WASTE TREATMENT APPARATUS

摘要

Apparatus for treating waste material contained in industrial drums (16) comprises a conveyor (14) for delivering said drums to a purging chamber (20) having an inlet door (18) and an outlet door (22), a conveyor (26,28) for moving said drums through said outlet door, a conveyor (32,37) outside said purging chamber for moving said drums to a shear station (34) where the lids (36) of the drums are removed, a compactor chamber (44) for compacting said drums and extruding said waste materials therein through an opening (52), and a sorter (60) for sorting the waste materials into liquid and solid components and allowing said sorted liquids and solids to be removed separately therefrom.