Providing the solid waste handling equipment sector with a better solution
Ford of Canada Essex Engine Plant (Windsor, Ontario)
Completion date: July 2005
Project description: design, fabricate and install two new 15 cubic yard stationary compactor systems.
Challenges overcome:
- The systems had to accommodate the client's existing fleet of 3 cubic yard, towable containers.
- A new hydraulic tipper design had to be created that was able to overcome the design issues that had plagued the existing tippers.
- Special container away systems had to be designed that would not permit the compactors to function when the containers were not in place.
- Both systems had to meet all of the Ford electrical and hydraulic specifications. No exceptions were permitted.
- Safety systems had to be designed that would meet the Z432-04 guarding requirements as well as OSHA, ANSI and the MOL Reg. concerning equipment guarding and operator safety.
