(upbeat rock music)
- I'm Jeff Robnett.
I'm the General Manager
with Organix Composting,
down in Hutchins, Texas, Southeast Dallas.
Here at Organix Composting,
we recycle food waste.
We collect food waste from a variety
of different grocery store chains,
and we bring in a lot of green waste
from various municipalities,
tree-trimming companies,
landscapers, and they
bring these materials to us
that we then use Vermeer's equipment.
We use Vermeer grinders to help
break down that green waste,
and we then make
windrow-style compost rows.
Vermeer is integral in
what we do around here,
and thankfully we've had great
success with that machinery.
When we were grinding early on,
we kept running across pieces of metal.
Not very big, but it was small enough
to get through our screens
and we were taking hits.
One piece of metal, about yay big,
we ended up losing one to three hammers,
and we would lose two
to three days of time.
The last hit we took was this piece,
and this piece right here
ended up breaking off
eight hammers and completely
damaged the mill hood.
We ended up losing about 45 days
of grinding time when we hit that.
Once we inserted the
Damage Defense System,
within one week, we took another hit,
and that was this piece,
and there was two of them.
And when we hit this,
the Damage Defense System was outstanding.
It immediately rejected the
load and backed off the infeed.
We only broke one hammer,
and we were down one day
and up and running with
no problems at all.
- The Damage Defense System
for Organix gives them
peace of mind about their
investment in their equipment.
In years past, they have
had several instances
where they've hit heavy contaminants
and caused extensive
damage to their equipment,
and now they have some peace of mind
knowing that Damage Defense is there
to help reduce the amount of damage.
They understand it's not about
completely eliminating damage,
but it drastically reduces
the damage to the machine.
- One thing I'll say about
Damage Defense Systems is
it's not going to prevent a hit.
You're always gonna have a likelihood
of finding something that you can't see.
It will minimize the damage
that you take once you find it.
