The HAAS TYRON is the shredder of choice for Biffa Tipton

The HAAS TYRON is the shredder of choice for Biffa Tipton

Biffa has over 100 years of experience in handling waste and recycling materials and has built up a reputation for excellence in the waste management sector. As such Biffa operates a network of depots throughout the UK, enabling over 95% of UK postcodes to be serviced.

Alongside its material recycling facilities, Biffa also operates a number of ‘transfer stations’ which act as temporary storage for municipal solid waste on its journey to larger waste processing facilities.

To reduce onward transport costs and increase efficiencies, Biffa shred down their waste at the transfer stations to a sub 300mm product. This increases the ease of transport, but also prepares the waste product for further processing at the material recycling facility.

At its Tipton transfer station in Birmingham, Biffa receives and shreds over 1,500 tonnes of MSW (Municipal Solid Waste) per week. They required a versatile slow-speed shredder capable of dealing with the variety of waste materials received by the transfer station. The shredder needed to be able to shred at a minimum of 30tph consistently, for 50 hours a week, in order to meet their tonnage requirements. Therefore, the uptime of the machine and the backup support, provided by CRJ Services, was and is of paramount importance to ensure their targets are met.

Having dealt with CRJ Services for over 20 years, Brian Green – Operations Support Manager at Biffa Tipton - approached CRJ Services for a hire solution. The HAAS TYRON was proposed by CRJ Services as the perfect machine for the job requirements. The TYRON is a mobile, twin-shaft, slow-speed shredder renowned within the waste management sector for its powerful performance, versatility, reliability, and ease of maintenance.

We have dealt with CRJ Services for over 20 years. The machines hired from CRJ Services have been dependant on market trends over the years, and they have always supplied us with the right equipment to meet our requirements.

Brian Green – Operations Support Manager at Biffa Tipton

The backup support offered by CRJ Services was also a key factor in the decision to hire the HAAS TYRON. CRJ Services operates an industry-leading backup service, delivered by their team of mobile engineers who are strategically placed around the UK

and Ireland. This ensures CRJ Services can react fast to customers’ needs in the event of a breakdown or service requirement.

CRJ Services also runs the ‘swing program’ which is a unique service offered by CRJ Services. This program sees long term shredder hire units replaced with an identical machine at intervals throughout the hire. This enables the first machine to be taken away to be serviced and hard-faced off site. As a result, operators experience limited disruption and downtime, whilst ensuring the shredder is performing at its optimum for the duration of the hire.

The TYRON was delivered to site and handover training was provided to the Biffa team on both the safe operation and daily maintenance checks of the shredder. Following a successful period of hire, CRJ Services visited the Tipton site to capture some footage of the shredder in action, and to ensure Brian and his team were happy with its performance.

“We have dealt with CRJ Services for over 20 years. The machines hired from CRJ Services have been dependant on market trends over the years, and they have always supplied us with the right equipment to meet our requirements.” says Brian Green – Operations Support Manager at Biffa Tipton.

When asked about the performance of the HAAS TYRON and service received from CRJ Services, Brian stated that, “It was the reliability of the shredder that stood out, as well as the communication and back-up service delivered by CRJ Services which have been excellent.”