Compacts waste
December 1st 2004

Randalls Fabrications has supplied two Simpak 1800 traversing waste compactors for use on the Winsel Civic Amenity and Recycling Centre in Pembrokeshire.

The compactor features a special superstructure platform that provides access to the rear-facing loading hopper. The site is on two levels with the public area completely separated from service vehicles and plant.

The Simpak 1800 has a 1.7m3charge box and, in the case of the Winsel machine, an 11kW motor driving up to a nominal 150m3/h at a compaction force of 28 000kgf.

The Pembrokeshire unit has been modified with an uprated power pack and hydraulic cylinder to give a faster return stroke and so speed cycle time.

Its design features a main control panel together with the main isolator at the rear of the machine. Emergency stop, start, pump running and other warning indicators are on a separate panel close to the loading area.

The traversing Simpak 1800 has adjustable clamps for container connection and hydraulic automatic docking by means of a secondary traversing bogie.