On one side new products are made from daily waste we produce, best example here the recycling of PET bottles into yarns and fibres for the textile industry and on the other side refused products with good caloric values are turned into fuels for boilers, cement kilns, power plants and so on.

In the case of turning waste into new raw materials the plastic stream is usually pre-sorted by either the consumer himself, through waste sorting plants or through independent waste collectors as it is often the case in developing countries. As the the source of such materials is usually spread all over a country there are normally lots of small and medium sized collection centres to guide the waste stream into the final processing facilities. To reduce transport cost it arrives there mostly baled or sometimes pre-shred. Only then it is when the final, mostly manual, sorting is done; different kinds and grades of materials, different colours etc. From this point onwards the recycling is then more or less automated and big varieties of input materials as the already mentioned PET-bottles, PE-films and bottles, PVC window frames, PP from toys and household ware, ABS computer and TV housings and lots of more, are turned into re-usable granules, powders, flakes and compounds. Depending on the grade of purity they are turned then into high valuable products like new bottles, yarns or less valuable things like flower pots and garbage bags.

When waste is turned into energy then it is usually not only the plastic fraction but all other things with caloric value as well, wood, biomass, tires etc. In this case the purpose of shredding the input material is to get a homogeneous mix, which is easier to handle, to store and to feed into the next step. For this kind of operation it is necessary that shredding is as efficient as possible so that the energy balance is right and the operation is economical. Because of that a shredder should always run on the biggest screen possible to get maximum output at rated current.

The biggest problem in such an energetic recycling is the high level of contaminants as the boilers usually don't care about mineral and metallic particle. But for the lifetime of the cutting tools and the wear and tear of the shredder itself a clean as possible input material is necessary.

Rough sizing with our shredder range, granulating with our granulator range or even micronizing with our pulverizers; all from on hand. Further we do all the other things needed to complete the set up, like conveyors, feeders, separators, blowers, cyclones etc.

• Sturdy design
• We can offer machines for all steps of the size reduction either as a complete line or as replacements for existing systems
• High market share in this field
• Low investment costs against highly efficient machines