Enhanced recuperation with reduced downtime: Conservit gains advantages through STEINERT innovation
Conservit's Metal Recycling Plant Transformation: A Success Story with STEINERT
In Hagerstown, Maryland, Conservit Inc., a recycling company with over half a century of operation in the American Mid-Atlantic region, has undergone a remarkable transformation, thanks to a strategic partnership with STEINERT. This collaboration has modernized Conservit's metal recycling plant, turning it into a high-quality, efficient, and modern nonferrous sorting operation.
The partnership's key contributions are evident in the enhanced recovery and sorting efficiency, operational excellence, transformation to a modern facility, and expansion of material processing capabilities.
Enhanced Recovery and Sorting Efficiency
With the deployment of STEINERT's advanced sorting equipment, Conservit has achieved superior recovery of valuable metals from auto shredder residue (ASR). Benchmarking shows that Conservit's system, with fewer sorting devices, outperforms a competitor’s setup by recovering 4-12% more metallics from what was previously considered waste.
Operational Excellence with Ongoing Support
STEINERT offers quarterly equipment and system performance assessments, providing maintenance and optimization guidance. This continuous collaboration ensures steady performance improvements and quick issue resolution, which Conservit credits as a major factor behind their success.
Transformation to Modern Facility
According to Conservit's management, the partnership allowed them to upgrade from a smaller, outdated plant to a modern and successful operation, improving both material quality and throughput.
Expansion of Material Processing Capabilities
The introduction of STEINERT’s sorting technologies also expanded Conservit's service capacity and enabled handling a broader range of scrap metals.
Benefits Beyond Efficiency
The collaboration has positioned Conservit as a benchmark for excellence in the recycling industry, driven by STEINERT’s world-class sorting technology and continuous support. This comprehensive partnership has given Conservit better access to the growing domestic market for high-quality mixed metal fractions.
Robust Technology for Minimized Downtime
Every minute of downtime in shredder plants and downstream sorting operations means financial loss. However, the robustness of STEINERT systems helps significantly reduce such losses. The modernized plant, equipped with STEINERT technology, has been extremely reliable since its start.
Customer Loyalty and Satisfaction
Vice President Sam Metzner, who modernized the aging non-ferrous metal recovery plant at Conservit, cites three key reasons for Conservit's long-standing loyalty to STEINERT: the ability of the systems to minimize downtime, the durability and long lifespan of the systems, and attentive customer service.
STEINERT won the contract for the modernization project due to a compelling package of cost, quality, and performance. Over the years, Conservit has added more STEINERT machines due to the high performance and recovery rates achieved with them. Ross Meadema, STEINERT's long-time contact for Metzner and Conservit, commends the company for its top-notch maintenance and operation of the technology.
Metzner concludes that Conservit has a lot of trust in STEINERT and feels valued as a customer, satisfied with STEINERT's excellent performance in delivering sorting systems. The early STEINERT machines installed at Conservit are still unmatched in their durability, according to Metzner.
Communication between STEINERT and Conservit is considered very helpful for problem-solving. In 2021, Conservit expanded the non-ferrous metal plant with state-of-the-art sorting technology to better process mixed metal fractions. A collaboration between STEINERT, Conservit, and an operator of a shredder and sorting plant from another region revealed that the tested material from end-of-life vehicles contained 4-12% metal fractions that the customer had been disposing of, despite having nearly twice as many sorting machines as Conservit.
In summary, the partnership between Conservit and STEINERT exemplifies how combining precision engineering, advanced technology, and strong supplier-customer relations drives operational transformation and business growth in metal recycling.
- With the strategic partnership between Conservit and STEINERT, the manufacturing industry and finance sector have benefited from the enhanced recovery and sorting efficiency in the metal recycling industry, leading to a more profitable and sustainable approach to waste management.
- The transformation of Conservit's metal recycling plant, driven by the integration of STEINERT's technology, has revolutionized the technology sector, providing a model for efficient, modern, and high-quality sorting operations in the recycling industry.
