Hampton, New Hampshire-based Untha’s newest waste shredding solutions, the XR mobil-e electrically driven mobile shredder, have been sold to customers in Italy, Norway, Spain and the U.K.

Ragn-Sells, Sollentuna, Sweden, is using the XR mobil-e to shred waste wood and Breitsamer is using the shredder in Muchen, Germany.

Untha’s Head of Waste Business Peter Streinik says, “We set a high standard for our waste division, when we launched the static XR back in 2014. The machine’s ability to produce a high quality solid recovered fuel (SRF) in a single pass, with double the output of competing machines, yet half the energy consumption, changed the face of the waste-to-energy market. Within two years, the XR had been sold throughout Europe, the U.S. and South East Asia. The XR mobil-e, therefore, had a tough act to follow.

“However, in only a matter of months, the XR mobil-e looks set to be equally as prolific,” he continues. “We have demonstration machines in operation throughout Europe, which are giving our sales team plenty of ongoing proposals to develop.

“I think 2017 will be a pivotal year for waste shredding. The market is opening up with greater investment and increased appreciation for the role that alternative fuel can play within the global energy agenda. But operators are still pressed to manufacture more for less without compromising quality or the environment,” he says. “The XR mobil-e and the static equivalent will prove key to this.”

With the same design features as the internationally acclaimed static XR, the mobile solution provides customers with identical benefits—high throughputs, low operating costs, energy efficiency, low noise, foreign object protection and ease of maintenance, the company says. Yet it is the first machine of its kind to shred with a low power electric drive and, thanks to its on-board auxiliary power pack, it can be easily moved around a facility and plugged back in.