The Herhof Stabilat® plant in Osnabrueck was built turnkey in 2005 and started commercial operation at the beginning of 2006. It currently represents the most modern control, regulation and visualisation technology and processes all municipal solid waste of the city and the district of Osnabrueck. The annual throughput amounts to about 90,000 t collected on five delivery days (350 t per day).
Machine data
- Collection bunker
- Fully automated crane for filling the shredder
- Pre-shredding
- 5 Herhof bio boxes that are filled and emptied by the automated process crane
- Completely closed conveyor and machine technology
- Organic drying process according to Herhof System guarantees moisture content below 15 percent
- Ventilation system to assist the organic processes with heat exchangers and cooling towers
- Separation using air-tables and air-separators
- Magnets and eddy current separators separate ferrous and non-ferrous metals
- Postshredding to 40 mm
- Pelletising for soft pellets
- Press for loading trucks
- Dust pelletising
- Water treatment plant for condensate cleaning
- Exhaust gas purification with LARA® (thermal regenerative process)
