Tricon | Arjes Impaktor 250: Redefining Power in a Compact Package

Written by: Mike Wheeler – Inside Waste Magazine for Issue #122

If you’re in the recycling, construction or waste disposal industry and need a reliable, hard-working shredder, then take a look at the ARJES Impaktor 250.

Designed for a variety of waste streams, the Impaktor 250 is a 14-tonne machine that can shred anything from C&D waste and organics, through to metal and concrete.

Cailean Woods is a sales manager at resource recovery/waste machine specialist and distributor of Impaktor products, Tricon. He said that the machine is proving to be popular due to an array of features.

“There’s not too many machines in that size that can shred scrap metal and cars and the like,” he said. “And being only 14-tonne, it’s very easy to move around small sites, which also means it’s a low transport cost to get at the site.”

He said it’s good for contractors because they can do most of their shredding on site instead of transporting the material offsite.

It comes with three different types of shafts depending on what material is being processed. There is one designed for green waste, another for concrete, while the third is for everything else.

Wood said that each shaft is easy to interchange as there are only four bolts that need to be removed to replace one of the shafts.

“You pull out the four bolts and kick off the back hopper wall plate,” he said. “Then you just lift the shafts out and put the new ones in. It takes about 15-20 minutes at most.”

As for throughput, Woods said that the shredder’s output is measured in tonnes per hour, but how many tonnes each hour depends on the product being processed.

Back-up service is always something that clients are interested in and Woods said that Tricon have that covered, too. Based out of Warnervale on the NSW Central Coast, Woods said there is plenty of parts in stock.

“One of the great things about this machine is that there is not a lot of moving parts to it, so we don’t have to stock thousands of spare parts,” he said. “It’s a simple, user-friendly machine.”

Woods said he sometimes sells a critical spare part with the machine because the it won’t take up much room on a shelf.

Also, most of the spare parts are cost-effective so if something did happen to the machine, having that spare part around means the contractor can carry on without having to worry about excessive costs of replacing the piece.

Finally, Woods points out that another of its features is the ease of access to the machine when it needs maintenance .

“What you find with a lot of these machines is there’s not much access for your service guys to get in and maintain the shredder,” he said. “With the 250 there’s loads of room and we’ve had great feedback from customers about how easy it is to maintain, and the room they’ve got to work in.”

For more information on the Arjes range contact Tricon Equipment on 1300 859 885 or contact us via our website.