Dig A Screener managing director Sean Heron is currently in the midst of a charity cycle ride that will take him (and his fellow riders) from the top to the bottom of Ireland over a grueling six-day ride in aid of the Marie Curie Charity.
And, through the wonders of modern technology, we have a photo of Sean leading a breakaway pack as they cross the Foyle Bridge in Derry.
We wish Sean and his fellow fundraisers all the best for their mammoth ride, and promise not to laugh too much at his saddle soreness when he returns to the fray!
Waste management contractors and MRF operators working in the construction industry can now offer their clients complete transparency on the recovery rates achieved on their behalf, thanks to an innovative measurement tool being launched by WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme).
The freely available Site Specific Waste Analysis Tool (SSWAT) allows waste contractors to track each consignment of construction, demolition and excavation waste processed at their facilities, reporting exactly how - and in what quantities - the materials have been recovered. Historically, it has been rare for operators to offer customer-specific recycling information of this type, relying instead on monthly or quarterly figures based on total throughput.
We have just uploaded a new video to YouTube that shows our screening buckets tackling a mountain of construction and demolition waste for Manchester City Council.
We’re particularly pleased with this video, partly because the site allowed us to show the buckets in real close-up, but also because, for the first time, we’ve managed to capture some of the action from the operator’s point of view.
Take a look and let us know what you think in the Leave a Reply area below.
Here at Dig A Screener, we’re just getting ready for our annual trip to Birmingham’s NEC where we will again be taking part in the UK waste and recycling industry’s premier exhibition, RWM 2009.
However, in addition to displaying the very latest additions to both our Dig A Screener and Dig A Crusher product ranges, this year will be slightly different. For the first time, we will be hosting a “tweet-up” for the individuals that follow our news output on the social networking site, Twitter.
So, if you find yourself in Birmingham on 16 September, please swing by our stand (number 126) and be part of our first-ever tweet-up.
And, by the way, the organisers of the RWM Exhibition has just issued a new show preview which you can read by clicking here.
A week’s hire of a Dig A Screener REMU EX140 bucket has enabled Richards Plant Hire to screen over 800 tonnes of soil and rubble mixed with clay in just over a week, after traditional screeners struggled to cope.
A Dig A Screener REMU bucket, with 40mm blade spacing, was fitted on a CAT 320D excavator to process waste material onsite at a building project in rural Shropshire.
David Richards, the proprietor of Richards Plant Hire, explained, “We chose to hire a Dig A Screener REMU bucket because we were having problems with clay mixed in with soil and rubble.
“We had tried track screens, but the trouble was that the clay went over the mesh and contaminated the pile of stone and brick, which we crush to make a product out of. We also tried riddle buckets, but they were too slow and tended to knock the machine about in the process.”
Once screened, the rubble was removed from site and crushed to create hardcore, while the remaining material was reused on site. This meant the quality of the final screened product was critical in the decision as to which screening equipment was used.
Excavator operator, Ian Sylvester commented: “I would definitely recommend hiring a Dig A Screener REMU screening bucket. It has coped with some difficult materials and produced a good product at the end of it, which gave us a lot more options in terms of recycling material.”
Sean Heron, managing director of Dig A Screener commented “The recent decision to make Dig A Screener REMU buckets available for hire was an easy one.
“It’s a quality product available in a range of models, and its durability and versatility make it an ideal hire product. The more people that experience the benefits of Dig A Screener REMU buckets the better. By hiring these screeners out we are giving companies the opportunity to use them, who would otherwise not consider or be in a position to do so.”
However, it’s not just the product that is of benefit to the customer. David Richards also spoke highly of the service he received from Dig A Screener; “They offered us a range of different screening buckets, giving us the variation to get the right tool for the job.
“They also came to site and set the machine up. As a plant hirer we provide our clients with a complete package and being able to offer them the Dig A Screener REMU range of attachments, without having to actually invest in one, is of great benefit. Ultimately it means I don’t have a valuable piece of kit not earning money in my workshop between jobs.”
