Due to increased restrictions and costs relating to landfill as a disposal route, the food industry is looking for alternative, more economic methods of dealing with waste materials, to keep procedures in line with new legislation. As from January 2006 there will  be  a  complete  ban  on

the landfill of animal by-products or foodstuffs containing traces of animal by-products. Many companies face a dilemma with waste resulting from badly packaged, mislabelled, expired or substandard products. It is therefore of particular importance that such waste materials can be properly dealt with by some alternative form of disposal such as,   composting,    rendering    or

processing for animal feed. To make this more economic and practical, it is crucial that an efficient, preferably continuous method is established to separate such reject foodstuffs from their packaging or containers. Atritor can offer a process solution for these separation applications.

The Atritor-Scott Turbo Separator is ideal for the de-packaging of out-of-spec, dated or mislabelled foodstuffs and beverages. Whether packaged in cartons, plastic bottles or metal cans, or wrapped in plastic film, the Turbo Separator will continuously and efficiently separate a wide range of contents from their packaging. This revolutionary piece of equipment has the capability to reclaim up to 99% of dry or liquid products   from  their  containers,

significantly reducing waste disposal costs and enabling both the product and packaging to be either disposed of or recycled.

• Up to 99% efficiency in recovery of product from packaging



• Investment quickly recouped by significant savings from minimized labour costs for de-packaging and reduced product loss



• Adjustable paddles & studs enable the recovery of a wide variety of products, packaging and containers



• Tubular design enables efficient product switch-over without cross-contamination, even where strict purity standards must be maintained



• Robust construction ensures long periods between maintenance



• Custom manufactured with various inlet, discharge and paddle designs to meet specific separation challenges



• Variable rotational speed rotor from 200 to 2500rpm



• Fabricated from either carbon steel or 304 stainless steel



• Available in capacities from 1 to 40 tons per hour



• Water manifold may be installed for clean-in-place capabilities



• Collection and discharge hoppers available along with complete solids handling systems and full process design and installation by Atritor engineers



• Atritor Test Facilities and a Turbo Separator mobile unit are available to our customers for a full range of product testing and analysis

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