Ing. Wolfgang Essig T. Cel & Whatsapp: Venezuela +58 (414) 907 4825 // Buzón de voz USA +1 (281) 898 6209 E-mail: wolf.essig@yahoo.com
First industrial plant in its type in Latin America specifically designed with ultimate technologies to recycle mercury containing lamps like fluorescent tubes, CFL, etc. done by the Uruguayan company
ABORGAMA Using a lamp recycling equipment model MP4000 manufactured by
BALCAN ENGINEERING Ltd. from the United Kingdom.
Written by: Ing. Wolfgang Essig T. Rep. for Latin America and the Caribbean basin for BALCAN ENGINEERING Ltd. wolf.essig@yahoo.com Ver. “A” Date: June 2022
Chalet’s “La Boyera”, Qta.: 11-2. Urb. La Boyera, Caracas, Venezuela. PO Box: 68799, Caracas 1062-A, Venezuela E-mail: wolf.essig@yahoo.com
Ing. Wolfgang Essig T. Cel & Whatsapp: Venezuela +58 (414) 907 4825 // Buzón de voz USA +1 (281) 898 6209 E-mail: wolf.essig@yahoo.com
A wrong selection of lamp processing or lamp recycling equipment; will not only affect the environment and the people….. …but it will also affect the company that made the wrong decision
Chalet’s “La Boyera”, Qta.: 11-2. Urb. La Boyera, Caracas, Venezuela. PO Box: 68799, Caracas 1062-A, Venezuela E-mail: wolf.essig@yahoo.com
Ing. Wolfgang Essig T. Cel & Whatsapp: Venezuela +58 (414) 907 4825 // Buzón de voz USA +1 (281) 898 6209 E-mail: wolf.essig@yahoo.com
Historical Background of the Project. After many years of hard work, long studies and engineering; the Uruguayan company ABORGAMA started the selection and purchasing process to buy a mercury containing lamp recycling plant model MP4000 manufactured by BALCAN ENGINEERING Ltd (United Kingdom) with the final purpose to recycle in a proper manner Fluorescent Tubes, CFL and similar bulbs or lamps. The equipment model MP4000 is from now on part of the first plant in all Latin America and in the Caribbean basin designed specifically with last generation equipments with the final purpose to recycle lamps and tubes and some elements which use Mercury. The unit arrived to Uruguay in January of 2020 just at the beginning of the COVID 19. The COVID delayed the installation and commissioning of the equipment/machinery. Finally on May 2022 it was possible to coordinate the installation and operation/test of the MP4000 and now ABORGAMA is handling the final legal steps to get the operation permits.
Who is ABORGAMA? As you can learn from the web page ( www.aborgama.com ) it is a specialized company for handling and processing of all types of Municipal, Hospital and Industrial waste. It operates Landfills and manages “BioGas to Energy” plants. It is a company with plenty of experience in this area. The company shows a big respect for the environment and its futuristic view is part of the reason why they decided to invest in the first plant in all Latin America designed specifically to recycle for Mercury containing lamps. It is to mention, that the ABORGAMA plant will process other elements with mercury like thermometers, mercury switch, etc.
Video from the MP4000 unit installed in the AORGAMA’s recycling plant in Uruguay. With the purpose the reader can see the equipment MP4000 configuration installed in the ABORGAMA site and learn how it works; we suggest to make “click” on one of the here mentioned links: ENGLISH video: ABORGAMA DUCELIT Lamp recycling plant in Uruguay with BALCAN MP4000 Equipment - YouTube
SPANISH Video: Planta BALCAN de Reciclaje de Lámparas de ABORGAMA DUCELIT en Uruguay. Balcan Lamp recycling. - YouTube
Chalet’s “La Boyera”, Qta.: 11-2. Urb. La Boyera, Caracas, Venezuela. PO Box: 68799, Caracas 1062-A, Venezuela E-mail: wolf.essig@yahoo.com
Ing. Wolfgang Essig T. Cel & Whatsapp: Venezuela +58 (414) 907 4825 // Buzón de voz USA +1 (281) 898 6209 E-mail: wolf.essig@yahoo.com
Actual status of the Lamp Recycling Plant in Uruguay (Aborgama) Once all the modules were connected the training process and calibration of the MP4000 equipment designed by Balcan started. Al this was done with the Balcan staff on site. To get from Uruguayan Government the final permits who allow operating the lamp recycling plant, the company Aborgama is working on all the legal paperwork. Once the permits are granted the company will have to official opening to start cleaning Uruguay.
