Wendt announces shredder sales.

Wendt Corp. of Tonawanda, N.Y., has sold the first machines from its Heavy line of shredders.

Camden Iron & Metal and Sturgis Iron & Metal both purchased a 130 Heavy shredder--the largest mill available offering the greatest throughput capabilities found in the industry, according to Wendt.

The shredders feature an 8,000-hp motor, a four-arm spider rotor and downstream solutions featuring two magnet stands with two 60-inch-by-96-inch axial pole mags, two 72-inch-wide Z-Box air systems, four picking conveyors and two radial stacking conveyors.

Heavy shredders are available with motors ranging from 6,000 to 10,000 hp and are capable of processing 300 tons per hour of ferrous scrap. The units provide more than three times the striking force of a typical 98x104 shredder, according to Wendt.

The Heavy shredder line creates a new sizing standard--82, 106 and 130--within the industry based on the ideal relationship between hammer size and available motor RPM, according to a press release from Wendt.

All the shredders measure 115 inches wide inside the shredder walls and have a free flowing 97 inches of working width inside the feed chute and hammer swing.

Wendt also has announced the sale of another Heavy shredder to the PSC Metals Inc. facility in Canton, Ohio. PSC purchased a Wendt 106 Heavy shredder to replace its 1970s-vintage 96104 Hammermill shredder.

The main reason PSC cites for selecting Wendt was that the equipment offers a shredding philosophy similar to the Hammermill shredder it replaces, incorporating a four-arm spider rotor and an adjustable cutter bar.

PSC also purchased ferrous and nonferrous downstream solutions. The ferrous downstream system uses two 60-inch-by-84-inch Steinert axial pole mags, a Z box and dual 60-w picking conveyors. The nonferrous system features a tumble back feeder, square trommel, Bivitec Screen, three Wendt eddy current separators and a 96-inch Wendt/SSE Finder.

More information is available at www.wendtcorp.com.