The success and versatility of screening buckets: Recycle materials on site, saving time and money

Are you looking for waste screening equipment that separates rather than crushes material, and runs smoothly in all weather conditions? Screening buckets are excavator-friendly and, thanks to their hydraulic system, virtually impossible to block. They screen material that other products won’t, and will work all year round allowing you to recycle materials on site, saving your time and money.

Often used in conjunction with a crushing bucket, screening buckets can help to reduce crushing times by up to 60%, allowing you to salvage materials suited to the type of job being carried out and to manage and reuse them in the best way possible.

A screening bucket can be attached to excavators, wheel loaders, backhoe-loaders or skid steers (ranging from 1 to above 40 tonnes). It is hydraulically driven, easy to use and versatile. Featuring a number of screening blades made up in different configurations (usually from 15-75mm spacing) they allow different particle sizes (from 0-70mm) of screened material depending on the requirements of the job.

Ideal for the primary selection, screening and separation of natural materials, both before and after the crushing phase, screening buckets are multifunctional tools ideal for a range of applications including:

• Screening Topsoil: preparing topsoil for projects such as landscaping, sports fields and large gardens.
• Padding and Backfilling: screening excavated materials for reuse padding pipeline and cables.
• Composting: mixing and aerating materials to create high nutritional soil.
• Industrial Applications: screening and separating raw materials, even when wet and lumpy.
• Recycling: separating fines from recyclable material, for example, screening construction waste before crushing relevant materials for reuse.
• Screening Peat: – stones, stumps and roots can be screening out to process light material.

REMU screening buckets from Worsley Plant are available to rent or buy UK wide. As well as an existing range of buckets, two new recent innovations from REMU have also been launched this year in the UK.

The Crossover bucket (XO for short) is a totally new concept in the attachment sector, offering customers the most versatile attachment for their construction machinery. Put simply it is a bucket frame, which can be connected to several work modules, enabling fast changes for different jobs. Basically you are changing the module instead of the bucket. Changeover takes just 10 minutes!

The brand new PD3160 Padding Bucket, recently launched at Hillhead 2016, is specially designed and manufactured with most durable materials and up to date engineering in screening buckets technology to fulfil requirements and overcome challenges of pipeline projects, trench backfilling and other demanding heavy duty applications.

Worsley Plant’s customers have already reaped the benefits of using a REMU screening bucket. Here are just a few examples:

Rainbow Waste use a REMU screening bucket to streamline working methods and achieve over 90% recycling of skip waste. The bucket paid for itself within the first 12 months of operation, so was well worth the investment. It has allowed them to recycle over 90% of all skip waste and generate additional revenue streams. All this is working towards their ultimate aim of eliminating any waste going to landfill.

Wyvis Plant and Power have used a REMU Screening Bucket to save time, money and the environment in the Hydro Electric Power Industry in the Scottish Highlands. With some projects involving laying pipeline of over 1km in length, there is a lot of material being excavated, followed by the need to backfill the newly laid pipes. Screening on site, meant material could be reused, rather than taken off and bought onto site, especially in hard to reach areas in the mountainous terrain.