Industrial shredders

A shredder machine is a device that can cut, crush or grind up materials like paper into shreds. Commercial shredder machines are heavy-duty machines, unlike smaller domestic models. On top of paper, they can handle industrial applications like shredding high volumes of cardboard, PVC pipe, wood, hard plastic, circuit boards, tyres, etc. These larger industrial shredders are renowned in the waste management and recycling industries for shredding plastics.

1. Place the materials into the hopper 
(you can also opt for a force-feed system, such as a conveyor belt, force-feed ram or hydraulic pusher to automate this step).
2. The spinning shafts will shred and break up the materials as it falls down.
3. A rotating sizing screen helps ensure that aggregate is small, and if not, the particles return to the shafts to get grinded down again.
4. The final shreds come out on the other side of the plastic shredder. Ready to be used or processed further in factory and warehouse applications.

Are you looking to process:

• Cardboard (OCC),
• Plastic Film,
• PP Bags,
• PVC Pipe,
• Paper,
• MSW/RDF,
• Aluminium Cans,
• Wood,
• Plastic Drums,
• Newsprint?

Use a Single Shaft Shredder These machines are optimised for high volume shredding. They are a standard in the plastic industry (hence, plastic shredder). You can also select high or low-speed configurations, or different shaft configurations, to customise your industrial or waste recycling processing.

Are you looking to process:

• Secure Documents,
• Circuit Boards,
• Medical Waste,
• Organic Waste,
• Hard Plastics,
• MSW/RDF,
• Aluminium Cans,
• Product Destruction,
• Timber,
• Bottles & Cans?

Use a Four Shaft Shredder Optimum cross cut shredding in a single pass with low noise. Available in slow-speed configurations only. All Waste Initiatives industrial shredders are suitable to process a wide range of materials, are safe and easy to operate, and can be customised with a variety of sizing screens. This is the plastic shredder for harder types of plastic. For more personalised assistance, please contact us and we can recommend a customised shredding solution to meet your needs.

Our high and low-speed commercial shredders feature a perforated screen. This specialised screen governs the final shredded product size by not allowing the excess product to pass through until it has been cut small enough by its rotating cutters against the static cutter.

Industrial shredders are priced in six digits and get progressively more expensive with the number of shafts, site install requirements and additional upgrades required to integrate the shredder into your existing operation.

At Waste Initiatives, we offer flexible finance and rental options to make these machines more affordable and easy to access for you. Process recycling plastic, raw materials and solid waste as quickly and cost-effectively as possible.

* Finance and rental T&C’s apply

Yes, some of our plastic waste shredders are available for short-term rentals, trials and long-term leases. Speak to one of our solutions specialists to find out what options are available for rental.

Learn more about our industrial shredder hire.
T&C’s apply.

Besides keeping your facilities and your industrial plastic shredder clean here are some added tips you can follow to look after your machine:

• Install a metal detector on your conveyor belt to detect metal that will block and damage your machine before it does.
• Regularly oil your industrial shredder machine’s parts, and ensure good quality
• Keep spare parts nearby for replacements.
• Schedule a preventative maintenance plan or another type of servicing plan with technicians to prevent wear and tear from turning into greater damage.
• Remember to properly train your workers so that they understand how to safely and efficiently handle the machine.