GROUP GALLOO INVEST IN NEW SHEAR AND PRESS
Group Galloo
is one of Belgium's leading scrap recycling companies with 20 facilities,
including a number in northern France. The company's main depot and head-quarters
is located on the banks of the River Leie close to the Belgian town of Menen,
and literally straddles the Franco-Belgian border with 8 hectares in France
and the remainder of the 11 hectares site in Belgium. Group Galloo's facilities
produce a total of approximately 1 million tonnes of processed scrap per
year. As well as a river dock at Menen which is suitable for barges, the
company also has a deep water quay at Gent from where it exports 30.000
tonnes of scrap a month to countries as far afield as Turkey and the U.S.
However, the majority os the company 's processed scrap is sold to electric
furnaces of which there are six within a 300 km radius of Menen. As part
of an on-going facility upgrade, Group Galloo installed a Lindemann LU 1250
scrap shear in the year 2000 and a new Lindemann RAS III-66 scrap baling
press in the middle of this year. The Lindemann LU 1250 scrap shear from
Metso Lindemann of 'Düsseldorf, Germany, produces 150-200 tonnes per
day of homogenous heavy scrap consisting primarily of steel beams, building
site waste and even old railwayrolling stock. Its shearing force of 1250
tonnes and 9 metre long feeding box allow for highly economical processing
of a wide variety of scrap.
The recently-purchased Lindemann RAS III-66 scrap baling press is used for
processing non-ferrous materials such as zinc, aluminium cans and steel
wire. On average, it can process a 600 mm bale every 50 seconds, with the
weight of the bale depending on the material. According to Group Galloo's
General Manager Rik Debaere, the processed bales can vary in weight from
200 kg up to a maximum of 1 tonne. "The new baler can also process
steel wire extremaly quickly and this is an important part of our business,"
commented. Öur old baler couldn't cope withsteel wire, so consequently
the new machine has greatly improved our production level." The Lindemann
RAS III-66 scrap baler is a triple acting press featuring three conpression
units which produce bales of high density. Mechanical stops on the compression
units prevent jamming of the pressure plate and burrs on bales, while lonh
parallel guides help ensure low friction and smooth running strokes. The
RAS series represents the first generatiion of balers to operate with a
peak hydraulic pressure of 350 bar. This means that smaller cylinders can
be used with the same pressure forces, thereby equanting to less oil use.
Since fewer than 10% of all cylinder movements take place in the high-pressure
range, 90% of working movements can be made at the same drive power but
at much higher speeds. Also at Group Galloo's Menen site is a Metso Lindemann
ZZ 175 x 260 2000hp Zerdirator and a Lindemann ZK 210 x 260 Kondirator,
both of which were installed in the early 1990's.