Old friends and new servants. (welcome).Some people can grow very attached to the machines they own or work with. Logic doesn't dictate it--a machine can never genuinely return the affection bestowed upon it by a person. But nonetheless, thousands (if not millions) of people own cars, pickup trucks, computers, table saws and any number of other types of machines that they consider to be companions, and with which they'll carry on one-sided conversations if they are fairly certain no one is watching. A recent survey of readers conducted by Recycling Today doesn't indicate whether feelings of friendship between recyclers and the equipment they use occurs infrequently in·fre·quent adj. 1. Not occurring regularly; occasional or rare: an infrequent guest. 2. or is widespread. (It does offer a look at many other mobile material handling equipment trends within the industry, some of which are mentioned in the articles that follow.) But a trip to most scrap yards scrap yard n → depósito de chatarra; (for cars) → cementerio de coches scrap yard n → parc m à ferrailles; ( can leave the visitor with the impression that there are many recyclers who own equipment that they might have grown attached to over the years and that they might just have a name for it, whether it is "Old Reliable" or "Tin Lizzie tin liz·zie n. Slang A dilapidated or cheap car. [After Tin Lizzie, nickname for the Ford Model T automobile, perhaps from Lizzie, name commonly given to horses ." Despite the presence of shop-worn equipment at some facilities, it is also clear that scrap yards are no longer the sole domain of equipment making its last stop before retirement. Recyclers are buying and leasing new equipment in significant numbers, with some involved in comprehensive purchasing plans covering several facilities. New scrap handling and wheeled loading machines with complete maintenance programs and extra armor to withstand the scrap yard environment are now as common as aging lattice (theory) lattice - A partially ordered set in which all finite subsets have a least upper bound and greatest lower bound. This definition has been standard at least since the 1930s and probably since Dedekind worked on lattice theory in the 19th century; though he may not boom cranes in the scrap recycling industry. At high-volume MRFs and paper packing plants packing plant a complete meat production unit including facilities for slaughtering animals, processing of meat and offal, boning out, making up of blocks of carcasses, chilling, freezing, storing of the meat, preparation of by-products. , fleets of forklift trucks, skid steers and wheeled loaders are scrupulously scru·pu·lous adj. 1. Conscientious and exact; painstaking. See Synonyms at meticulous. 2. Having scruples; principled. maintained to make sure they can do their part in maximizing the flow of material into and out of mass-production extrusion balers. For sentimental types, it is perhaps becoming more difficult to become attached to a favorite piece of equipment, as recyclers shorten the planned life cycles of their material handling machines. But on the bright side, prudent management of the recycling facility using the most productive material handling equipment could create more free time to spend with a favorite pickup truck, or maybe even a BMW BMW in full Bayerische Motoren Werke AG German automaker. Founded as an aircraft engine manufacturer in 1916, the company assumed the name Bayerische Motoren Werke and became known for its high-speed motorcycles in the 1920s. or Mercedes to grow old with together. |
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