WSR Recycling’s Doppstadt 3060K processes an epic 100 tonnes per hour

WSR Recycling have upgraded to a Doppstadt DW 3060K BioPower Shredder following expansion at their Widnes site, enabling the firm to process 100 tonnes per hour of municipal waste due to increase tonnage coming into their site.

WSR Recycling has provided waste solutions to councils and businesses around the North West for over 25 years, with the Widnes based recycling and resource management company having been established in 1990. However, since October 2017 the firm has been operating under the Beauparc Group, who have over 30 years of experience in the waste industry in Ireland and made their move into the UK market in 2016.

The company currently employs around 50 people from its site in Widnes, where it manages 200,000 tonnes of municipal, construction & demolition and commercial & industrial waste per annum. The firm’s mission is to deliver effective waste solutions as a key to overall sustainability. Therefore, a major part of achieving this mission is reducing the size of general waste that is brought into the site and making it a suitable size product for RDF.

A recent warehouse expansion has allowed the company to receive and handle more material at any one time, meaning there was a requirement for one, much more powerful shredder which would be able to do the job of the two existing competitor shredders owned by the business.
Robert and the team looked at several machines as part of the process but decided on the DW 3060 K Type F BioPower due to its longevity and toughness. Darren, WSR Recycling’s Yard Manager, also praised the effectiveness of the machine by stating “After some research, we discovered that the Doppstadt is a lot quicker than other machines on the market. We timed it with the bag-waste and worked out it’s doing 100 tonnes per hour; therefore, we can load a wagon in four and a half minutes”
“We just got bigger, in terms of more tonnage coming into the site, the old shredders couldn’t keep up with it. This meant that the piles in the shed were building, so we just needed something bigger and better.” Robert Waters, WSR Recycling’s General Manager.

The specification of this particular 30 tonne Doppstadt 3060K Bio-Power is supplied with an MTU 6R 1300 diesel engine and 3m length roller which is 0.6m in diameter. On the roller are 42 shredder teeth which have been designed to last up to 500 hours within this application. Achieving a processing rate of 100tph, the machine is consuming a very economical 40-50lph of fuel on average. Once shredded the material is discharged by a conveyor which is 4.2m in length to allow for significant stockpiling.

WSR Recycling is taking full advantage of this versatile machine as it is frequently moved around the site to process other types of waste such as wood. It means that WSR is gaining maximum profitability from the machine’s durability as it runs from 5 am to 10 pm, 7 days a week.