Green waste success with the upgraded HAAS TYRON

The German designed and manufactured HAAS TYRON has long been considered the most versatile and reliable waste shredder on the market. Following the success of the 1^st generation machine, the engineering department at HAAS has given the TYRON an upgrade...

The TYRON boasts impressive performance across a range of input materials, including green waste. There are many success stories where the TYRON has increased the processing capabilities of our customers, whilst reducing their running costs and downtime.

The HAAS TYRON is a powerful, twin-shaft, slow-speed shredder renowned in the waste and material processing industries for its low running costs and ease of maintenance. It offers a range of tooling configurations, shredding programs, and options to customise the machine to specific materials and operational requirements.

The twin shafts are independently driven, which greatly decreases the occurrence of material wrapping around the shafts and enables the shafts to self-clean. This unique HAAS twin shaft system reduces wear and downtime in comparison to pre-shredders with synchronised shafts.

The Tyron comes with three default shredding programs tailored to wood, organic waste, and general waste. There is a fourth bespoke program that can be tailored to suit an operator’s specific material.

The HAAS TYRON comes in three sizes: 1500, 2000 and 2500 with the number denoting the length of the shredding shafts (1500 = 1.5m shafts). The power and throughput capabilities increase as the size of machine increases. You can expect to see throughputs of up to 35tph with the 1500, 60tph with the 2000 and 85tph with the 2500 when working on a typical organic waste material.

Angus Council was one of the first customers to operate a new generation TYRON 2000XL as a dedicated green waste shredder. Angus Council process 30,000 tonnes of green waste each year at their green waste recycling facility in Forfar.

Over 50% of their green waste intake is from kerbside collections, meaning most of the waste being processed is grass cuttings, which can be difficult to shred once it begins to decompose. They are also faced with root balls, which are notoriously difficult to shred. Therefore, Angus Council stipulated that the new shredder must have twin shredding shafts, to combat these challenging materials.

One of Angus Council’s main objectives was to reduce the amount of time spent clearing blockages, which was an issue with their previous synchronised shaft shredder. The TYRON benefits from two independently driven shafts, which have an integrated cycle and prevents blockages.

The recently upgraded TYRON also sees the introduction of foldable side panels, which allows for direct ground access to the shredding chamber. Side access mitigates the risk of someone having to enter the shredding chamber for maintenance and hard facing. HAAS have also improved access to the hydraulic and engine compartment of the machine, making it easier and safer to conduct maintenance and servicing.

Aiden Devlin is the Site Green Waste Controller at Angus Council’s Forfar green waste recycling facility. Aiden explained that the new HAAS TYRON 2000XL 2.0 was performing excellently:

 “Comparing tonnage throughput with our previous shredder, the HAAS is shredding almost three times the amount of green waste in the same time frame, whilst producing a product of equal size and quality”.

When asked about his favourite feature, he explained it was, “the option to change each shaft’s speed and direction independently from one another, dependent on the material you are processing”. The various settings mean the shredder is working at its optimum. With one touch of a button, the shredder configuration can be changed to cater to the variety of green waste forms seen by the Council.

Following the success of the new machine, Angus Council hired their HAAS TYRON to a neighbouring council to process their own green waste. This work was previously carried out by an external third party who used a high-speed shredder.

The neighbouring council were so impressed with the performance of the HAAS TYRON that an agreement has been made to hire the machine from Angus Council, every 4-6 weeks, to process their own waste. This arrangement was made possible by the higher throughput of the TYRON seen at Angus Council, allowing the machine to be available for the neighbouring council. This saves the council money and increases their operational efficiencies.

Biowise is another customer who have one of the new generation TYRONs shredding their green waste. After winning additional green waste processing contracts, Biowise needed to increase their shredding throughputs as they now process around 75,000 tonnes of green waste at their Crewe site each year.

We spoke with Bob Wilkes, Operational and Development Director at Biowise to discuss their new shredder. When asked why the TYRON was selected over other options, he said: “Reliability and throughput tonnages were two key factors for us. The anti-blocking feature and dealer support also convinced us to go with the HAAS”.

With the introduction of the new generation TYRON 2000 into their facility, they have seen throughputs averaging at 60tph, a 20-30% increase compared to their previous shredder.

We asked Bob how the TYRON had improved their operation. “We have been very impressed with the TYRON. We have seen improved throughput of material via the Reception Hall. A better shred of larger items of feedstock, which allows for better composting. As well as a better split of the more valuable compost fraction at the end of the process, as a result of a more consistent shred.”

As with all HAAS machinery, the TYRON comes equipped with a telematics system. This system is an online platform where users can see various data sets from the machinery in real time, allowing for remote diagnostics, as well as monitoring efficiencies and performance.

CRJ Services Ltd is the sole distributor of HAAS machinery within the UK and Ireland, offering both the hire and sale of the HAAS TYRON shredder, backed up by our market leading service support and spare parts offering.