The company will showcase the DX22MH-5 and the DL320-7 and a new wheel loader guarding package.

Doosan Infracore North America, Suwanee, Georgia, says it will showcase its DL320-7 wheel loader and a DX225MH-5 material handler at the 2022 Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) Convention & Exposition. The equipment will be displayed in booth A7 at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas from March 21 to 24.   

The company says the Doosan DL320-7 wheel loader is part of the redesigned -7 Series wheel loaders that were first launched in 2021. The DL320-7 has an operating weight of 43,506 pounds and a 7 percent larger capacity bucket than its predecessor. These updates allow an operator to move more material every hour.   

Doosan also will display a new wheel loader guarding package, available as a factory-installed option for select wheel loader models. The package is intended to provide additional uptime protection for Doosan wheel loader owners.  

“We are excited to be back in person at ISRI 2022 in Las Vegas,” says Aaron Kleingartner, product and dealer marketing manager for Doosan Infracore North America. “This is an important event for the recycling industry, and we are proud to be exhibiting one of our new -7 Series wheel loaders.”  

Doosan also will showcase its 162-horsepower DX225MH-5 material handler. The company says the machine is built for rugged work with additional guarding and a straight boom and droop-nose arm specifically designed for material-handling tasks. It has a reach of 35 feet, 5 inches and a loading height of 40 feet. A raised and fixed cab provides operators a better line of sight when loading and unloading material.  

“Our customers can activate the material handler’s Smart Power Control feature to enhance machine efficiency while maintaining productivity,” Kleingartner says. “This is achieved through variable speed control and pump torque control, automatically adjusting RPMs to match the operator’s lifting needs.”  

Doosan DX225MH-5 material handler customers can pair the machine with a grapple attachment or a magnet and generator set. The latter is an ideal solution for customers who regularly handle ferrous metal. Two-way and rotating auxiliary hydraulics come standard on the machine for optimal use of rotating grapples. 

Eric Nelson has been named vice president of international operations and business development.

Eriez has hired Eric Nelson as vice president – international operations and business development. Nelson worked for Eriez previously, serving as interim managing director of Eriez – China until 2018.

Eriez Vice President – International Jaisen Kohmuench says Nelson will collaborate in developing global business strategies and assist regional Eriez sales directors in uncovering and cultivating business advancement opportunities across the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and Asia-Pacific (APAC) regions. Nelson primarily will be responsible for coaching and advising local teams, with the overall goal of continuing Eriez’s strategic growth plans.

“Eric brings a wealth of international management experience,” Kohmuench says. “His accomplishments include spearheading numerous organizational turnarounds, developing international management teams and optimizing the performance of many businesses within China and the Southeast Asia region.”

Nelson earned a bachelor’s degree in Chinese language and literature, and a Master of Business Administration in global management.

Headquartered in Erie, Pennsylvania, Eriez designs, manufactures and markets separation technologies on six continents through 12 wholly owned international subsidiaries and an extensive sales representative network.

Equipment company says customers are pursuing growing recycling, diversion markets.

Oregon-based equipment provider West Salem Machinery (WSM) and its president Mark Lyman say the company’s approach of “providing innovative solutions to convert waste and residuals into the desired finished product in an efficient and cost-effective manner” is keeping it on the front lines at many recycling operations.

“We optimize machines through real world testing; our test lab can simulate various production settings and volumes,” says Lyman. “Our machines start with the same field-proven designs we’ve been building for years and are working hard around the world – right now. Every machine we build is built to the requirements of the customer. Machines are optimized based on what the machine must process.” 

Lyman says listening carefully and asking thoughtful, detailed questions helps the WSM team zero in on the machine or system requirements of its customers. “Every application has its own idiosyncrasies, and getting the details right makes all the difference,” states the company.

WSM says its vibrating screens are deployed in applications involving biomass, laminated veneer lumber/plywood trim, particleboard furnish, sawdust/shavings and urban scrap wood recycling.

Its newly redesigned Oscillating Super Screener moves material four times faster than traditional “chip” screens and has less mass for a longer operating life, adds the company. Typical materials processed with these screens include animal bedding, bark, board furnish, mulch, sawdust/shavings, trim ends and wood chips.

WSM’s disc scalping screens including its Waterfall Disc Screen, typically have a smaller, low-cost footprint and smooth, low speed operation,” states the company. Its Titan Trommel Screens, meanwhile, can undertake separation tasks on compost, food waste, landscape products, hog fuel and soil amendments.

The company’s grinder product portfolio includes horizontal and vertical feed units, and low-RPM and high-speed models. WSM describes itself as a leading manufacturer of screening and size reduction machinery.

Container service company Redbox+ offers four reasons why project managers should consider placing rental waste and recycling container units.

Loud noises, dirt flying, nails dropping, masterpieces developing. These are some of the things you might see when you enter a construction site.

It’s exciting, and it’s big—but it also can be messy. That’s why construction sites should always have a rented disposal or recycling container (or ideally one of each!) on hand. You don’t want to interfere with the work or detract from the magic of the creation.

