Neutron Equipment supply an Eggersmann Terra Select T60 to JM Recycling.

Established in 1963, the Jack Moody Group (JMG) are a large West Midlands based landscape construction, recycling, and civil engineering business.

JM Recycling is a division of JMG who are one of the UK’s largest composting operations, growing considerably since 1996 with 750,000 tonnes of green waste being processed and diverted from landfill every year by the company.

JM Recycling was also the first to be granted the BSI PAS 100 standard by the Composting Association (now AFOR), as well as being designated a ‘Best Practice Site’ by WRAP, a government waste reduction initiative.

Green waste is recycled to produce a range of 100% recycled peat free compost materials under the CARE Compost brand, which is endorsed by BALI and has organic standard certification from the Soil Association. The range of top dressing, soil conditioner, mulches, tree and shrub planting and growing media composts offer enhanced fertility and improved soil quality and is used nationwide by local authorities and both commercial and private landscapers and gardeners.

For the past 22 years JM Recycling have worked with local authorities processing and recycling organic waste to create high quality compost products. They now have six recycling sites in the UK which are predominantly green waste, wood, inert waste, and virgin products including a large logistics operation to transport all the material.

Faith in the product:
The new Eggersmann Terra Select T60 has been supplied to the JM Recycling Coventry operation by Neutron Equipment Ltd where it has replaced an older Eggersmann T8 and is now currently employed in processing compost to a precise specification.

Neutron Equipment Ltd who are based in Reading, Berkshire are the UK (south) & Ireland dealer for Eggersmann and manage a portfolio of other OEMs in the recycling, biomass, and forestry industries.

Rob Moody, Managing Director of JMG takes up the story, “We had been operating an Eggersmann T8 which has done more than 20,000 hours and has been an excellent workhouse and although we researched the market it made sense to go with the same brand as we have total confidence based on the 10 years of experience we have had from that machine.

“The new machine is processing around 100 tonnes/day and producing peat free compost. Currently, the market is very busy, and we cannot produce enough compost fast enough, and it is obvious that as we expand, we will have to invest in new machines. The new machine has been a great choice which has been backed up by Neutron who are helping us fine tune to optimise the maximum specification of the end product.

Jamie Francis – Neutron Regional Sale Manager, added, “The Eggersmann Terra Select T60 has been supplied with a full-service package which entails a monthly check. JM also complete daily checks and liaise directly with the Neutron service team to confirm maintenance specifications, correct oils & lubes etc to keep the equipment operating efficiently.

Additionally, general checks are done throughout the week which builds information into the monthly plan allowing us to be fully aware and, in a position, to deliver that monthly service.”

Rob, added, “We supply in bulk to reprocessors who in turn supply all the big garden centres in the market which has seen pretty much a constant demand for the last 10-15 years; this is also now increasing slowly due to the maturity of the industry. People are generally becoming more confident with the knowledge it has come from a waste product which has seen a lot of research and work go into that final product.

“The big question is how the UK is managing its peat free or reduced peat product which is the big issue and a process like ours can feed into that and offer a peat free product.

“As a group we process 160 – 200k tonnes/yr. of this material across our sites which gives you some idea of the scale and the efforts that JMG are making in helping push everything in the right direction.”

Above the basic industry specification:
Rob continued, “We look at our sites as treatment facilities and operate almost like a factory, it starts at the beginning, and we go through a process and a quality product which is above the basic industry specification comes out at the end. To maintain this, we will put OEM’S like Eggersmann under pressure to ensure the machine works faultlessly to produce the desired quality of the end-product.”

“The Neutron team have assisted us faultlessly in the short time we have had the machine and we are very pleased with the support and service we receive.”

Eggersmann Terra Select T60:
High throughput performance and many innovative design solutions are the striking features of the Terra Select T 60, while its high-performance motor runs fuel and energy-efficiently. The engine has sufficient power reserves to operate additional optional equipment such as star screening decks or windsifters. The pivoting infeed unit makes the daily manoeuvring of the machine easy for the personnel.

The Terra Select T 60 trommel screening machine is equipped with a powerful industrial diesel motor (75 kW power).  The trommel, with a length of 5,500 mm and a diameter of 2,200 mm, provides impressive screening performance of up to 200m³/h. The positive fitting drive for the infeed conveyor belt stops and starts automatically depending on the amount of material in the drum, preventing an overloaded screening drum. Special features are an optional extra-long fine grain belt 8,060mm, a 33m² screening area, and a powerful 75 kW diesel motor.