Solid Waste Case Studies

Taskmaster^® Chip Destruction System Solves Black Market Chips Problem - A major "chip" manufacturer had a security problem. Truck loads of valuable chips were exposed to pilferage. Each drum of chips was worth more than it's weight in gold making it a tempting target. As a result, substandard chips were showing up on the black market. A solution was needed urgently. That's when the company turned to Franklin Miller Inc for a solution. Read More about Taskmaster Chip Destruction.

Research Institute Cuts Waste Problem - The Southern Research Institute in Birmingham, Alabama conducts basic research for medical, environmental and engineering companies. The institute was faced with major waste management and disposal problems. The laboratories in the facility produces copious amounts of waste, much of it made of plastic and medical packaging materials. To be incorporated into landfills, the waste needed to be reduced to an unrecognizable state. Read More about this case study here.

Taskmaster^® TM8500 - Shreds Plastic With Ease - A major chemical company had a problem with safe disposal of contaminated plastic trays. The plastic trays needed to be cleaned and separated from the contaminated material, then shredded to a size that could be easily disposed of. The plastic trays were washed and separated from the hazardous material, the cleaned plastic is shredded to the required size in the Taskmaster TM8500 Shredder. Read More about the Taskmaster TM8500 case study.

Taskmaster^® Shredder Aids Remediation - Shredder reduces large bulk - The powerful Taskmaster Shredder is designed to shred solid waste in a broad range of applications with minimal maintenance. The TM2300 line of Taskmaster Shredders successfully reduces bulk up to 80%. Read More about the Taskmaster shredding application.

Taskmaster's^® Play A Central Role in Biofuel Production - On the grounds of an agricultural farm focused on pig breeding, a combination of biodegradable waste is used to produce biogas. The main component is 100 m3/day of liquid pig manure which is combined with maize silage and slaughterhouse waste.  Two Taskmaster grinders, a horizontal twin-shaft model with a feeding hopper and a second vertical grinder further down the line were installed to process the raw materials.   Read More about this case study here.

Taskmaster^® Multi-Stage Shredding of Rejects-

A pharmaceutical manufacturer was faced with major waste management concerns.  They urgently needed a powerful shredding system capable of quickly and efficiently reducing bulky pharmaceutical rejects, packaging and literature to an unrecognizable condition.