CFF Houston home to new Metso shredder

Recycling Today, April, 2004

Metso Lindemann's North American operation, based in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has announced the first U.S. sale of a Metso Lindemann 9000 Power Zerdirator Shredder.

The machine has been sold to CFF Recycling, Houston. CFF Recycling USA, a long-time customer of Metso Lindemann, is part of France's CFF Recycling, one of the world's largest scrap metal processors.

The Power Zerdirator is designed to limit dust, noise and vibration, according to a Metso Lindemann news release. Several protective hydraulic features have been incorporated that increase availability and prevent risk of damage from unshreddables, including hydraulic locking of rotor bearings, a hydraulic anvil clamping device, a hydraulic ejection door, as well as a hydraulic device for disassembly of hammer axles. Long-life caps protect the hammer pins and rotor disks and increase the flywheel effect of the rotor, so fewer energy peaks occur according to the company.

The CFF Houston operation chose the Verso Lindemann shredder "due to its proven dependability, high production, ease of maintenance and economic operation," the company states in a news release.

CFF has also recently purchased a Metso Lindemann 1,380-ton scrap metal shear, as the company grows within its southeast Texas market.