EDGE Innovate’s 622 Trommel outperforms competitors in Compost Screening

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COMPOST SCREENING

Spanish recycling giant COGERSA have selected the EMSA supported EDGE TRM622 Mobile Trommel after seeing excellent results in compost screening with a 10mm cut.
COGERSA, (Company for the Management of Solid Waste of Asturias, SAU) a collaboration between the government Principality and several municipality’s in the central area of Asturias on the north coast of Spain was formed with the aim to provide a centralized recycling solution for the region. Since its formation in the 1980’s, COGERSA has provided recycling solutions for a wide diversity of waste. COGERSA is currently composed of 78 Asturian municipalities and the Autonomous Administration (the Government of the Principality). Processing 20,000 tonnes of compost annually, COGERSA required a high performance, reliable trommel.

PUT TO THE TEST

When deciding to upgrade their production processes, COGERSA turned to numerous mobile trommel manufacturers. An Intense testing period was carried out by COGERSA with all leading European brands including Doppstadt, Terex Environmental Equipment (TEE), Komptech, Pronar and EDGE Innovate; all of which were put through their paces at one of COGERSA facilities. The task at hand was to process 100 tonnes per hour and to create a split of 10mm down fines material with the oversized material being returned to recycling stream for further processing.
Before completing on-site testing; EDGE Innovate carried out their own analysis and test runs of sample materials from the COGERSA site. From the results, EDGE Innovate were confident of achieving in excess of the desired 100 tonnes per hour stipulated by COGERSA.

When put to the test at COGERSAs’ facility in Oviedo, a TRM622 mobile trommel and EDGE Innovate’s Spanish partner Emsamaquinaria were able to achieve an impressive 120 tonnes per hour, creating a 10mm down fines split despite the closest competitor in terms of output, the TEE 620 only being capable of 70 tonnes per hour.

COGERSA utilized a number of different criteria such as output performance, running costs and aftersales support to ensure that they selected the correct product that suited their operating conditions and requirements. Using this criterion for selection; EDGE Innovate’s TRM622 mobile trommel and the service from Emsamaquinaria came out on top. With fuel consumption averaging at just 17 litres per hour combined with an additional throughput of 50 tonnes per hour over their closest competitor ensured that the EDGE TRM622 represented a much better return on investment.

COMPOST SCREENING WITH THE EDGE TRM622

Being 20% heavier than their competitor’s models and weighting in at 32 tonnes (35.2UST) with an operating length of 27.7m (90’9”); the EDGE TRM622 is one of the largest wheel mounted trommels available on the market. When considering throughput performance and stockpiling capacity the principals of scale apply. Featuring a 180° radial fines conveyor with the stockpile capacity of 1064m³ (1392yrd³) and with an end conveyor design ensures against contamination of processed material and unnecessary movement of material via wheel loaders. An intelligent load sensing hydraulic system incorporating automatic variable speed feeder with automatic stop/start functionality when combined with impressive stockpiling ability ensures that operators simply have to concentrate on feeding the trommel with material. Which is good thing; when you consider the EDGE TRM622 houses a 2m X 6.9m (6X22’) long screen drum. A quick drum exchange is facilitated via an innovative hydraulic sliding feeder, enabling COGERSA to simply lift out the existing drum to be replaced with the various drum types available to suit different applications.

When stacking up the design features incorporated in the EDGE TRM622 mobile trommel along with throughput performance, quality of separation and low fuel consumption, COGERSA conceded even though they had traditional operated another European trommel brand that the EDGE TRM622 and indeed the quality of backup support that Emsaquinaria would provide to be a winning combination.

EDGE INNOVATE SCREENING RANGE

Offering smart, precise and efficient screening machinery; EDGE Innovate’s Screening Range, incorporates 4 different trommels classes, 3 way screeners and specialised flip flow screens for the screening of the most difficult of materials. Designed for maximum productivity and superior screening efficiency. Our range of fuel efficient screeners and trommels offer customers a heavy duty construction design combined with high manoeuvrability. With the ability to process a wide range of applications, EDGE trommels and mobile screens are ideal for a number of industries, whether it be aggregate production, skip waste management or those wishing to process industrial and demolition waste.

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