Short description of the MP4000 Unit The MP4000 Balcan patented recycling unit use two (2) material entrances. One of them is the “Multipurpose” one and the other one is the crusher specifically designed to crush fluorescent tubes. The processed debris goes through some separation sections and by the end it reaches de exit modules were you harvest the metals, clean glass and white powder with has the mercury on it plus the rare earth which is part of the powder too.
The Multipurpose loader In the mentioned videos you can see this section. It can receive the entire or crushed lamps. They can be feed into a Drum or in bulk using the square container. The Feedstock will go into the first processing unit by flipping the main box as you see on the picture.
Entire and crushed lamps loaded in a Drum
Entire lamps loaded as bulk without a Drum
Multipurpose Unit
Chalet’s “La Boyera”, Qta.: 11-2. Urb. La Boyera, Caracas, Venezuela. PO Box: 68799, Caracas 1062-A, Venezuela E-mail: wolf.essig@yahoo.com
Ing. Wolfgang Essig T. Cel & Whatsapp: Venezuela +58 (414) 907 4825 // Buzón de voz USA +1 (281) 898 6209 E-mail: wolf.essig@yahoo.com
Fluorescent tubes crusher section. This is a unit designed specifically to crush fluorescent tubes up to 8’. As can be seen on the video; the operator can introduce more than 8 tubes in one movement; this depends on the size of the hand of the operator. This unit has the biggest productivity potential compared to other equipment with similar use. By detailed check of the equipment you can note the highest possible ergonomic level in benefit of the worker. It shows a very important quality; the crushing process start having the system sealed, working in negative pressure compared to the surrounding environment plus other benefits.
The operator takes from the Drum or storage box as much tubes as his Hand size allows
SECURITY
ERGONOMICS
The worker introduces the tubes into the crusher. Once he retires the hand a port close starting the crushing process.
Chalet’s “La Boyera”, Qta.: 11-2. Urb. La Boyera, Caracas, Venezuela. PO Box: 68799, Caracas 1062-A, Venezuela E-mail: wolf.essig@yahoo.com
Ing. Wolfgang Essig T. Cel & Whatsapp: Venezuela +58 (414) 907 4825 // Buzón de voz USA +1 (281) 898 6209 E-mail: wolf.essig@yahoo.com
Material exit modules You can find five exits for the recovered material. Three of them are the most important once because from those you will get clean glass, metals and the White Powder
Exit for the recovered material.
White Powder Blanco
Glass and Metal
Chalet’s “La Boyera”, Qta.: 11-2. Urb. La Boyera, Caracas, Venezuela. PO Box: 68799, Caracas 1062-A, Venezuela E-mail: wolf.essig@yahoo.com
Ing. Wolfgang Essig T. Cel & Whatsapp: Venezuela +58 (414) 907 4825 // Buzón de voz USA +1 (281) 898 6209 E-mail: wolf.essig@yahoo.com
SUMMARIZING……. From THIS…..
Using the MP4000 equipment designed by BALCAN
We recover THIS………. Phosphorous white powder which contains the mercury (Recovered from the dust filters). In case you need more information; pleas request them from Mr. Ing. WOLFGANG ESSIG (Latin American Representative) Email: wolf.essig@yahoo.com Whatsapp +58 414 9074825 Respectfully Ing Wolfgang Essig
Chalet’s “La Boyera”, Qta.: 11-2. Urb. La Boyera, Caracas, Venezuela. PO Box: 68799, Caracas 1062-A, Venezuela E-mail: wolf.essig@yahoo.com