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With over 800 shredding systems worldwide including tire shredders, we custom design mobile and stationary shredding plants with shredders driven by powerful, variable-speed hydraulic or electric motors. Our state-of-the-art shredders tackle any challenge, including plastics, metals, wood, MSW and more.
Vecoplan is a leading manufacturer of industrial shredders and material handling technologies. Vecoplan's products include a line of rotary grinders, chippers, conveyors and shredding equipment for a variety of applications such as paper, wood, plastics, medical waste and more.
Eurohansa features original low-noise, low-speed single-shaft industrial shredders. These are available in over 90 sizes and configurations for many material types or volume — demolition grinders; film and fiber shredders; pallet shredders; pipe shredders; paper shredders and plastic shredders.
A world leader in size reduction equipment with more than 100 years of combined experience.
A full line for every plastics application: HOG Shredders, Single Shaft Shredders, Dual Shaft Shredders, Granulators, Grinders and more. High quality, durable systems for traditional and innovative solutions.
With over 20 years of experience, WEIMA® America is a leading distributor of plastic shredders, shredding equipment, cardboard shredders, pallet shredders and more. WEIMA® America also offers repair of older WEIMA® grinders and accepts trade-ins on any manufacturer's grinder.
The CM Shredder Division of Columbus McKinnon manufactures industrial shredders and equipment such as tire shredders and recycling equipment. We are a well-known and trusted industrial company and a leader in industrial products and services. We strive to exceed standards in customer satisfaction.
For over 35 years, we have been providing creative solutions for document security needs. We manufacture high-volume industrial shredders and shredding systems up to 300 hp with capacities from 1-20 tons per hour. Expert consulting on establishing or expanding contract shredding services.
Our heritage of first class waste removal systems dates back to 1925. Our reputation is built on a patented concept for more consistent scrap size reduction. Montgomery hogs include a large variety of models, sizes and configurations of rugged shredders, rechippers, pulverizers and wood waste grinders.
Industrial shredders and wood shredders process and reduce firm, dense matter, including solid chemicals. They are most often used for waste materials that need to be disposed of or recycled. Industrial shredder manufacturers equip their products with a protected feed area with blades or gears for crushing or slicing inserted materials. After the feed area, material moves through the shredder chute into a receptacle or sometimes a conveyor for further handling. Shredders can be
used for the processing or disposal of tires, wood, organic materials,
automobiles, scrap metals, plastics, concrete, paper, coal, limestone,
minerals or cardboard, as well as many other materials. Industrial shredder manufacturers have customers in a wide variety of industries, from medical to paper production for reasons of recycling, waste removal and storage.
Many industrial shredders are used in tandem with other equipment as part of a larger recycling process. The paper shredded in a paper mill often is further broken down in order to reduce the paper to a raw pulp. This pulp is then used in the creation of new paper that contains the recycled fibers. Often material is shredded simply to make the disposal and storage of the material easier and less bulky. Automation plays a huge role for industrial shredder manufacturers. Most of the material is put on a conveyer and fed into the shredding elements themselves. This is referred to as meter feeding. Batch feeding is the process of loading a shredder via a forklift or related grapple loader. Rarely is the loading done directly by hand because of safety concerns. This is only done in low power, low torque machines.
As recycling becomes more commonplace in industrial settings, shredding
of materials will also become more widely practiced. Alongside industrial
balers, which make the transportation of post-consumer and manufacturing
waste easier, shredders are constantly becoming more efficient in design
and affordable in cost. The heavy duty metals, which make up the shears,
blades and gears of industrial shredders, are the most critical part
of the shredder and often need replacing. Innovations with metal compounds
for these parts will make shredders more material specific in the future
as well.
When choosing an
industrial shredder, consider feed size, material size, material make-up, location, frequency of use,
blade material and hardness. Plus, think safety when purchasing and
adding a shredder to a work site. Good ventilation and explosion proof
chambers are crucial in shredders that deal with the breakdown of hazardous
materials. Proper maintenance and training are also essential for safe
operation. Another safety feature for many newer shredders is
a sensor and/or auto reverse capability in case materials too large or dense are introduced. Industrial shredders differ from the smaller, office
models because of the variety of materials they encompass and the amount
of material that can be processed. Wood shredders, or chipper
shredders,
are used specifically to reduce large pieces of wood into chips for applications such as landscaping and gardening. Other shredders designed
for the reduction of particular materials include paper
shredders, metal
shredders and tire
shredders.
