Tyrone International provide big recycling results in a small footprint.
East Cramlington Recycled Aggregates [ECRA] is a successful haulage and recycling firm covering the North-East region of England.
ECRA collect, recycle, and supply aggregates to the construction industry. The recycling of material means that less raw material need be extracted from the ground. The company can offer a service that is tailored to suit the needs of each project, from large-scale demolition clearance to small-scale home improvements.
Processing mixed inert aggregate waste streams:
Currently ECRA operate a successful business processing mixed inert aggregate waste streams on a busy site of approximately 1 acre.
Over a period of time, they identified that they could recover more materials by washing and reduce the volume of material that was going to landfill.
Having looked at the market they initially approached Tyrone International in 2022 to discuss their current operation and what they would like to achieve.
Tyrone International:
Tyrone International [TI] offer game-changing Wash Plant Solutions today, designed to solve tomorrow’s challenges. Opening new worlds of opportunity for a more sustainable, efficient, and profitable future for their customers, partners and the wider construction, mining, waste & recycling industries.
Fintan McKeever – Director - TI, commented, “As a company we bring years of industry experience to supply innovative bespoke aggregate washing and water treatment plants which have a clear focus on customers’ needs, plant efficiency, ease of maintenance and after-sales support.
“From single modular products to complete turn-key installations, we have redefined the gold standard of Wash Plants with our extensive industry experience and commitment to innovation, including Wet Classification, Water & Sludge Treatment, Screening, Scrubbing & Attrition.”
Detailed study of the site:
After the initial contact and discussion TI conducted a detailed study of the site, and analysis of the proposed feed materials and produced a solution that minimised the impact on the current screening and crushing operations.
The new plant was designed to fit into the corner of their existing site and fully utilise an area of the site that could not be used for anything else.
ECRA stipulated that they wanted the capability to wash at 50tph so that they could meet current demand and have capacity for future growth.
A successful installation:
After a successful installation and commissioning the new wash plant is currently processing a variety of inert recyclable aggregates and producing clean fine sand, coarse sand, and 10mm, 20mm and 40mm aggregate.
In addition, a full water treatment plant has been incorporated with a filter press to recycle up to 95% of the water and produce a dry filter cake.
Tyrone T-Scrub 1100 wash plant:
Designed to wash and thoroughly clean the most difficult recycled aggregates this machine can process up to 70tph and produce three washed aggregates. The sand is pumped to the T-Sand 60 for further classification. It is double washed through hydro cyclones to remove all the -5mm trash and silt fraction and split into fine sand and coarse sand. With a robust design and incomparable access, cost of ownership is reduced, and plant utilisation is maximised.
At the ECRA operation the +5mm trash is floated out the back of the T-Scrub logwasher and the -5mm trash is removed on a vibrating screen prior to the water treatment plant.
The plant layout includes extensive walkways for operator maintenance and servicing.
Paul Waters - MD of ECRA, commented, “We are very proud of what we have achieved here with Tyrone International. We immediately started to see the benefits of the new wash plant as soon as it started.
This will allow us to recover a far greater percentage of materials from the waste, working towards wrap quality protocols for the various fractions of material which are produced from the wash plant, and subsequently reduce the proportion of material we send to landfill.”