A new innovative glass reprocessing plant has been set up near Doncaster, in Blaxton, South Yorkshire, using machinery supplied by Finlay Hire – part of the Finlay Group of companies.
Waste glass is …
A new innovative glass reprocessing plant has been set up near Doncaster, in Blaxton, South Yorkshire, using machinery supplied by Finlay Hire – part of the Finlay Group of companies. Waste glass is ground to -50mm in a Tesab RK623 impact crusher before entering a Terex Finlay 390 feeder to a Terex Finlay MP300 16 x 6 foot, triple-deck, horizontal washing screen. Any lightweight material, such as paper or plastic, is floated off through a Mogensen Trash Screen, while the -6mm glass fines enter a Terex Finlay TC15 Sandmaster. Twin cyclones on the Sandmaster separate the washing water from the clean glass fines, which are stockpiled before being sold for use in concrete block and pipe construction. The -6mm sand fraction is fed into the Sandmaster to produce washed recycled sand for utility fill. The +6mm is further processed through a Finlay 206 Logwasher for further removal of clay and rinsing, before grading in a Finlay 683 Supertrak into 40×20 mm, 20×10 mm and -10mm clean secondary aggregate. The versatility of the plant at Bank End Quarry means that it is not limited to processing glass, and that construction and demolition waste can also be put through the system, which is fitted with a magnetic belt to remove ferrous metal prior to feeding into the MP300.