FLATTENERS & DEWATERING

With only three major moving parts, the EPC product line redefines simple, reliable product compression.  This technology compacts capped PET bottles with ease and HDPE, aluminum cans, and other recyclable containers.  Utilizing clean all-electric drives, this series provides quiet, low maintenance operation.

• Compresses products 700%, slashing transportation costs
• Speeds downstream baling by over 50%
• Locates adjacent to buy back point to reduce site handling costs
• Improves downstream manual and automated sorting accuracy
• Low power consumption: can run on single or three-phase
• Fully prewired, ready to run.
• Ultra abrasion resistant metallurgy
• Can be configured as a standalone unit, a cartridge for insertion into a material recovery facility’s process line, or under a high-speed container sorting system

When you require very high throughput rates, it is time to consider Komar’s EPC-40. Designed for large-scale operations, the EPC-40 can process up to 8,000 lbs/hr at adjustable compaction rates of 4-8 times. The EPC-40 can handle capped bottles with ease and produces singulated, intact products for available optical sorting.

• Handles 8,000 lbs. of plastic per hour
• Adjustable compaction rates of 400%-800%
• Compact footprint inserts into existing process conveyor lines
• Can be mounted on a stand to rear load transfer trailers up to 40,000 lbs.
• Speeds downstream baling by 50%,
• Reduces bale wire use by 30%, improves bale weights by up to 20%
• Durable, clean, low maintenance operation
• Dewatering option for high volume product destruction

Larger 60hp units are available to 12,000 lbs/hr

The current collection method of servicing depot systems in North America, collecting un-compacted bags of deposit containers in dry vans, is time-consuming and expensive. High-cost operations are due to labor-intensive loading and stacking operations, the necessity to ship back empty bags, and the resultant light payloads transported to processors. The EPC-150 compaction trailer rewrites PET collection rules by loading up to 4 tote bags per minute and carrying up to 30,000 lbs. of compacted aluminum cans or plastic bottles.

• Rapid rear tipping system tips 2 bags per cycle, handling 4 yds per minute.
• Loads, compacts, and compresses containers into trailer body in a single operation
• Carries up to 30,000 lbs of compacted containers
• Eliminates the need for small collection vans, and tote bag handling at collection centers
• Reduces offloading time to 10 minutes, eliminating all site labor
• Speeds up baling by 60%, can also deliver compacted material directly to the end processor.
• The trailer package includes soundproofed engine compartment with an exhaust silencer.
• Optional equipment includes an auto weigh system, GPS location tracking, EWON report support, and automatic maintenance reminders.

Komar’s robust EM-40D auger, coupled with the proprietary maintenance-free wedge bar de-watering system, dramatically reduces hauling costs. This unique system leverages the EM-40D’s unrivaled 178,000 lbs. of thrust to create a compaction force that has demonstrated water removal rates of up to 85% from process reject streams. Proven applications include pulp mill rejects, industrial water jet fabric offcuts, organic separation residuals, and MSW dewatering.

• Reduces transport weights and landfill costs by up to 80%
• Feeds up to 15 wet tons per hour
• Self-cleaning wedge bar design minimizes blinding and ensures easy start-up.
• Handles oversized items and wire with ease
• An ideal choice for both batch and continuous operations
• An automated dewatering pressure gate applies consistent pressure for maximum results.
• The simplicity of design dramatically lowers lifecycle costs and allows for easily scheduled maintenance turnarounds.
• System paybacks of 1 to 2 years are common.
• Systems can be fed by forklift, tipper, or conveyor and can discharge into conveyors, compactors, roll-off boxes, or trailers.

Available with optional hydrostatic drive system for high volume continuous operations.

This solution is designed for an off-spec or expired product that still has value to other markets.  This unit replaces traditional perforators with its unmatched ability to process an entire pallet of full containers per minute (equivalent to 216 gallons of liquid).  As the auger screw ruptures the containers, the liquid drains through the holes in the processing chamber’s bottom and into a containment area.

• Processes 216 gallons per minute
• Perfect for the destruction of off-spec or expired product
• The liquid is collected and resold to secondary markets; dried containers are segregated and discharged for baling or transportation.