Foust Metal Works, Inc., has specialized in dust control systems for the woodworking industry since 1957. Over the years, we have installed hundreds of wood dust collection systems, filtration systems, and storage bins. Our designers use extensive experience and incorporate the latest technology into the engineering of a total system.
Flying Dutchman Inc.
Flying Dutchman builds unloaders for hopper bins and silos from 6 to 30 feet in diameter. The Flying Dutchman utilizes a vertical pole with chains to remove materials from silos/bins. Many different types of products (moist, sticky, fibers, chips and/or strands, etc.) can be unloaded. Machines can discharge products such as DDGS-distillers grain, soybean meal, hulls, cottonseed meal, sunflower meal, wheat midds/bran/shorts, canola meal, and bakery waste. | Flying Dutchman manufactures industrial silo & bin unloaders for bark, hogged fuel, sanderdust, sawdust, shavings, veneer, and wood chips. Applications include feeding burners, boilers, trucks, pellet mills, baggers, briquetters, and/or wood-plastic extruders. Silos & bins from 6 to 30’ in diameter can be unloaded. Silos may be round, square, or rectangular.
Flexaust
Manufacturing durable, long lasting, flexible hose & ducting for the woodworking industry for over 85 years! Our products are used in applications involving air, dust and woodchip collection, vacuum, static build-up, light material handling and fume removal. Flexaust offers a wide array of hoses to meet the woodworking application needs of both the commercial and residential workshops, from severe service to light duty. | Flexaust has manufactured durable, long lasting, flexible hose & ducting for the woodworking industry for 85 years! Our products are used in applications involving air, dust and woodchip collection, vacuum, static build-up, light material handling and fume removal. Flexaust offers a wide array of hoses to meet the woodworking application needs of both the commercial and residential workshops, from severe service to light duty.
Cresswood Shredding Machinery
Cresswood manufactures American Made grinders, shredders, and material handling equipment to solve your wood waste and size reduction issues. For over 35 years, Cresswood has been the gold for standard horizontal-feed and hopper-feed grinders and shredders. Cresswood can turn your waste into a profitable value-added product, just ask us how! | Cresswood is a family-owned, Midwestern company with solid core values – we put the customer first and listen to what you need in a primary shredder. Partnering with a midwestern supplier gives you the peace of mind of quickly getting the parts, tooling, and service you need in a matter of days instead of weeks from an overseas supplier.If you are in the market for a quality low-RPM single shaft plastic shredder, Cresswood has solutions engineered to meet the particular needs of plastic recycling. Pre-shredding is a critical stage in all successful plastic recycling operations, and we know the choice of equipment must be durable, powerful, easy to maintain, and quickly adjustable to achieve smooth and uninterrupted material flow to downstream processing.Cresswood knows your choice of a primary shredder for plastics recycling must be safe and easy to clean, operate, and maintain; with engineered flexibility allowing the production of a range of uniform particle sizes from different plastic materials including:Recycled Plastic Lumber (RPL) – Creating an efficient zero-waste operation means having the ability to re-introduce long, linear scrap back into granular form. No touch zone grinding at the waste source is what you need to keep your operation running smoothly.Polyethylene (PET) – 1.5 billion pounds of used PET bottles and containers are recycled in the US every year, making it the most recycled plastic in America. It can be repurposed again and again for use in new PET products, making it a highly desired material for recyclers to process. Maintaining profitable operations means finding a dependable pre-shredder for your in-line processing with the lowest cost of ownership and best ROI.Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) – Thick walled PVC piping is absolutely brutal on your pre-shredder; you need the peace of mind only an extreme-duty machine can deliver, one designed to perform flawlessly for years under these demanding conditions.Polypropylene (PP) – Polypropylene is tough yet very flexible, with a relatively low melting point, factors that make pre-shredding this material a particular challenge. Only about 1% of this material is actually recycled, which means most of it heads directly to landfill after use. You need to partner with an equipment manufacturer who knows exactly how this material can be recycled and repurposed.Polystyrene (PS) – Maintaining consistent output without overheating the processed material is essential. If temperatures exceed 200-degrees F material will soften and at 230-degrees F will melt, essentially shutting down the primary shredder and exposing you to expensive downtime and repairs.High-Density Polypropylene (HDPE) – Massive purges present a difficult challenge as they are not suited for granulation and can quickly destroy inferior primary shredders. You need a robust machine designed to handle vertical loading of heavy purgings with the power, durability, and dependability to pre-shred this material for granulation.Low-Density Polypropylene (LDPE) – Softer, more flexible, and with a lower melting point than its cousin HDPE, LDPE makes an ideal material for thin bags and wraps. To shred this material, you need a cutter-head with counter-knives specially designed to prevent it from wrapping around and stopping the rotor.Manufacturing large HDPE plastic injection, blow and rotational molded parts requires a proven solution for shredding large, bulky rejects that cannot be put directly into your granulator.