Mervis installs Metso shear.

Mervis Industries Inc. of Danville, III., has purchased a Metso Lindemann EC 1034-10 Scrap Shear. The new shear will deliver 1,250 tons of cutting force to be employed in Mervis' scrap metal recycling operations.

"We chose the Metso Lindemann shear because it was intelligently designed, well built and a superior value," says Phil Mervis, VP and COO of Mervis Industries. "After visiting several sites and seeing it perform, we quickly realized the Metso Lindemann EC shear will allow us to reduce our costs and increase our productivity dramatically."

Metso Lindemann designs and manufactures recycling equipment, including scrap shears. The new "EC" generation enables operators to process scrap more flexibly and profitably, company engineers say.

Advanced features include an optimized drive and control system that reduces cycle times by more than 15 percent. Effective compression forces are increased with no increase in driving capacity, and increased pressure forces assure capacity for compacting bulky shredder feedstock into logs.

The shear also offers simple wear part exchange, says Bill Tigner, vice president and general manager of Metso Lindemann North America. A wear monitoring system signals the need to change wear plates, and hydraulic blade tensioning guarantees correct blade setting, tension and automatic adjustment, Tigner says.

"Our new series of EC Scrap Shears offers flexibility, lower energy consumption, greater operating reliability and ease of maintenance that surpasses that of any other scrap shear available today," he remarks.

Metso Lindemann, with a U.S. office in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is a leading supplier of scrap shredders, shears and balers.