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We have an unfortunate accident to report which happened this weekend near Knetzgau
A Gumpert Apollo saw its demise on the road St 2427 between Knetzgau and Haßfurt in Bavaria Germany
The 49 year old driver walked away from the accident with minor injuries and whiplash
the photos reveal that the car was less fortunate
We believe that the car is the very same is currently maintained by our friends at German dealership VOS Cars. The pictures reveal that the weather was dry, the temperature was low with snow on the verge. German newspaper Hassfurter-Tagblatt reports that the accident occurred when the Gumpert driver went to overtake a slower car
It appears to be as simple as the car loosing traction and sliding off the road
The damage looks extensive and with Gumpert now in liquidation
the owner faces an uphill struggle to get the car repaired
there were hopes that the Gumpert brand could survive with fresh investment
the liquidation has now take hold and the company looks to have taken its last breath
The company was founded and owned by Roland Gumpert
the company gained a reputation for its technical approach to hyper car building
The Gumpert Apollo features rear wheel drive and a mid-mounted 4.2 litre Audi V8 engine
It was rated at 650 hp or 700 hp depending on the specification with a top speed of 360 km/h and a 0-100 km/h time of 3.2 seconds
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Having worked together for more than 20 years
the partnership between Tomra Sorting Recycling and leading German recycling company
Following the installation of seven of Tomra’s recently launched latest generation Autosort units at its paper sorting plant in Knetzgau
Koppitz has not only increased the plant’s capacity
but is also achieving higher purity levels of recovered paper fractions than ever before
Prior to the integration of the latest Autosort models
Koppitz used Tomra’s previous Autosort models in a fully automated production process to sort several types of secondary raw materials from household mixed paper
swift action was required to resume operations as quickly and efficiently as possible
while also keeping the costs of the damage to a minimum
helping us to redesign the plant as well as providing us with the most advanced sensor-based sorting technologies available on the market today
This fantastic support further demonstrates that we made the right decision when choosing TOMRA as our technology partners all those years ago,” said Plant Owner and Manager
Thanks to the compact and flexible design of the machine units
they were easily integrated into the new plant to ensure optimal performance
Sales Manager Central Europe at Tomra Sorting Recycling
explains: “We wanted to help Koppitz by offering both our technical expertise and design support to ensure optimal operations when the plant reopened after the fire
The flexible nature of our Autosort technology means it can react to the often complex and changing market requirements
considerable efforts were made on our part to deliver the latest generation Autosort – which was still under development at the time – in time for the plant’s rebuild.”
Vast amounts of paper are delivered to Koppitz’s plant daily and sorted into different products
The main sorting stream – the material for deinking (newspapers
etc) – is fed into the sorting process and passes through several steps
large cardboard boxes are sorted in the coarse screening process
while smaller materials are sorted in the fines screening process
The remaining cardboard and other impurities are then sorted by the seven new Autosort machines
Six of the units are programmed to eject unwanted contaminants
while the seventh unit recovers deinkable materials
the deinkable material can be used in subsequent steps to manufacture various new paper products
the sorting system processes more than 50 tonnes of material per hour
making a significant contribution to bringing large quantities of deinkable materials back into circulation
Following continuous optimisation and further development of the long-established Autosort machines
TOMRA Sorting Recycling launched its latest generation Autosort in June 2020
paving the way for resolving even the most complex of sorting tasks
The machine combines the most advanced sorting functions and technologies available today in one machine
Tomra’s patented Flying Beam technology is integrated into the Autosort unit
This ensures better detection and monitoring of the entire conveyor belt width of 2800 mm
thus allowing more contaminants to be detected and ejected
equipping the latest Autosort machines with Tomra’s Sharp Eye technology ensures an improvement in light efficiency and sorting sharpness
facilitating the separation of difficult-to-sort fractions
Product Manager at Tomra Sorting Recycling
explains: “The colour differences of the paper fractions in the main infeed material stream are often only minimal
which makes the exceptional precision of the Autosort in differentiating between them a major advantage
over-sorting and the exclusion of recyclable materials can be avoided.” The Autosort units are extremely versatile and offer a number of advantages
as Jürgen Koppitz explains: “We’ve worked with the units for a long time now and have always found them to be easy to operate and very adaptable to meet changing needs
This is particularly beneficial in the deinking process due to the continuously composition of the infeed mixed paper.”
Optimally equipped for deinking challenges
Deinking – the removal of printing inks from waste paper such as newspapers and other printed products – is essential when it comes to conserving resources and promoting recycling
Producing just one tonne of recycled paper can save 17 trees
2.7 cubic metres of landfill space and 700 kg of CO2 emissions
lies in the changing composition of recovered paper
not least because of increasing digitalisation in the paper manufacturing and a shift in purchasing behaviour towards the digital market
the volume of cardboard in the plant’s infeed material is increasing sharply – rising from 25 to almost 50 per cent
Jürgen Koppitz concludes: “Our goal is to increase both the quantity and the quality of the output material and to ensure contaminant content doesn’t exceed 3 per cent
We are confident that with the new Autosort machines in place and our continued close collaboration with Tomra Sorting Recycling