Pilot Crushtec introduces Rompi Bottlebreaker

Glass is an infinitely recyclable material and the company has designed and built the Rompi to put cost effective recycling well within the reach of businesses whose stock in trade revolves around bottled products. Winemakers, vineyards, distilleries, specialist breweries, high traffic bars and caterers form the natural target market for a realistically priced product, which will easily fit onto the back of a bakkie.

Stellenbosch-based Home of Origin Wines, a major exporter and multiple service provider to the wine industry recently bought a Rompi Bottlebreaker to facilitate the clearance of broken bottles from its filling line.

Costly to remove

"Breakages are common in a high speed process like bottling and broken glass is not only hazardous but is also costly to remove," says national sales manager at Pilot Crushtec International, Nicolan Govender.

Glass crushed by the Rompi Bottlebreaker takes up 80% less space than bottles which not only creates extra space in the workplace but also dramatically reduces the cost of transporting reject bottles back to the manufacturer.

"By utilising the Rompi Bottlebreaker the recycling process has effectively begun on site and crushed glass is comparatively safer and easier to handle than bottles. The product itself occupies about the same amount of space as a domestic refrigerator but is still capable of disposing up to 1,500 bottles per hour," says Govender.