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Automobile shredders
are hammermill-type shredders that are big enough to shred entire cars
and compact them into small squares for recycling.
Cardboard shredders
are another common type of industrial shredder. Because cardboard is
such a widely used packaging material, the efficient minimizing, removal
and recycling of cardboard is a industry necessity.
Granulators
are machines used for shredding small materials such as plastic bottles.
Hammermills
are high-speed rotor equipped machines with large hammers for crushing
material into reduced sizes with up to 6,000 horsepower of force. Hammermills
come in various sizes and material reducing capabilities.
Hydraulic drive shredders
have a pump, which powers the motor and is connected to an electric
motor or diesel engine. These shredders can reverse away from the load
and resume forward rotation in less than three seconds. (http://www.hydraulic-lifts.net).
Industrial grinders use attrition and compression to crush material into small pieces.
Medium-speed shredders
are round and drum-like with multiple cutter inserts that work against
a fixed bed knife. They are commonly used for reducing materials like
plastics, electronic scrap, wood waste and nonferrous metals.
Metal shredders are heavy-duty shredders that shred metal scrap for recycling purposes.
Paper shredders
are one of the most common types of material shredders known. They can
vary greatly in size and capacity and are standard fixtures in environments
such as offices and paper mills.
Shredders are machines that cut various materials into small pieces.
Slow speed, shear type
shredders are high torque, low speed shredders with two or more
counter rotating shafts. The shafts have hooked knives capable of reducing
a wide variety of materials such as tires, paper and baled metals such
as aluminum.
Tire shredders
are used both in junkyards and other rubber recycling centers. They
are slow speed, high torque machines, capable of handling the dense
rubber used in tires and tubing.
Tub grinders
are used primarily for wood and organic material. They have a hammermill
that rips and tears large pieces of material into smaller pieces, pulling
them below the tub floor and forcing them through openings in grates
below the mill.
Common Terms Related to Industrial Shredders
Automotive Shredder Residue
(ASR) - Material left from an automobile that has been sent
through an industrial shredder
and all the ferrous metal has been taken out. Sometimes referred to as
fluff.
Bales - Compressed material
that have been shredded by industrial shredders, which is bound, usually by wire.
Banding - The material, usually
wire or nylon, wrapped around bales to secure them.
Burden Depth - The depth of
the material is spread on a conveyor belt.
Cross-Cut - Cut in two directions by
industrial shredders,
resulting in smaller particles.
Destruction Chamber - The place
in industrial shredders where material is torn, sliced, crushed or reduced.
Downstream Separation - The
separation of material after it has gone through industrial shreddeders, usually from a conveyor
belt. Magnets, eddy current separators, trommels and other downstream
separation equipment is often used.
Eddy Current Separator - A device
for separating nonferrous metals from nonmetallic material that uses a
mechanically driven alternating magnetic field and a non-magnetic metallic
particle. An eddy current is created and the particle is taken from
the fixed field generator.
Feed Width - The width of the
opening where material is inserted into the industrial shredder shredder.
Ferrous - Iron-based metals
like steel.
Granulator - Shredding machinery for shredding
small materials such as plastics.
Hydraulic - Involving, moved
by or operated by a fluid under pressure.
Material Burden - Material on
a conveyor belt that needs to be sorted.
Non-ferrous - Non-iron based
metals such as aluminum and copper.
Shredder Drive - The motor of
the industrial shredder, often configured a number of different
ways including electric or hydraulic.
Slurry - A liquid based mixture
or suspension of solids.
Speed - Denoted in "feet
per minute." Determined by shredding continuous forms and materials
and by calculating the length of paper shredded over a given time.
Strip-Cut - Shredded into thin
strips. Generally the cut is the length of the material.
Throat - The opening where the
paper or other materials are fed into the shredder. It needs to be large
enough to accommodate the size of material.
Unshreddables - Materials that
industrial shredders are unable to handle because they are too large or too thick
to be shredded.
Waste Capacity - Measured in
gallons, the volume of paper or other products being shredded by
industrial shredders that the waste
bag or waste bin can hold.
