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Vecoplan shredders: Mastering diversity with a modular system

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What does a company do when it has to shred an unusual kind of material or needs a drive for its shredder that meets very special requirements? These are only two of the problems that Vecoplan solves for its customers. The recycling specialists have taken a fresh look at their shredding machines and standardised the interfaces. Users can now take advantage of a modular system that will handle a wide range of cases.

Manufacturers of shredding equipment frequently have to deal with very special customer requirements. For this purpose they modify components like rotors, cutting tips, counter knives and screens to match the given task. These choices and the relevant combinations are critical to the performance and quality of the shredding process. The aim is always to achieve maximum cutting performance and high throughput. The result is a homogeneous output quality with minimum fine dust and little grain variance.

In order to reduce this complexity, Vecoplan has modified its product architecture and established different system platforms depending on the application and size. It has also distinguished separate modules according to their specific function. The interfaces are standardised and the platforms remain unchanged. Application engineers can put together suitable products according to each customer’s needs.

The grid principle

Vecoplan has organised components like cutting tips, counter knives, screens and rotors in a grid with uniform module sizes. The grid allows the shredders to be finely graduated in width from 800 to more than 3,200 millimetres. A wide range of tool sizes and types can be mapped within this grid without the need to change the designs of adjoining components. Vecoplan has also applied the basic idea of the grid to other components such as drives.

A wide range of benefits

Thanks to this grid principle, Vecoplan can design custom solutions within the spectrum – while maintaining a manageable degree of complexity at the same time. There is no need to start from scratch with the design, and no time-consuming special solution is necessary. If the user decides to purchase a new machine that is perfectly adapted to its requirements, Vecoplan can tailor a shredder much faster. Customers also benefit from even faster parts availability thanks to much more streamlined warehousing.

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The new VAZ combines attractive technical features with a functional and modern design.

Two shredders, each perfect for the job

Vecoplan showcased the first shredder based on the new modular system, its VIZ machine series, at the K trade fair in Düsseldorf, Germany in 2019. The company is extending this principle to its entire range of shredding machines. At IFAT 2022, it presented its VAZ 1700 with the latest benchmarks in a new industrial design – a world premiere. Besides its impressive technical features, the shredder also boasts a modular design which allows it be used for many different applications. With their efficient, versatile rotor systems and their choice of screens and drives, these shredders can handle a broad range of materials. A further advantage offered by Vecoplan is that it offers two patented drive concepts, both of which have established themselves on the market. The company can equip its machines with the type that best meets the given requirements. The new VAZ family comes with a patented, low-noise HiTorc drive, with a synchronous motor that is virtually maintenance-free. With the VIZ, users can even choose between a HiTorc drive and an ESC drive. The latter is a self-regulating drive with real-time electronic slip control. But no matter how the customer configures a machine, the drive will be smart and energy-efficient.

Vecoplan thus has many options for configuring and adapting its machines to the task at hand.