CM-C056245   CF-C057484   EC-0001109


Garden Street Iron & Metal - Fort Myers
B & I Contractor's Electrical Department recently completed installation of the new Motor Control Center for the recycling conveyors at the Garden Street Iron & Metal recycling plant in Fort Myers.
MCC2
(Motor Control Center)
MCC2
(Motor Control Center)
PLC1 Cabinet
(Programmable Logic Controller)
PLC1 Cabinet
(Programmable Logic Controller)
DC Reactors
DC Reactors
Cooling Tower
Cooling Tower

Hydraulic Room
Hydraulic Room
Hydraulic Room
Hydraulic Room

DC Motor
DC Motor
Output Shaft
DC Motor and Output Shaft

Cable Tray
Master DC Motor Leads
Slave DC Motor Leads
Circuit Breakers
Cable Tray, DC Motor Leads, Circuit Breakers



Garden Street is home to southwest Florida's largest car crusher...
A look inside the recycling plant

Garden Street recycling center 'Inventory'
"I wouldn't want to leave my car parked
in the wrong spot inside this place..."


Garden Street Iron & Metal
Car Crusher Operator Chair
Touch Screen Control Panel

Shredder Infeed Conveyor
Shredder Infeed Conveyor
Shredder Infeed Rolls
Shredder Infeed Rolls
The Shredder Infeed Conveyor takes the cars belly-side up
to meet their doom inside the Shredder Infeed Rolls.
Shredder Infeed Rolls
Shredder Infeed Rolls
Shredder Outfeed Conveyors and Electromagnetic Drums
Shredder Outfeed Conveyors and Electromagnetic Drums
After the Shredder Rolls do their work, electromagnetic drums
help sort the ferrous scrap from the non-ferrous.
The 'Picking Line'
The 'Picking Line'
Ferrous Scrap
Ferrous Scrap

Ferrous Scrap
Ferrous Scrap
Ferrous Scrap

Fluff
'Fluff' is the non-metallic scrap
leftover from the car crusher.
Aluminum
Aluminum arrives in
all shapes and sizes.

ECS Conveyor
ECS Conveyor
ISS Conveyor
ISS Conveyor
ECS and ISS Conveyor Infeeds



This page was updated on 5/27/08.