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Wood Scrap and Wood Waste Shredding

WEIMA’s shredding solutions, including wood chippers, chippers and shredders, enable wood waste to be processed efficiently. These machines offer reliable solutions for shredding wood in various industrial and trade applications and guarantee sustainable and economical further processing.

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An orange shredder in the middle of large concrete blocks with a screw conveyor between a pile of waste wood and a bunker with wood chips
Orange WEIMA shredder outdoor with blue sky in front of production halls
WEIMA WL 10 shredder in a production line
Forklift truck tips wood waste into WEIMA WLK 15 shredder
WEIMA WL 6 shredder in a carpentry workshop
WEIMA WL 15 shredder shreds pallets
Shredded material is discharged from WEIMA WL 8 shredder by air extraction
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Whether hardwood and softwood, waste wood, OSB and MDF remnants, veneer, plywood, doors or pallets - WEIMA shredders enable environmentally friendly recycling of these materials. The wood chips or briquettes produced contribute to sustainable wood processing and minimize waste while maximizing the value of this precious raw material.

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Efficiently shred wood waste into valuable raw material with WEIMA.

If you want to generate energy from your waste in an environmentally friendly way, there is no getting around the raw material wood. The residues, which are processed into wood chips by shredding, can be used for direct heat generation in furnaces or for the production of briquettes.

Typical applications include all types of hardwood and softwood, waste wood, OSB and MDF residues, veneer, plywood, stairs, doors and pallets. And don’t worry. Their nails and screws are simply shredded too. They can be easily separated later using a magnet.

Customer applications: Wood shredding with WEIMA

Practical examples of successful wood processing with WEIMA chippers.
An orange shredder in the middle of large concrete blocks with screw conveyor
Wood waste recycling
Firewood waste shredding with a WEIMA WLK 2000 at Brennholzwerk Trier
n this video, we showcase the shredding of firewood production waste with the WEIMA WLK 2000 single-shaft shredder. The shredded wood chips are repurposed to fuel a wood chip heating system, which in turn provides heat for the drying chambers in the firewood production facility.
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Pallet shredding
Wood pallets and waste wood shredding with WEIMA shredder @Bropack, Germany
A WEIMA WLK 1500 single-shaft shredder shreds wood pallets and wood waste from production at Bropack in Dornham, Germany.
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Orange WEIMA shredder outdoor with blue sky in front of production halls
Residual wood shredding
Floor Wood offcuts Waste wood Shredding with a WEIMA WLK 10 Shredder @ Appalachian Lumber
The US company Appalachian Lumber in Wilkesboro, North Carolina, was founded in 1982 not far from the Charlotte metropolis and has specialized in the production of wooden flooring ever since.
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An orange WEIMA WLK 1500 shredder at Kloboucká lesní in the Czech Republic
Wood waste recycling
Shredding of wood waste with a WEIMA WLK 1500 shredder @Kloboucká lesní
See how the powerful WEIMA WLK 1500 single-shaft shredder shreds various types of wood waste at Kloboucká lesní in the Czech Republic. This powerful industrial shredder is designed for processing difficult materials and shreds large quantities of wood waste quickly and efficiently.
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employee fedding the weima wood chipper manually with wood waste
Residual wood shredding
WEIMA WL 4 wood chipper shreds waste wood @ Zimmerei Kreutner, Germany
Zimmerei Kreutner uses WEIMA shredders for the efficient shredding of wood waste and has also integrated a metal separation system. Screws and other metal parts are reliably separated from the wood chips, which further optimizes the recycling process and enables clean recycling of the wood waste.
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Residual wood shredding
WEIMA WLK 18 Super Jumbo shreds wood waste from the production of plywood panels
Joubert Plywood uses the wood waste shredded with a WEIMA WLK 18 Super Jumbo to generate energy. The shredded materials are used in a neighboring heating plant, efficiently recycling the wood waste and contributing to a sustainable energy supply at the same time.
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an orange shredder from WEIMA shreds wood waste at a customer in Sweden
Wood section
Wood section shredding with a WEIMA S7.15 shredder at Högland Såg & Hyvleri, Sweden
Discover the world of Högland Såg & Hyvleri in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden and see for yourself the impressive capabilities of the WEIMA S7.15 shredder. Experience how this powerful shredder effortlessly transforms wood waste from production into valuable wood chips.
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Carpenter working on a wood project
Wood shredding
Wood shredding and briquetting with WEIMA
WEIMA wood shredding systems are specially designed for the efficient processing of wood waste such as pallets, construction timber and chipboard. The powerful shredders reduce the material to an optimum size, making it easier to recycle. Thanks to their robust design, the machines offer a high throughput rate and help companies to implement sustainable waste management.
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The different series and rotor variants are the top solutions for wood processors: Whether pallets, sawn timber, chipboard or MDF boards, stairs, window frames, doors or semi-finished wood products - our machines turn everything into valuable small timber.

