Equipment Spotlight | DEC 2020 Attachments

by MARY M. THORNTON

A wide range of attachments are available for use by those in metal or waste recycling operations. Magnets move ferrous scrap and grapples in all sizes and shapes can lift scrap metal and tires. Crushers pulverize scrap concrete, buckets can handle finer scrap particles and mobile shears can be used to process metal and tire scrap.
According to Mark Vandenberg, general manager, Bateman Magnet Grapples (Mag-Grabs) “are purpose-built to provide 100 percent handling efficiency for incoming and outgoing material, with the ferrous metal sorting capabilities of a magnet. The main body and tines are designed with great strength to survive tamping and packing loads as well as to withstand the extra load of the integrated magnet.”

Bateman Mag-Grabs feature a new wide-body design, equipped with internal hydraulic relief valves for jaw and cylinder protection. According to Vandenberg, this grapple will easily exceed user needs, due to the following features – high torque, heavy duty high capacity rotate bearing with 360° continuous rotation; fully protected easy access cylinder hoses; fully guarded high-pressure cylinders, 5000 psi working pressure; oversized pins with custom locknuts; heavy duty high abrasion resistant tines with thick backs, wear strips and heavy-duty replaceable weld-on tine tips; heavy duty lift magnet; internal slip ring assembly fully sealed in the lower section; internal hoses and flange connections are fully protected; supplied with jumper hoses and a custom pin-on yoke to fit your equipment.

Bateman Manufacturing was established in 1989 in Barrie, Ontario. In the beginning, Bateman manufactured attachments for excavators, loaders and material handlers for the construction, demolition, and forestry industries. In 2002, Bateman moved to Orillia, Ontario and increased production with orange peel grapples and demolition grapples, introducing even more products to the recycling and demolition industries. In 2011, Bateman moved to a 35,000 sq. ft. facility in Oro-Medonte, Ontario in response to the increased demand for Bateman products. The company now proudly supplies material handling equipment/attachments and generators both domestically and internationally.
“Flipscreen is the world’s best, high volume, patented, screening bucket that inexpensively and efficiently processes any material, on-site, for any industry,” commented Joshua Hill, the firm’s North American vice president. He also noted how the attachment is made to suit any size excavator, loader, skid steer or tractor with zero daily maintenance on new direct-drive models. “Flipscreens are replacing trommels and screening plants because they screen more at greater profits, with a low operating cost. Our EX85 DD will screen over 138 yd³ per hour, weighs 3,109 lbs and fits excavators between 18 and 25 tons. The mesh in our super-tough EX85 DD bucket, as with all Flipscreen products, can be changed in less than 5 minutes. It has the biggest screening area in its class, can be used under water and to dig fresh ground. Approximate cost for the maintenance of a direct drive unit is about 2 cents per hour, which helps to save bucket loads on waste disposal fees, raw material and transportation costs by screening on-site.

“Grizzly screens have been replaced by our products, which handle materials once and so they save time. Also, the EX85 DD is truly portable, reduces hauling and labor costs, and provides rapid, easy separation of any material—scrap metal, vegetation, rocks and anything you can scoop up. Any operation that requires a primary separation process could benefit from using our inexpensive, efficient product. Flipscreen has reinvigorated the way work is done at every type scrap recycling operation.”

Mark Kirsten, sales manager at SAS Forks said the company’s Extreme Auto Processor is “a maximum extractor of precious metals in end of life vehicles. A patented design and heavy duty build quality make this attachment the easy choice for auto salvage yards and scrap processors looking to extract more engines, copper wiring, aluminum and hard to reach catalytic converters. The SAS Extreme has the build quality and precision our customers demand and SAS Engineering designed it for installation on a wide variety of new and existing machinery. Many of our customers are moving away from standard crush and haul to shredder in favor of more diverse market opportunities.”

He continued, “SAS hydraulic adjustable forks are the ultimate in versatility. One set of forks can handle all your material handling needs without leaving the operator cab. With a wide array of functions at your fingertips, they offer better load stability along with fast, smooth attachment operation. Built with the same legendary toughness as our auto forks, our adjustable forks vs traditional hook mounted forks, have an average 65 percent more shaft mount weld for added durability. Due to a wide array of lifting requirements, our clients often need custom carriage widths and we can provide fork spacing from 2 to 260”. We offer several fork options for use with Conex container pockets and our hydraulic fork positioning allows operators to remain in the cab when switching from container to pallet spacing and centering the load on the carriage. Other hydraulic functions include side shift, rotate, tilt, or a combination of multiple functions, requiring only one hydraulic spool. Our forks can interface with most direct pin and quick coupling machines.”

“SAS Forks can custom design and precision manufacture a solution for nearly any piece of machinery on the market including wheel loaders, skid steers, tractors, back hoes, telehandlers and even excavators. We’ve served the salvage industry for nearly 50 years so we offer reliable guidance for applications that will best fit your operation. We provide a full line of maintenance and replacement parts and in stock components for fast shipment, to maximize client uptime. Our service is unparalleled in the industry.”

Published in the December 2020 Edition