Boilers are one of the most commonly used appliances in residential homes for heating water. It represents one of the traditional methods of domestic hot water production and is generally chosen because of its ease of installation and maintenance.
These appliances can reach considerable sizes, up to 500 liters, and require specific recycling treatment due to the presence of gasses contained in the polyurethane foam insulation. These gasses, if dispersed into the atmosphere during shredding, can be harmful to the environment.
Precisely for this reason, designing a boiler recycling line requires scrupulous attention to each treatment step.
FOR REC, thanks to its experience in polyurethane treatment due to its many plants for refrigerators, designed an innovative industrial boiler treatment plant for a French customer.
The customer’s request: an ultra-efficient plant for recycling electric water heaters
The customer, the company DECONS located in central western France, asked FOR REC to design and realize a plant for the treatment of water heaters.
For this request, FOR REC started from its line for the industrial recycling of refrigerators, modifying the second phase of the plant.
Indeed, due to the greater amount of steel in the boilers, it was necessary to insert more powerful machinery, capable of handling the thickness of this equipment.
FOR REC decided to upgrade its TB2000 two-shaft shredder and the TQ1800 four-shaft shredder to handle the high shredding torque.
The new plant designed by FOR REC was sized to process 5.5 tonnes of boilers per hour, operating 24/7.
