Blue Group Announce Exclusive UK Agreement with Westeria

Blue Group are delighted to announce that an exclusive distribution agreement for the UK and Ireland has been agreed with Westeria Fördertechnik, a world leader in windsifter technology and conveyor systems.

Blue Group are delighted to announce that an exclusive distribution agreement for the UK and Ireland has been agreed with Westeria Fördertechnik, a world leader in windsifter technology and conveyor systems.

Westeria® equipment is unique due to its sophisticated, compact design and the company falls very much under the German ethos of outstanding engineering as well as offering a committed and highly competent aftersales service. The product range includes a series of Windsifters, (Windsifter AirStar and Windsifter AirBasic®), Bunker Systems, Conveyors and Material Distribution Systems.

The main concept of the Windsifter technology starts with patented distribution disks which spread the material evenly across the acceleration belt before it is transported to the ejection edge. From there, material falls into an up current, generated through an adjustable air jet which is attached to the Windsifter underneath the feeding belt. The air stream meets the upper area of a rotation drum, which takes any light material over the top and into an expansion chamber. Heavy material, unaffected by the air jet, falls below onto a conveyor which extracts the material from the machine.

Westeria’s bunker systems including the MovingFloor®, MultiFeeder and MobileFeeder, are modularised and perfectly designed. A key beneft of the conveyor systems is that they can be tailored to individual requirements. All types of material be it heavy building waste or light recycling material, can be transported safely and smoothly. The compact material distribution systems from Westeria® are ingeniously simple and simply ingenious, guaranteeing perfect material distribution for all separating processes.

Westeria was founded in 1956 in Westbevern, with the company originally focusing on agricultural conveyors. Whilst over time the business expanded their range creating conveyors for different material types it wasn’t until 1988, when the business moved to Ostbevern, that they started to manufacture the Windsifters. Today the company is a leader on the world-wide stage, having been a permanent guest at IFAT in Munich as well as Pollutec in Paris and Lyon since 2008.

As part of the agreement a team of eight sales and technical personnel from Blue visited Westeria HQ in North West Germany. They went through an intensive two day training program to help further develop their understanding of the advanced, yet simple technology incorporated within this equipment. The visit also allowed the group from Blue to take in a tour of the 7,500m2 Westeria Facility, including the innovative Westeria® Technicum Pilot Plant. In a space covering 720 m² the company has set up a number of systems spread across 2 levels, purely for material testing and demonstration purposes. Westeria understand that every type of feed material is different and has its own specifc characteristics, so potential customers are invited to send their own material for testing. They are then able to trace and monitor it, as it moves through the entire process. Following the tests, all the values and results can be discussed and analysed in specially equipped conference rooms. Westeria Fördertechnik rightly have great confdence in their technologies and the Pilot Plant allows customers to have the same level of confdence before making their investment.