One machine for recycling industry and scrap yards

Even with relatively low throughput, the Combi-SC is said to offer a very quick return on investment, and its operational benefits have won over an increasing number of distribution, shipping and haulage companies around the world.   

Since the first Combi-SC was launched, Combilift designers have been developing variants to cover more applications and the latest of these is a model designed specifically for the needs of the recycling industry and scrap yards. The Combi-SC Tilter, on show at CeMAT for the first time, is a one machine solution for two specific and differing applications: offloading and tipping bulk materials where a container needs to be tipped to 75° and loading bulk where containers need to be upended to 90°. 

The Combi-SC Tilter is described as the only machine of its kind that can carry out both of these functions. Space saving yard utilisation, cost savings, faster operations and improved health and safety procedures are said to be just some of the advantages of this model. 

The conventional system for offloading and tipping bulk materials typically uses tipping trailers which can be unstable in high winds especially if the load is wet and/or top heavy. The design of the Combi-SC Tilter makes it significantly wider than its load and the centre of gravity therefore remains well inside its footprint for more stable and safer operation. 

When tilting or upending a container to 90° for loading bulk, there has conventionally been a requirement for two pieces of equipment: a reach stacker to remove the container, which then sets it on a static tipping device. The Combi-SC Tilter can move easily and independently around the yard to take the container to the scrap storage area. This means that two pieces of equipment can be replaced by one, resulting in lower running and maintenance costs.