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Laminex optimizes wood waste processing with WEIMA shredder

Laminex was founded more than 90 years ago in a small tin shed near Melbourne (Australia). Initially, the company only produced decorative laminates. Since then, the product range has expanded considerably to include laminated products for interior design, such as doors, drawers, covers, wall panels and shelving.

The main production site in Ballarat, Victoria, generates tons of production waste and scrap in the form of treated and untreated chipboard and MDF. The disposal of this waste is extremely time-consuming and costly. A better solution was therefore sought, as Laminex is committed to making production more sustainable.

Australian partner for Australian customers

Laminex is particularly proud of its Australian roots and was therefore keen to partner with a local dealer when looking for a shredder. Laminex finally found the right partner in Jonathan Tan from CEMAC Technologies, the long-standing Australian dealer for WEIMA machinery. After a demonstration of the shredders in the showroom in Melbourne, production manager Stuart Manford and his team were convinced: a WEIMA WLK 2000 single-shaft shredder would solve the disposal problem in Ballarat. The deciding factors were the quality of the machine, its user-friendliness and the powerful drive.
Australian partner for Australian customers

WEIMA WLK 2000: Continuously in operation

The wood waste is collected by the employees in two bins and then fed into the shredder via the large hopper (2,000 x 1,890 mm). The free-cutting design of the hopper is particularly suitable for handling large, bulky boards and effectively prevents disruptive material bridging. This ensures continuous operation of the shredder.

WEIMA WLK 2000 single-shaft shredder at Laminex Australia

WEIMA WLK 2000 with conveyor belt

More information on this machine To the WLK 2000

Robust and high-throughput wood shredding
The WLK 2000 wood shredder is driven by an electromechanical drive with WEIMA WAP gearbox. This has been specially designed for shredding operation and is particularly easy to maintain and insensitive to foreign objects. The generous belt cut-out allows easy integration of conveyor technology, as is the case with Laminex: the wood chips are discharged cleanly and efficiently into a collection container via a conveyor belt.

The shredder was selected with a focus on the growing production volume. A throughput of up to six tons of wood waste per hour is possible with the WLK 2000 – significantly more than what Laminex currently requires.

View of the WEIMA rotor while shredding wood planks

WEIMA WLK 2000 shreds wood waste

In future, the wood chips will be used by a local brick manufacturer to fire the kiln. This way, the leftover wood can be used sustainably instead of ending up in a landfill site.

CEMAC and WEIMA – a long-standing partnership
Stuart Manford is fully satisfied with the service provided by CEMAC and WEIMA: "We recently had a visit from a WEIMA technician from Germany. He inspected the installation and took a lot of time to answer our questions."

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About WEIMA

More than 40,000 machines sold worldwide! WEIMA has been manufacturing robust shredders and briquetting presses for the disposal and processing of all types of waste for more than four decades. Our machines include single-shaft shredders, four-shaft shredders, cutting mills, briquette presses, packaging and draining presses. The popular blood orange machines are used in the wood, plastics, paper, metal and waste-to-energy industries.  

Made in Germany. Built for the world. 

Shredders, briquette and draining presses from WEIMA are exclusively made in Germany and come from production plants in Saxony-Anhalt and Baden-Wuerttemberg. Every year, more than 300 employees work on around 1,200 customer solutions from around the globe. We have long-standing sales and service locations in the USA, Italy, India and China. More than 80 representatives supplement this global presence. 

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