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About Industrial Shredders
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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Types of Industrial Shredders
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are hammermill-type shredders that are big enough to shred entire cars
and compact them into small squares for recycling.
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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.
- cut wood or other materials in small chips.
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are machines used for shredding small materials such as plastic bottles.
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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.
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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).
- use attrition and compression to crush material into small pieces.
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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.
- are heavy-duty shredders that shred metal scrap for recycling purposes.
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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.
- are machines that cut various materials into small pieces.
- 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.
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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.
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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.
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