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Vecoplan demonstrates its capabilities in shredding technology at LIGNA

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Vecoplan is presenting a pre-shredder for pallets and boxes for the first time at LIGNA. The machine is equipped with the Vecoplan Smart Center (VSC), which opens the way to additional digital services. Visitors can also witness other premieres and relaunches – further demonstrations of Vecoplan’s unique expertise.

At its Stand F66 in Hall 25 Vecoplan gives its first live trade-fair demonstration of the Vecoplan Pallet Crusher (VPC). Together with the VHZ wood shredder, it is an efficient means of shredding pallets and boxes in a continuous process. Until now, material centres, distribution centres and DIY stores have had to rely on large, powerful single-shaft shredders for continuous processing of large-volume wooden components. These machines took up a lot of floor space, in contrast to the combined solution consisting of the VHZ and VPC. They also had relatively low throughput, because the bulky load carriers fed to them contained lots of air. With the VPC, bulky parts are broken, not cut. After this pre-shredding they can be reduced even more in size, allowing the throughput to be increased by up to 50 percent as compared to single-shaft shredding. For customers this also means minimum wear. The combination is already very successful on the market.

At the trade fair the VPC is connected via the cloud to the Vecoplan Smart Center (VSC). Vecoplan already demonstrated this at LIGNA 2019. In the meantime the company’s experts have added many more services to the VSC, including online commissioning, remote service, KPIs and access to a media database. How does this work? Visitors to the Vecoplan stand will find out.

Another trade fair highlight is the relaunch of the VTH 450 biomass chipper, which is used in chipping plants in the energy & pellet industries, biomass heat & power plants and boiler feed systems. The VTH 450 is the first machine in Vecoplan’s line of biomass chippers to come out in a new industrial design. Here the company’s engineers paid particular attention to ergonomics and efficiency. The new design, which features closed side walls and an internal drive unit, also limits the escape of dirt. Cleaning requirements are significantly reduced. Another advantage is that important areas can easily be reached by service technicians in spite of the enclosed housing.

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