Check out the exclusive video of the equipment in action, below:
The switch to an excavator-mounted screening bucket attachment from Dig A Screener has provided in-vessel composting specialist, TEG, with a cost-effective answer to the screening of animal by-products at its Hutton site in Lancashire.
As one of the few approved technologies capable of treating animal by-product (ABP) waste, the TEG Silo Cage in-vessel composting system can accept a variety of green and kitchen food waste as well as waste from food, beverage and catering companies, abattoirs and animal processers.
To ensure ABP approval, animal by-product waste needs to be reduced to a specified particle size before being mixed with green waste and feed into silos for composting.
“We handle approximately 100 tonnes of food waste a week here at Hutton, of which a Dig A Screener REMU 600SL deals with the 80 per cent that contains animal waste by-products,” commented TEG engineering and development/maintenance manager Craig Wright. “This includes domestic together with commercial waste from food processers including pizza and baked bean manufacturers.”
“We previously used another type of screener bucket in an attempt to find a viable economic alternative to either a twin-shaft shredder or trommel screen, but that was only partially successful.”
“The Dig A Screener REMU bucket has provided us with a flexible and relatively low-cost screening solution, mounted as and when required, to our JCB Loadall telehandler. It is more than capable of handling the diverse variety of high moisture content materials we receive.”
The Dig A Screener REMU SL series is suitable for both wheel loaders and backhoes between 2 and 24 tonnes and excavators from 2 and 30 tonnes. With a choice of screening sizes capable of screening down to 15mm and the ability to handle a variety of materials, they are ideal for all weather/all year wet screening applications.
No sooner had we posted our previous news item about our new REMU Big Float product than we received an email containing a link to a YouTube video that highlights precisely why the Big Float was invented.
We mentioned yesterday that, while we were originally attracted to REMU by their excellent screening bucket range, we (and our customer) had since become increasingly excited by some of the company’s more unusual products like the Combi-Station.
Well, just to prove the point, we have now received a comment on our piece about the Combi Station asking for more details about the other unique product in the REMU range: The Big Float pontoon-mounted excavator.
You can find out more about the specifications of this three-model range by clicking here. But to see the machine in action, just hit the play button, below.
We’d love to hear what you think of this new product so please, Leave a Reply below.
Our new REMU ST Combi is a non-clogging screening plant, first developed to screen mainly topsoil and compost. Thanks to its durable structure, it is now used increasingly in waste, compost, clay, and other sticky materials.
The structure of the Combi is very compact but it still boasts a screening capacity of 300 m³/h. The non-clogging screening element is built to last, even when working with hard and abrasive materials.
The blades are made from steel, not rubber, enabling screening in all weather conditions. Customers can also specify the blade spacing required to achieve the desired particle size. Minimum blade spacing is 20 mm, producing grain sizes of 0-15 mm. The largest grain size that can be produced is 0-100 mm.
To the man in the street, compost is that heap of grass cuttings and fallen leaves that makes the end of his garden smell bad. But to those in the know, it is one of the fastest-growing and most exciting green business sectors in the world at the moment.
Long used in subsistence farming and home gardening for creating garden-ready soil, composting is becoming increasingly important and better understood as a tool for reducing municipal solid waste, and reducing the amount of green waste going into landfills.
The decomposition of organic material sent to landfills is a principal cause of methane, an important greenhouse gas, making reduction of organic waste being landfilled a key element in the fight against climate change.
Here at Dig A Screener, we are members of the Association for Organics Recycling and are offer a full range of screening buckets and stand-alone plants that are ideally suited to composting applications. In fact, click here to check out this new video of the Remu Combi Station to see what we mean.
The structure of the Combi is very compact but it still boasts a screening capacity of 300 m³/h. The non-clogging screening element is built to last, even when working with hard and abrasive materials.