UK waste recycling equipment supplier Warwick Ward recently signed a landmark deal that sees its Terex Ecotec and Ecohog products supporting a new biomass production process for Stobart Biomass Products Ltd, the UK’s number one supplier of biomass fuel, with long-term contracts in place to supply 2 million tonnes of fuel to Energy Recovery Facilities (ERF), generating renewable energy equivalent to the annual domestic electricity needs of 2 percent of the UK's population.
The company wanted to produce a high-quality biomass wood chip with target specs, such as minimum fines and oversize. Warwick Ward, one of Europe`s largest suppliers of used wheel loaders and all types of earthmoving, construction and recycling equipment, demonstrated how Terex Ecotec’s TDS 820 Slow Speed Shredder, TDS V20 Medium Speed Shredder, and Ecohog’s THM ECS-2000 Metal Separator worked together, achieving Stobart’s required specifications and producing a high consistent through-put, with a more uniformed product achieved so that the biomass burners could get maximum efficiency out of their woodchip.
With such a tight specification to meet, Stobart were attracted to the TDS V20’s unique ability to produce a high-quality biomass product with minimal fines and oversize, without compromising on throughput. Its intelligent contaminant protection air-bag system also provides the confidence that no major damage will be caused should a foreign object slip through the net. Coupling up with the versatile and highly efficient TDS 820 pre-shredder gives their operators familiarity, using the same simple, easy to navigate control system on both machines, said Mark McGlinn, Territory Sales Manager, Terex Ecotec.
These features, together with health and safety benefits gained from the ease of maintenance and serviceability across all three machines, resulted in Warwick Ward’s solution taking Stobart forward in their biomass production.
Warwick Ward worked closely with us to create mutually beneficial equipment and service level package that meets our specific needs. This included guaranteed through-put, a dedicated engineer, a high level of internal training and on-site consignment stock. Producing high-quality fuel that meets our customers’ specification is of the utmost importance to us, so we needed a solution that could achieve this whilst reducing running costs across the whole process. We’re delighted to identify significant savings using the Terex Ecotec and Ecohog set up, compared to our previous outgoings in wear parts and machine running costs per tonne, said Aaron Whitrow, National Site Manager, Stobart Biomass Products.
The mobile line has been set up across two sites, Port Clarence site (Middlesbrough) and Widnes site (Liverpool).
Following the machine trials – attended by representatives from Warwick Ward, Terex Ecotec and Ecohog, we took members of the Stobart’s Group to Northern Ireland for a factory tour of Ecohog and Terex Ecotec, which also included a tour of Terex’s multi-million-pound parts factory. Having seen the machines in operation on their site and then visiting the manufacturers, Stobart’s were extremely impressed with these facilities, and we completed the deal in June 2019, consisting of all six machines and a three-year service contract plan across all machines. The day we got the signature on the order form was a fantastic milestone for Warwick Ward. We knew the machines were capable of achieving the targets required after already having both Terex Ecotec and Ecohog products in other blue-chip companies. I believe this shows confidence, not only within Warwick Ward but also the manufacturers, to prove our concept worked and would work well going forward in the biomass industry. It’s been a pleasure to build such a great relationship with Stobart’s, said James Tunnicliffe, Recycling Sales Manager, Warwick Ward.
