Matpro Machinery facilitates all weather composting for FRM

Matpro Machinery recently provided a new Backers Star Screen machine for Forth Resource Man-agement (FRM), to facilitate the separation of compost in all weather conditions.

FRM have sites all across Scotland and primarily deal with the transformation of locally collected garden waste into quality compost which is then sold back to gardeners, landscapers and farmers.

Operating since 2002, the company has grown considerably, from producing 1000 tonnes in year one, to over 70,000 tonnes that it currently produces across the whole of South East Scotland.

The new mobile Backers Star Screen 3MTAL machine has had a considerable impact on daily oper-ations, enabling FRM to process much higher volumes across its various composting sites, regard-less of the material conditions.

The new machine - a Backers 3MTAL is a three fraction Star Screen, which separates organic mate-rial in sizes ranging from -14mm, 14-40mm to 40mm+.

Some of its features include an extra long Coarse Deck which ensures optimal separation of materi-als during extreme weather, an automatic cleaning mechanism in the Fine Deck and an onboard Windsifter which helps to remove any contaminants.

Alex Dunbar, Operations Director at Forth Resource Management said: "We are seeing more and more extremes in our weather which means that the condition of our compost is more variable during screening operations, making it a much more challenging process.

We have had a lot of past experience with Star Screens, but we wanted a machine which could guarantee the processing of material throughout our different sites in all weather conditions.

Our new fully equipped Backers 3MTAL has allowed us to process material with a higher moisture content, as well as dealing with drier material, without compromising productivity and efficiency.

Obviously this is having such a positive impact on our operations, allowing us to screen more mate-rial in less time whilst giving a very consistent and uniform product.

Matpro Machinery were very methodical in their response to our requirements and we are delighted with the sales and after sales service we have received from them, to date."

Ben McQuaid, Director at Matpro Machinery also commented: "FRM had very specific requirements; to provide a machine which would enable them to operate in challenging weather conditions across Scotland, whilst still being able to process large tonnages on a daily basis.

We throughly enjoyed working on this challenging project and we are confident that we have provid-ed the best solution to this challenge."