Shredders
Shredders are machines used for reducing the size of all kinds of material. Industrial shredders come in many different variations and sizes. Some examples of materials that are commonly shredded are: tires, metals, car wrecks, wood, plastics, and garbage. However by far, the most common use of an industrial shredder is to shred high volumes of paper documents.
Types
Industrial shredders can be equipped with different types of cutting systems:
- Single Shaft Shredders
- Two Shaft Shredders
- Three Shaft Shredders
- Four Shaft Shredders
These shredders are all slow-speed systems, in contrast to Hammer Mills which are generally high-speed systems. The largest scrap metal shredder in the world is the 9200hp Lynxs at the Sims plant at the mouth of the River Usk in Newport Wales with access by road, rail and sea. It can process 450 cars per hour.
Reference
[1][2][3][4] Laws like The Privacy Act, HIPAA, FACTA and Sarbanes Oxley have moved shredding from being just a prudent business practice to an essential business function that protects companies from civil penalty and lawsuits.
- ↑ Sims UK opens multi-million pound metals recycling terminal LetsRecycle, 17 November 2004. Retrieved: 3 June 2010.
- ↑ Newport Hosts one of Europe's largest recycling facilities Materials Network Wales, Summer 2006. Retrieved: 3 June 2010.
- ↑ Powering the World’s largest Industrial Shredder weg.net, 30 September 2009. Retrieved: 3 June 2010.
- ↑ Man Made: World's biggest shredder National Geographic Channel. Retrieved: 3 June 2010.