February 2021 Polcopper invests in Poland’s first UNTHA mobile shredder


The first UNTHA XR mobil-e waste shredder is now in operation in Poland, following an investment by the ever- expanding scrap metal specialist, Polcopper (S4F).


T


he 37-tonne mobile ma- chine made the 1000km journey from UNTHA’s in- novation centre in Salz- burg, Austria, to Śmigiel,


back in the summer, when it was used for a series of live shredding trials. And the family-run Polcop- per (S4F) team was so impressed with the technology’s capabil- ities, that they immediately pur- chased the demonstration unit.


During this test period, they put the XR3000C mobil-e through its paces,


shredding copper ca-


bles at a rate of 21 tonnes per hour, and achieving throughput rates of 25 tonnes per hour when handling auto interiors. But the machine’s ability to process the notoriously


difficult tyre waste


stream also caught their atten- tion.


Polcopper (S4F) shredded large volumes of car and truck tyres, per hour, with a 90mm screen. And having now invested in the machine on a permanent basis, the business hopes to continually transform end-of-life tyres for re- cycling or energy recovery.


With rapidly evolving demand from its global trade partners, Polcopper (S4F) also has the abil- ity to handle a range of wider commercial and industrial waste streams, including high value scrap metal applications.


Commenting on the investment, UNTHA Polska’s business develop- ment manager Taner Topcu said: “There are currently more than 200 XR waste shredders in operation globally, and many customers opt for the mobile version due to the added flexibility – and movability – it offers. But Polcopper (S4F) has proven its reputation as an industry ground-breaker, by being the first company in Poland to invest in this world-renowned machine.


“We know that ‘seeing is believing’ and this trial evidenced this. Polco- pper (S4F) colleagues were able to experience our slow-speed, high performance single shaft shredder in action, and they could see how easy it was to switch applications and achieve different output sizes according to customer specifica-


tions. They could hear that it ran with low noise too, which is particu- larly important as operators strive to better protect employee health and safety. And they could speak to our own engineers about the purposefully-designed low mainte- nance and energy efficiency of the machine.”


Following the summer trial, the XR returned to UNTHA’s Austrian HQ to be fully refurbished and returned to the customer for commissioning. But supplied on tracks with an in- built discharge conveyor, overband magnet and two 132kW motors, this electric-driven shredder was oper- ational following little more than a ‘plug and play’ set-up.


“Everything about the XR is de- signed with the customer in mind,”


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