Recycling Knowledge Base
English guides for common recycling materials and machine types. Topics are adapted to the machine groups and material streams used across MACHTEK product categories.
What You Can Find Here
Copper Recycling
Copper remains one of the most valuable recovered metals in cable and motor scrap. Profitability depends on feed quality, separation efficiency, and contamination control during shredding and granulation.
- Typical feed: power cables, automotive harnesses, mixed communication cables.
- Target output: clean copper granulate suitable for direct resale or remelting.
- Main challenge: removing plastics, dust and fibre fractions without copper loss.
Aluminium Recycling
Aluminium cables and profiles are lighter and often require adjusted separation settings. Stable particle size and controlled airflow improve aluminium recovery and limit mixed fractions.
- Sort by alloy family where possible to improve resale value.
- Pre-cutting and pre-shredding can reduce bottlenecks in feeding.
- Dry processing limits wastewater handling and simplifies operations.
Plastic and Plastics Recycling
Plastic recycling covers rigid plastics, film, foil, EPS, and production scrap. The right line design depends on contamination level, input shape, and required granulate quality.
- Granulators are used for size reduction to controlled regrind.
- Shredders are better for bulky or irregular input materials.
- Knife quality and screen setup directly affect dust level and output consistency.
Electric Motor Recycling
Motor recycling focuses on separating copper windings from steel housings and other components. Dedicated motor wreckers can improve throughput and reduce manual labor.
- Track motor diameter ranges to choose correct machine size.
- Plan safe handling for heavy rotors and stators.
- Collect copper and steel fractions separately for better pricing.
Tyres, Bottles and Cans
These streams often require dedicated workflows rather than cable-focused lines. Still, core principles are the same: controlled size reduction, reliable separation, and stable output quality.
- Tyres: staged shredding and steel separation are critical.
- Bottles: sorting and contamination control drive final value.
- Cans: clean baling or shredding improves transport and furnace efficiency.
Cable Strippers (Insulation Removal)
Cable stripping machines cut and separate insulation from conductors. They are often used as a first-value extraction step before granulation or when processing larger single-core cables.
- Best for selected cable ranges and cleaner fractions.
- Manual, electric and heavy-duty options cover different capacities.
- Correct roller and blade setup protects conductor quality.
Cable Granulators
Granulators process mixed cable scrap into metal and plastic fractions. Typical systems include shredding, air transport, gravity-table separation and dust extraction.
- Common capacity classes range from compact to industrial lines.
- Feed uniformity strongly influences purity and throughput.
- Maintenance of knives, screens and filters is key for stable performance.
Hydraulic Cable Cutters
Cable cutters prepare oversized cable for stripping or granulation. They reduce feed size, improve handling safety and help keep upstream equipment within operating limits.
- Choose by maximum cable diameter and duty cycle.
- Hydraulic systems handle thick, tough cable constructions.
- Useful in yards where mixed diameters arrive in bulk.
Alligator Shears and Scrap Cutting
Alligator shears are compact hydraulic scrap cutting machines used for non-ferrous and steel preparation. They offer a practical alternative to manual torch cutting in many operations.
- Fast cycle times for bars, sections and mixed scrap.
- Lower operator dependency versus manual methods.
- Can improve safety and reduce heat-related metal losses.
Mills, Crushers and Shredders
One-shaft and two-shaft shredders (often called mills or crushers) are universal size-reduction machines. They are selected by input geometry, required output size and daily tonnage.
- One-shaft systems give tighter particle control with screens.
- Two-shaft systems are robust for bulky, mixed and hard feed.
- Throughput and power draw should be matched to real feed profile.
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