So, do yourself and your company a favor by keeping the air clean, keeping the site organized, eliminating extra work, and more. In other words, do yourself a favor by ordering a rental rolloff box. Following are four reasons why it is critical to do so.

Having a rental roll-off metal container on-site can help construction companies keep the site organized. This is important for two reasons. First, it provides a place to throw debris and keep the area clear so that construction workers can work more efficiently. Second, it helps the site look clean when you have guests over or potential clients touring your business location.

Such containers do not only provide an extra place to store trash; they also can help you organize the items that can be recycled. Contractors newer to the business may think it will be cheaper to just throw everything in a landfill-bound container.

However, there are many materials that are cheaper and easier to recycle than to take to the dump. Additionally, there is a roster of items that can be salvaged and reused in other projects, so it's extremely beneficial to recycle. Hence, again, why having containers on site is critical: it helps you sort out the trash for the landfill and the reusables to be recycled.

We all know construction sites can get dirty, and sometimes really dirty. There can be dirt and dust in the air, and containers onsite are part of the solution to alleviate that circumstance.

By placing debris in the dumpster as the construction process unfolds, you reduce the amount of dirt that could potentially become airborne. Why? Because you place heavy objects and debris straight into the dumpster instead of stirring up dust by laying them on the ground, or by allowing lighter objects to fly around when the wind blows. So, help yourself out a little and hire a rental hauling service.

Containers at construction sites also eliminate extra work. In some situations, contractors arranging to bring their own container instead of renting one will pay more in both money and time to hook the rolloff unit up to a truck, move it to a recycling center, transfer station or dump, and empty the contents there. While any contractor is capable of these steps, they may end up spending unnecessary extra time and possibly extra money.

Additionally, by having a rented unit onsite, companies may find the rental firm can help them comply with city cleanliness and nuisance ordinances better. This means they can avoid annoying and expensive fines for having certain materials out unsupervised. Dealing with those fines involves not only extra money but also extra work.

Renting a rolloff container also can eliminate material handling time and effort necessitated by the temporary placement of materials on the ground. Such rental firms exist in nearly every region in the United States, with websites and personnel ready to answer questions and arrange service. (Potential Redbox+ customers in northern Ohio, for example, would find an interface like this.)

Finally, having metal containers on the construction site can prove extremely beneficial by preventing hazardous situations. For example, as debris piles up around the site and in walkways, there is a higher risk of workers or even visitors getting injured.

They can trip over something and fall, step on nails or glass, scrape a shin on sharp wood, or incur any number of injuries due to the mess lying around. And as you can imagine, any such injury would be bad for business—and even worse if they sue!

For newer contractors especially, starting a construction project is exciting. The simple act of arranging the proper number of waste and recycling containers can prevent that picture from being tainted by injury or filth due to trash and debris lying everywhere.

Consider renting a rolloff dumpster to settle the dirt, organize the site, eliminate extra work, and prevent hazardous situations. Doing so can save you time, money, energy, and maybe even potential lawsuits.

This article was submitted by Franchise Rocket on behalf of St. Charles, Minnesota-based Redbox+.

Global and national steel output figures reveal ongoing decline in China while much of the rest of the world chugs along.

Recent global steel output statistics for this January and weekly figures in the United States seem to show a sharp divide between steelmaking momentum in the U.S. and a sharply contrasted slowdown in China.

January steel production figures released by the Brussels-based World Steel Association (Worldsteel) portray an 11.2 percent decline in steel output in the People’s Republic of China this January compared with January 2021. That contrasts with a 4.2 percent year-on-year increase in the U.S. and a 4.7 percent increase in India for this January.

The healthy markets in the U.S. and India are good news for ferrous scrap recyclers in North America. While China may no longer be a big buyer of exported scrap, Turkish mills are—and that nation’s output dropped 7.8 percent this January compared with one year ago.

Turkey has been wrestling with volatility in the value of its currency and other fiscal policies deemed questionable by investors in other parts of the world. China, meanwhile, appears to be facing a sharp contraction in the construction of apartment towers. That sector consumes a double-digit percentage of the nation’s steel output and is responsible for as much as 25 percent of China’s gross domestic product, by some estimates.

The overseas turmoil did not affect steel production in the U.S. in January and seems not to have done so in February either. The Washington-based American Iron & Steel Institute (AISI) reports that in the week ending Feb. 19 domestic raw steel production was 1.76 million tons with mills operating at an 80.1 capability utilization (capacity) rate.

That figure represents about a 24,000-ton gain on output during the identical week in 2021, when the mill capacity rate was 76.8 percent. According to AISI, domestic steel output in the most recently completed week also is up 0.3 percent from the previous week, which ended Feb. 12.

Steelmakers in the U.S. continue to report profitable results, with one CEO, David B. Burritt of Pittsburgh-based U. S. Steel, recently declaring, “Our balance sheet has been transformed, record cash significantly de-risks strategy execution and our capital allocation priorities have enhanced direct stockholder returns.”