In this issue of Sustainability Today, we are delighted to feature Kadant PAAL Ltd as our Recycling Equipment Company of the Month.
There are multiple benefits to recycling waste materials, such as reducing waste pollution and primarily, reducing the need for raw material production in the first place.
Balers are hugely cost-effective within waste management, ensuring a safe, clean, and optimised operation, eliminating the need for larger storage areas. On an important sustainability note, balers naturally safeguard against recyclable waste materials ending up in landfill and also helps reduce air and water pollution at large. Lastly, waste balers comply with the latest environmental laws, reduce costs by up to 80% through maximising loads and reducing transport costs, save all-important space and offer concerted effort towards sustainable best practice.
The Kadant PAAL Group is a result of the merger of four European Companies, PAAL, COMDEC, FAES and DICOM, with the recent addition of BALEMASTER USA. The experience within the group ensures that Kadant PAAL are best placed as a provider of proven, tried, and tested baling solutions.
The UK branch of Kadant PAAL Limited, formally known as Dicom Ltd, was established in Great Britain in 1981 and looks after the UK and Irish Markets. They are located on the Meadow Lane industrial estate in Alfreton, Derbyshire.
Kadant PAAL UK manufactures its own DICOM Product range of popular vertical balers and waste compactors, distributing and installing the PAAL range of fully automatic horizontal balers and conveyors manufactured in Germany. With their own Technical and Design Team they can provide bespoke solutions with fabrication work manufactured at the factory based in Alfreton to suit all requirements. The mobile engineers are strategically placed across the country in the event of any mechanical difficulties providing a rapid response call out. Furthermore, the Remote Service Support (RSS) system remotely connects technical experts to the machine in question, with the ability to quickly diagnose the cause of faults, alarms or any performance related issues to avoid unnecessary downtime.
Kadant PAAL Limited is a leading powerhouse across the UK waste sector, with industrial recognition for meticulous manufacturing of premiere compaction equipment. The standard and customised waste compaction systems are manufactured to deal with even the most robust materials, in line with UKCA (UK Conformity Assessed) marking.
We spoke with Dale Keeling, PAAL Products Technical Sales Manager, Kadant PAAL Limited for greater insight, “We have an illustrious history, with Kadant PAAL GmbH who date back to 1854 with a printing house that designed balers for paper waste. Our long history gives us credibility and expertise across the design and manufacturing of purpose-built balers. The entire recycling equipment range is world-class and is precision-engineered for reliability and longevity.
Kadant PAAL Limited UK manufactures smaller, vertical balers, and compactors supplying to household name retail stores throughout the UK. We also provide major retailers such as Aldi and Ikea the full recycling solution for their Distribution Centres combining the PAAL and Dicom product range, The German manufacturing facility of Kadant PAAL supplies the larger industrial balers, which we supply for these solutions to our UK and Irish customers.”
Kadant PAAL Limited provides a wide range of recycling equipment, suitable for all industries such as agricultural, light metal, MSW, mixed paper, OCC, multi-material, RDF/SRF, Pet and plastic, of which some examples are in the following:
The KONTI model has been the iconic model of the PAAL range for more than forty years and offers various tying configurations with the choice of steel or plastic wire, also with multiple variations to the base model to process the required material and achieve optimal throughput. To meet the growing needs of plastic recycling, the Konti J can now bale plastics in a way that you have never seen before. Looking to the future and facilitating your operation the Konti is equipped with the capability of working in conjunction with MRF bunker management systems, finally the BALEiD labelling system has been developed to make automated traceability a reality.
The PACOMAT model has many options enabling it to meet high throughput capacity requirements expected by our customers, along with the option of vertical and horizontal tying. With easy operation and maintenance in mind this makes the Pacomat ideal for logistics/distribution centres or any similar applications requiring impressive performance within a budget.
The DOKON baler has been designed for specific applications like solid/refuse derived fuel recovery, agriculture fodder, industrial materials etc. Dokon balers will adapt to the most demanding of operations, particularly where there are expectations of high material throughput and maximum bale density. This baler is equipped with the patented tying system using polypropylene twine making it cost-effective and perfectly compatible with the process of wrapping and bale burning. It also has the option of a steel wire tie to become a versatile baler capable of baling multi materials.
For more details on the above, along with our HTR twin ram, PAC semi-automatic and S1W metal baler, please visit the Kadant PAAL website.
The DICOM vertical baler range is perfectly designed for daily baling operations, such as cardboard, plastic packaging, textiles, etc. With a small footprint this baler is ideal for a smaller space and everyday use.
“We will be showcasing our leading recycling equipment range once again at the Resource & Waste Management Expo (RWM) 2024 from the 11th-12th September at the NEC in Birmingham. Presenting an informative and comprehensive stand at the expo, we look forward to meeting new and existing customers and networking across the wider waste management sector. Discussing varying waste management needs and demonstrating our PAAL and Dicom range of products.”
“Personally, with thirty years at Kadant PAAL and covering the experience spectrum from Manufacturing to Technician to Project Management and now Sales, I will offer you best advice for providing effective, cost-efficient solutions. Come and meet us to discuss all your waste management needs!” concludes Dale.
For more information, please see the websites below:
T 01773 520565
www.kadantpaal.com
www.dicompaal.co.uk
