Attractive to the commercial briquette manufacturer seeking a high output volume machine, Weima are globally renowned as leaders in briquetter designed-in machine reliability and robustness, producing quality briquettes whether using materials such as wood, paper, cardboard or most non ferrous metals, in a continuous operation. If the material to be briquetted is fed automatically into the hopper, then no operating personnel are required, making the BIGBertha 1500 the ideal contributor to a 24 hours operation.
As operating profits are squeezed by increases in storage, transportation and the introduction of new government lead legislation the processors is eager to harness new methods to increase efficiencies. Currently to fastest growing market is wood briquetting to supply the domestic market.
Wood, straw, miscanthas and most organic biomass natural product when highly compacted as a briquettes with calorific values similar to that of coal. Burning briquettes completes the sustainability cycle on combustion, only releasing as much carbon dioxide back into the atmosphere as was originally absorbed by the growing tree during photosynthesis.
The regular oblong (150mm x 60mm) shape of the briquettes makes them easy to bag, stack and palletize - reducing lost space and minimising briquette degeneration during transport handling. A better delivered product to the end user market. We also offer the option of including your company logo embossed on the die so it is printed into all of your briquettes – a very effective marketing tool!
Weima briquetting presses reduce the volume of your waste (up to 90:01 ratio) to save on storage and haulage costs with the natural ligna in the organic material acting as the binder retaining the end resultant product “natural product status” - briquetting without an introduced binder.
Briquetting bulk waste, of which in certain conditions can self combust might be the more attractive storage option when embarking on a fire risk analysis.
The BIGBertha 1500 demonstrates its flexibility by not being restricted to processing wood or organic materials. In a recyclate processing environment production can be rapidly changed to no ferrous materials for instance; like aluminium foils, copper or aluminium swarfs. These materials create briquettes in a specially hardened form as such an operation is an excellent method to reduce volume. WEIMA size reduction technology reduces both transport and storage costs. The logistical costs and ease of handling a palletized briquetted product against a bulk bag of granulated or worse powder product is more acceptable.
The most characteristic feature of this machine is the press form in which the BIGBertha 1500 pressing operation takes place. The motion sequence of the cylinders and the form are monitored and controlled by means of a position sensor. This enables an exact positioning, during normal operation, making it impossible for the material to get stuck or jammed, reducing production down time and possible costly repair.
The material can be fed in a large storage hopper and supplied via an agitator and feeder worm screw system. The pressing operation takes place in the closed form, thus extremely high material densities can be achieved.
Our bespoke machine test facility offers prospective customers the unique opportunity to run their own material tests prior to commitment. From a single machine solution to a complete turnkey requirement, talk to one of their professional team at Fercell Engineering Limited today or download the product broachure.
