Kiverco Mobile Picking Station Clearing Up Debris from Italy’s 2016 Earthquake

KIVERCO MOBILE PICKING STATION CLEARING UP DEBRIS FROM ITALY’S 2016 EARTHQUAKE

One piece of Kiverco equipment has found itself in an extraordinary location - at the frontline of Italy’s earthquake zone, recycling the post-earthquake debris.

Almost 300 people were killed in August 2016 when a powerful earthquake, measuring 6.2 magnitude, struck the Umbria region in central Italy. A recent recovery project has begun which involves collecting, picking and recycling the debris created by the earthquake and turning it into valued EC-certified quality products. Kiverco’s mobile Picking Station, the PS122, is helping to recover the post-earthquake rubble.

PS122 MOBILE PICKING STATION FROM KIVERCO To sort and pick the debris, Umbria’s regional council purchased the mobile and semi-automatic recycling plant from Kiverco’s dealer in Italy. They required a system that was so versatile it could be used in every day picking and treatment of waste. The fact that it can be easily towed for internal transfers between picking and treatment sites was an added advantage as they have two sites, one at Misciano, and the other is a temporary site for debris at Castellucio.

The pre-treated waste is a mixture of construction waste and dry waste such as plastics and fabrics. The waste is continuously fed to the PS122 which firstly, directs the material through a blower, removing the lighter parts and then the heavier material travels up the conveyor belt into the air-conditioned sorting cabin. In the cabin, operators (usually between 1-6) manually select certain materials and drop them down into the specific bins below. The speed of the conveyor can be adjusted to suit. The remaining material passes through an over-band magnet which then separates the metals.

RECOVERED PRODUCTS PUT BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY In its infancy, this project has so far transported over 90,000 tonnes of public waste and earthquake debris away from affected sites and it has treated 60,000 tonnes. The treated products are then made available, at no cost, to the affected towns and villages for use in road building and civil engineering works. For example, recycled aggregate has already been used for the building of the “Provinciale 477” highway.

QUALITY MATERIAL IS KEY The PS122 mobile picking station was selected as a solution for this project, not just for its versatility and mobility, but also for the quality and accuracy of the material that it could recover. This is due to the fact that a CE-marking has to be assigned to the material recovered, which means it can be certified for use in civil engineering works and road building, where post-earthquake debris can be considered a valid resource.

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