Sorting and separating waste material is something Terex MP knows plenty about, and is an area in which their knowledge base is expanding.
With Terex Recycling Systems being launched in 2021 and more recently ZenRobotics – a Finnish AI-driven, robotics-focused company – being acquired in August 2022, there is a drive and focus to dive deeper into waste recycling.
Terex Recycling Systems (TRS) design and build modular plants for the sorting and separation of waste, with an emphasis on modular construction making the plants easy to customise and configure to suit the needs of each application.
Products include the TAS-150 Air Separator which has several different retrofittable options to optimise separation.
The TPS-120 Manual Picking Station continues the theme of modularity and can be configured to suit each project with the added benefit of flexibility to upgrade in the future as markets and requirements change.
Options include magnet module for ferrous metal recovery, air knife for removal of light fractions and operator enclosure for improved safety and comfort. These are more traditional methods of separating and sorting within the waste recycling industry. However, as the industry grows, operators strive for higher levels of efficiency and safer processing via automation.
TRS is working with the new Terex brand – ZenRobotics, to integrate cutting edge AI technology into its sorting solutions.
ZenRobotics aims to robotise operations and can do so in different ways. Its standalone solution offers customers a fully automated and independent waste sorting station. This turnkey solution is the fastest and easiest way to get all the benefits of AI-powered sorting at a low operation cost.
The fully automated sorting station, powered by ZenRobotics Heavy Picker, is independent of other operations, meaning it can run unmanned 24/7. It’s flexible and easy to operate, and quickly ready for use.
The retrofitted solution is one in which the ZenRobotics team can integrate waste sorting robots into existing facilities. These robots fit right into demanding surroundings, extending sorting capacity and improving employee safety.
Finally, the greenfield solution, is a fully robotised industrial-scale recycling facility that takes waste operations to a new era, increasing sorting capacity while skipping the rigid processes and inefficiencies of conventional facility set-ups.
ZenRobotics can design and build processes around AI-based robotic waste sorting technologies.
Safe sorting robots are the future of the waste recycling industry but they must work and integrate seamlessly to already existing processes. Terex MP is at the forefront of pushing forward into this industry and is focussed on increasing the standard and quality of existing plant and processes, while introducing new technology that increases efficiency and safety.
The sales team at TRS is now being trained up and will have knowledge about ZenRobotics equipment to be able to sell it and vice versa for the ZenRobotics sales team.
The joint team within Terex MP means that the support and product knowledge can be spread across existing and new customers for both brands, helping to expand Terex MP within the waste recycling industry.