RETAIL FACILITIES
DISTRIBUTION’S WASTE SAVING SOLUTION
Helistrat, the UK-based contract management partner delivering sustainable waste management consultancy and solutions to top UK businesses,
has deployed a Middleton Engineering baling solution as part of the recycling operation for a major new retail distribution centre.
The fully-automated Scapa HB60 HM3 channel baler, designed and manufactured by Middleton Engineering in Somerset, forms part of an inbound-goods, waste packaging, recycling stream. It is linked to an automatic conveyor, feeding waste cardboard packaging from goods received at the warehouse and decanted into storage. At peak volume the solution is designed to handle some 1200 waste cartons per hour. Baled waste is then sent to re-processing mills.
Overcoming some challenging site constraints with a difficult layout, while delivering the performance requirements and volumetric throughput needed to service the facility, were key factors in selecting the Middleton Engineering solution explains Mitchell Thornley, Equipment Manager for Helistrat Management Services.
“After reviewing a number of manufacturers Middleton Engineering were most able to meet our client requirements and specifications,” Mitchell Thornley said. “A key consideration was the support and advice we received during the process and the level of work and effort to adapt the solution to our client’s needs. Equipment and support have been excellent. We haven’t been disappointed.”
Middletons were responsible for all aspects of design, fabrication and installation of the solution, which included modifications to the bale discharge chute, a new bin tipper hopper, gravity feed roller tracking for completed bales, alarm interlocks and full SCADA controls for remote monitoring and control. This links the baler and inbound conveyor to optimise the process and when inactive switches the machine to standby mode to save energy.
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“IN THE RETAIL SECTOR, THE REQUIREMENT
TO DIVERT PACKAGING WASTE FROM LANDFILL IS AN
IMPORTANT ISSUE.”
Helistrat. We thrive on engineering challenges in the waste recycling industry and are particularly pleased to be contributing in a small way to their sustainability and recycling targets. The Scapa HB60 is an extremely reliable baler, incorporating our proven hydraulic wire tying solution to produce consistent high quality bales. Its small footprint and low headroom make it an ideal solution for a wide range of recycling environments.”
The company is no stranger to waste management solutions in the retail and distribution sectors where the requirement to divert packaging waste from landfill, especially cardboard and plastic film is an important issue.
Middleton’s HB60 range of horizontal balers are designed to meet the demanding requirements of leading waste recycling operations as well as retail distribution and manufacturing companies dealing with large volumes of waste packaging materials.
With a 60 tonne press force, it produces compact, high density, mill- sized bales with a throughput at 50/kg per cubic meter of up to 13 tonnes per hour, depending on materials. Bales measure 1100mm x 720mm x 1400mm and compression is easily adjusted to achieve the maximum reduction in waste volume. A small 6.8 metre long footprint and low headroom requirement makes the HB60 ideal for most medium to large operations and was particularly important for Helistrat’s requirements. Bale sizes also give the best payload for containerized transport.
Mark Smith, Engineering Director at Middleton Engineering said: “We were really excited to win this contract from
The fast expanding home, leisure and garden retail chain, The Range, for example operates two Middleton balers to process backhauled distribution and packaging waste and The Co-operative has relied on balers from Middleton Engineering for more than a decade with some 15 machines in use at logistics depots across the country including Birtley, Newhouse, Andover, Avonmouth and Castlewood.
The Co-op’s Cardinal food distribution depot at Godmanchester in Cambridgeshire, for example, uses a Middleton Engineering ME80 semi- automatic horizontal baler, with an on- floor conveyor, to process backhauled card and plastic packaging waste from stores across the region.
Packaging waste from each store, which is returned in cages to the depot using empty vehicle capacity, is compacted and baled to optimise storage and onward transportation to the Group’s larger distribution hub in Andover and from there to recycling agents.
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