WEIMA MASCHINENBAU GMBH | EKOPALIWA CHELM SP.Z.

Polish cement plant relies on Weima

1 Two Weima PowerLine 3000 single-shaft shredders each with 350 kW drive capacity

2 Material separation with the Westeria windsifter

3 Material feed and material discharge of the Weima secondary shredder

4 Neatly arranged: Two Weima Powerline 3000 secondary shredders

All Weima

In the eastern Polish town of Chelm, not far from the Ukrainian border, the waste recycling company EkoPaliwa recently successfully commissioned their new plant for the production of alternative fuels. Two Weima PowerLine 3000 single-shaft shredders with a powerful hydraulic drive used in secondary shredding absolutely take center stage here. The main buyer of the produced Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF) is Cemex, whose cement production is located directly in the adjacent building.

1 Self-sufficiency of fuel supply at all times

The founding of EkoPaliwa Chelm had to do with the striving for independence on the part of Cemex Polska. The globally active construction supply company wants to ensure that it is self-sufficient in terms of fuel supply at all times and also to ensure the environmental benefits from the use of Refuse Derived Fuel, since significantly less fossil coal is needed for the generation of energy. Thus CO₂ emissions will be sustainably reduced over the long term. In addition, significantly less waste is dumped on municipal unloading points, so the latest...