See how General Kinematics’ De-Stoner™ can help process demanding volumes of material for your operation.

The De-Stoner® Air Classifier’s two-mass natural frequency design liberates materials and spreads them across the unit effectively while fluidization preps the material bed for the air knife by creating turbulence to stratify the materials and liberate the lights trapped beneath the heavies. Once the material hits the air knife, the final separation is provided, partially by density and partially with aerodynamics, for optimal results.

Available in two fraction to five fraction separation models, the De-Stoner® is adaptable to a wide variety of materials, processes large volumes and is virtually jam-resistant. Learn more about how it works in the latest animation from GK here. 

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General Kinematics’ Finger-Screen™ 2.0 has been redesigned with more energy, a faster travel rate and a higher lift for challenging materials like garbage bags and more.

The Finger-Screen™ 2.0 Primary Screen takes screening to the next level. Featuring an enhanced vibratory action that spreads material across the deck for maximum utilization of the screen area, tapered finger designs along with unique cam-out surfaces and staggered positions help to prevent material bypass. Separation performance is further improved as material freely cascades down the deck with less plugging, trapping or pegging. This creates a continuous, dynamic material flow to optimize separation and classification.

The Finger-Screen™ 2.0 boasts more energy, a faster travel rate and a higher lift for challenging materials, including garbage bags, yard waste and other lightweight, flexible materials. The longer displacement allows the unit to push through the elastic range of these materials effectively.

Rotary trommels aerate materials, which cause blinding and pass long pokers with a high level of daily cleaning and maintenance requirements. The Finger-Screen™ 2.0 separates materials based on 3D sizing with minimal blinding and minimal housekeeping. When used as the primary screen, Finger-Screen™ 2.0 provides the initial size separation, which scalps off any potentially destructive contaminants, allowing the rest of the downstream equipment to operate effectively.

Watch the video to see a detailed example of how it works:

Analysts cite fundamental demand issues as copper closes June down percent from start of month.

The value of copper on global trading exchanges headed steeply downward in June. Analysts are citing stifled economic activity in China combined with fears of a recession in developed nations as raising concerns on the demand side for the red metal.

Copper closed on the United States-based Comex exchange at $3.64 per pound June 30, while on the London Metal Exchange (LME) it ended that day with a cash bid price of $8,240 per metric ton, or $3.74 per pound.

The red metal started the month at $9,450 on the LME ($4.29 per pound). The month of June, therefore, saw a 12.8 percent drop in the value of copper as measured by that exchange.

A news item posted by Reuters June 30 indicates the value of copper on the LME fell by more than 19 percent in the second quarter of this year.

That same article points to several factors contributing to a lack of confidence in the metal’s future, including the prolonged COVID-19-related lockdown in Shanghai and other parts of China and the onset of potential recessions in other parts of the world, caused in part by rampant inflation.

While China’s commodity woes might be felt most keenly on the Shanghai Futures Exchange (SHFE), the nation’s partial hibernation helped cause Japan’s factory output in May to post the biggest monthly drop in two years, Reuters says.

Another factor has been the increasingly strong U.S. dollar, which the news service says “makes dollar-denominated metals less attractive for buyers holding other currencies.”

The lower price has not seemed to stall copper recycling investments in the United States, with German companies Aurubis and Wieland both moving forward with significant recycling capacity investments.

On the processing and trading side, in its quarter ending May 31, Portland-based Schnitzer Steel Industries Inc. says,“Nonferrous sales volumes were up 29 percent year over year, benefiting from strong global demand and an easing of supply chain and logistics disruptions.”

Jeanette McMurtry has worked for SaaS companies and Fortune 500 brands such as Sony, Xerox, American Express and more.

Denver-based Starlight Software Solutions, a software solutions firm serving the waste management and recycling industry, has appointed Jeanette McMurtry as chief marketing officer.   

McMurtry joins Starlight Software Solutions as the company says it poises for rapid growth owing to the completion of its cloud-based system designed to serve the hauling and recycling sectors. This includes roll-off dumpsters to the commercial, residential, portable toilet and municipal reporting.  

Starlight says it offers a robust suite of software as a service (SaaS) solutions that accelerate efficiency across dispatch, inventory, route management, customer and contractor change orders, driver productivity and more.  

“Jeanette brings a new level of marketing expertise to Starlight, helping us strengthen our brand as well as our lead generation and sales processes,” says Bill Bradley, CEO and founder of Starlight Software. “Her ability to create and drive winning marketing strategies and campaigns has quickly boosted our pipeline and set us up to exceed our growth goals for 2022 and 2023.”  

McMurtry’s background includes marketing strategy, campaigns and execution. She has worked for SaaS companies, Fortune 500 brands such as Sony, Xerox, American Express and more. Starlight says she has helped companies double sales revenue in short order and increase lead generation and account value. 

The company says her success is rooted in her approach to psychology-based marketing, which is the focus of her prior public speaking career, 15-year monthly marketing column and three international books published for Wiley and McGraw-Hill. She is the author of Marketing for Dummies fifth edition, released in 2017, and the sixth edition, which will release in the fall.  

“One of the most fulfilling aspects of my career is working with highly talented, innovative teams to bring new and needed products to market," McMurtry says. “I am honored to be part of Starlight Software Solutions and help accelerate growth for one of the most robust products in waste management that is a true game-changer for the entire industry."