Michigan MRF doubles its capacity
Michigan MRF doubles its capacity
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The Southeastern Oakland County Resource Recovery Authority (SOCRRA) material recovery facility (MRF) in Troy, Michigan, has been fully operational since mid-January, according to Machinex, Plessisville, Quebec, which supplied the processing system for the plant. The new single-stream system will double the MRF’s processing capacity from 15,000 to 30,000 tons per year compared with the previous dual-stream system. The MRF processes recyclables from several surrounding municipalities in Michigan.
The construction of this facility, including building coordination and equipment, was granted to Machinex after a public bid in 2017. Cambridge Cos., Griffith, Indiana, handled the building expansion, which included a tipping floor as well as a two-level education room.
‘’This project has been an exciting challenge for Machinex since it was the first, complete turnkey project, including the building expansion, that we were managing,” says Chris Hawn, CEO of Machinex Technologies Inc., the North Carolina-based U.S. division of the company. “We are extremely pleased with the workflow throughout the project’s preparation, which has been a success thanks to the excellent collaboration we have had from Cambridge, Leadpoint and SOCRRA.”
The new system is rated for 15-tons-per-hour of capacity and includes sorting technologies such as a two-deck Mach OCC screen, a Mach One ONP screen, a Mach Ballistic separator as a finishing device, a ferrous magnet, a Machinex Eddy Current separator, a 3-cubic-yard waste compactor and a glass cleanup system.
When evaluating the operational needs of the MRF, SOCRRA decided to move forward with staffing solutions from LeadPoint USA, Phoenix, Machinex says. “Leadpoint’s high-performance work team model is now in place at the SOCRRA facility, bringing the operation to full staffing levels,” says Todd Hubbard, Leadpoint’s director of business development.
“SOCRRA has been extremely happy with our new MRF,” says Jeff McKeen, general manager at SOCRRA.
“Machinex and Cambridge were very professional partners throughout the process of designing, building and operating our MRF,” he adds.
McKeen says SOCRRA sent its senior operating manager of employees and mechanics to the Machinex main office in Quebec to receive training on how to operate and maintain the MRF. “That training was invaluable as we started up our MRF,” he continues. “Machinex also had a startup team on site for our initial operations.”
McKeen says the MRF is producing higher quality materials than SOCRRA’s previous dual-stream system.
He adds, “Every Machinex and Cambridge employee was professional and easy to deal with and they worked extremely well with SOCRRA employees. Machinex has also been easily available to help us solve the few operating issues that we have experienced since startup.”
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Source: Recycling Today
Michigan MRF doubles its capacity
<![CDATA[The Southeastern Oakland County Resource Recovery Authority (SOCRRA) material recovery facility (MRF) in Troy, Michigan, has been fully operational since mid-January, according to Machinex, Plessisville, Quebec, which supplied the processing system for the plant. The new single-stream system will double the MRF’s processing capacity from 15,000 to 30,000 tons per year compared with the previous dual-stream system. The MRF processes recyclables from several surrounding municipalities in Michigan. The construction of this facility, including building coordination and equipment, was granted to Machinex after a public bid in 2017. Cambridge Cos., Griffith, Indiana, handled the building expansion, which included a tipping floor as well as a two-level education room. ‘’This project has been an exciting challenge for Machinex since it was the first, complete turnkey project, including the building expansion, that we were managing,” says Chris Hawn, CEO of Machinex Technologies Inc., the North Carolina-based U.S. division of the company. “We are extremely pleased with the workflow throughout the project’s preparation, which has been a success thanks to the excellent collaboration we have had from Cambridge, Leadpoint and SOCRRA.” The new system is rated for 15-tons-per-hour of capacity and includes sorting technologies such as a two-deck Mach OCC screen, a Mach One…