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San-I-Pak
has the flexibility to customize a shredding system to meet the
specific needs of each customer. Systems are manufactured to meet
the facility's specific requirements for particle size with One-Stage
Shredding, Two-Stage Shredding, and/or Pulverizing. San-I-Pak
continuously strives to share its numerous years of manufacturing
experience by working directly with customers to design and manufacture
the simplest and most economical equipment suitable for attaining
specific infectious and general waste equipment needs within the
existing space of the individual operating facility.
San-I-Pak
shredding systems are low speed, high torque and are of counter
rotating blade design. One-Stage shredder yields an average particle
size of 1-3/16 inches and Two-Stage shredder yields an average
particle size of 5/8 to 7/8 inches.
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TO
SHRED OR NOT TO SHRED:
In recognition that most healthcare facilities search for the
most reliable and economical means of disposing of medical waste,
San-I-Pak
has invested over two decades researching the best shredder technology
to apply to materials that comprise of medial waste. In addition
to the quality of the shredders, it was very important to design
a system, which does not obligate the entire system to shredding.
In other words, we have seen several occasions where facilities,
which have a treatment/shredding system, have decided to discontinue
the practice of shredding. Reasons range from:
- Significant
maintenance
- Landfill's
desire for recognizable waste, visual proof of sterilization
- Odor
from shredding the hot treated material
- Shredded
dabre which is easily carried by any wind or draft
Because
any one of these issues may arise after operation has commenced,
the San-I-Pak design
allows any facility the flexibility to either shred or bypass
the shredder. Since the treated material is encapsulated in a
polypropylene liner, the shrunken waste can easily be identified
as treated.
NON-SHREDDABLES
PROTECTIONS AND REMOVAL:
In
order to minimize the possibility of damage to the shredder system
from unshreddable material San-I-Pak
has designed its systems to allow the operator to view the waste
before it is introduced into the shredding system, and removes
any material that will cause damage. Since San-I-Pak
designs and manufactures the electronics for shredding systems,
it is important to note how quickly the systems are able to respond
to non-shreddable objects, seven milliseconds, to reverse the
shredder when such material enters the system. Other systems average
a forty-seven-millisecond response time. This can easily equate
to significant damage and stress put on the teeth, motor, and
shredder casing at 1740 drive motor speed.
Since the
shredder will be a vital part of the system, we have engineered,
not only for electronic response, but also our patented hopper
access door design. Unlike other shredders on the market, when
a non-shreddable object enters the shredder, there is an internal
mechanism, which hydraulically moves the waste out of the way
and allows for easy access through a door on the side. We have
eliminated the need for the engineer to climb up into the hopper
and move the waste out of the way to access the non-shreddable
item. In turn, we have minimized the potential risk of a "stick"
injury while servicing the shredders. This procedure is required
for all other shredding systems.
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