Energy saving rebuild for industrial tyre shredder…

ERIKS UK applies its engineering know-how to remanufacture of a tyre shredder used at a new UK tyre recycling centre.

ERIKS UK has recently applied its engineering know-how to the remanufacture of a tyre shredder used at a new UK tyre recycling centre.

Located in Cambridgeshire, the UK’s newest and most up-to-date tyre recycling centre is capable of recycling up to 5 million individual tyres (50,000 tonnes) each year – reducing them to a fine quality crumb which can be used for a range of products including sports surfaces and children’s playgrounds.

When the owners needed one of the tyre shredders to be rebuilt, a large number of components needed to be repaired or replaced including the entire powertrain; due to the high energy usage of the machine this was seen by the operating company as an opportunity to up-date the shredder to make it more efficient. ERIKS achieved this by using energy efficient replacement motors, gearboxes, bearings and inverter drives; all specified, supplied and installed by the ERIKS engineering team that completed the entire rebuild process.