenously shredded.”
