A multicrusher made by Borger has helped the Western Isles'' local authority win the prestigious Scottish Environment Business VIBES award.
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar together with its partners, The Scottish Salmon Company, Pure Energy Centre PEC, and Community Energy Scotland won the award thanks in part to the multicrusher in place at Stornoway’s Creed Integrated Waste Management Facility (IWMF) on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland.
Donnie Macmillan, Plant Manager at the Creed facility, said: “Borger’s multicrusher works extremely well for us in a very harsh environment. Some salmon waste can be quite tough and abrasive, so understandably we see wear on the cutters during our inspections, but that’s perfectly understandable”.
“Importantly, the Borger unit helps us meet all of our PAS 110 requirements, which is all part of what we set out to achieve here - optimising the methods of managing waste - in this case not sending waste salmon to landfill sites, and not having to have it transported off the island,” he added.
The Borger multicrusher chops a 7-cubic tonne batch per shift of coarse waste salmon to a maximum particle size of 12mm. Based on the Borger rotary lobe pump, the twin-shaft multicrusher homogenises the waste salmon ensuring that downstream equipment can operate smoothly.
By inserting individual blade disks and defining the direction of rotation, operators have the flexibility to choose which way the pumped medium flows. Various blade widths and cutting profiles determine the final cutting yield.