No matter what you call your machine. Whether wood chipper, chipper, shredder or shredder – with a WEIMA you can shred everything down to the last chip and dispose of your wood waste sustainably.

As a pre-shredder, you can use the Woodwolf for large-volume waste wood such as pallets or furniture. With our universally applicable shredding machines from the WL series, e.g. WL 4 oder WL 15 , you can achieve the highest throughputs. For even smaller material sizes, we offer secondary shredders of the WNZ-Serie to.

WEIMA WL 10 shredder in a production line

WEIMA WL 10 shredder is fed via conveyor belt

Customer applications and examples

From the woodworking and wood processing industry
Shredding of pallets in the cutting chamber of a WLK 1500 shredder
A pile of demolition wood before the shredding process
Wood waste beside WEIMA shredder
Wood scrap such as squared timber and hardwood cuttings
Wood scrap like broom handles and other wood waste
Wood waste from CNC milling is shredded in WEIMA horizontal shredder.
Screw conveyor transports wood chips into chip bunker
Stacked wood waste such as wooden beams
Wood veneer before shredding
Wood scrap from sawmills such as wood cuttings
WEIMA rotor during wood shredding
Stacks with old wooden pallets
Wood scrap like MDF boards with punched holes
Solid wood chips
Solid squared timber before shredding
Long square timber and chippings are shredded with WEIMA horizontal shredders
Stack with cut wood scraps
A pile of waste wood with wooden pallets and wooden furniture
Stack with wooden planks before shredding with WEIMA machinery
Waste wood from the carpentry workshop
Chipboard is shredded with WEIMA horizontal shredder
Wood scrap is kept in towers of lattice boxes before the shredding process
Wood waste such as plywood cuttings
Wood scrap with plywood cuttings
Splinters and wood sections in the hopper of the WEIMA shredder
Carpenter working on a wood project
Crushed plywood in a pile
Stacks of wood cuttings
Wood scrap from old wine barrel lids
Wood chips are picked up with hands
Heap of pre-broken wood
Wood waste from carpentry and roofing is shredded in WEIMA shredders
Wood from tree trunks on a pile before shredding for wood chip production
Grinded wood chips
The woodcuts are transported further with the help of a conveyor belt.
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Industrial shredding solutions from WEIMA

Industrial users benefit from the high performance and robust design of WEIMA’s shredding solutions. The shredders are specially designed for shredding large quantities of wood waste such as sawn timber and hardwood or softwood. With single-shaft technology, a wide variety of wood waste can be shredded efficiently, enabling further processing into wood chips or briquettes. WEIMA offers reliable solutions for industries that focus on resource efficiency and sustainability.

Unequal sawn timber is transported via a system.

The dissimilar sawn timbers are sorted according to quality.

Every carpenter and joiner needs a WEIMA

Every joinery, carpentry or carpentry workshop produces wood waste every day – this was already the case in the 1980s and will not change in the future. With WEIMA shredders, this waste can be efficiently shredded and recycled. Whether wood chips, cuttings or dust, WEIMA ensures that waste wood is not lost but used as valuable biomass or raw material for briquettes and wood chips. This not only saves space, but also reduces disposal costs and works sustainably.

Wood burning in the kiln

Wood burning in the kiln

Efficient residual wood utilization - Wood waste can be used as wood chips for combustion, for biogas production, for briquetting for domestic heating or for sale, and can be further processed for the production of chipboard.

Shredding solutions for CNC and milling waste

Whether planer, band saw, circular saw, sanding machine or wood lathe – wood chips, sanding dust and sawdust are produced during wood processing. CNC machines and milling machines also generate wood chips and dust. WEIMA shredders allow this waste to be recycled efficiently. Specially developed shredders for CNC milling waste and chippers for bandsaw and circular saw waste transform wood waste into wood chips, which not only reduces disposal costs, but also enables further processing of the valuable raw material wood.

Carpenter working with woodworking machines

Carpenter at work

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Specific wood recycling solutions

  • Waste wood shredding
  • Wood barrel crushing
  • Pallet shredding
    • Wood recycling

    Material flows under control: Conveying. Separating. Storing

    Thanks to our extensive experience with conveyor technology (air extraction, screw conveyors, bunker systems, conveyor belts, metal detection and metal separation), we can offer you the complete package for wood disposal and recycling from a single source. This means you are ideally equipped to generate your own energy.

    Orange WEIMA shredder outdoor with blue sky in front of production halls

    WEIMA WLK 10 shredder for wood at Appalachian Timber, USA

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    Why do you need homogeneous grain sizes when shredding waste wood?

    A homogeneous grain size is particularly important for the thermal utilization of waste wood, as heating systems are often designed for a standardized grain size. If the grain size distribution is not homogeneous enough, wood chip heating systems that are operated with screw conveyors can quickly become blocked. The formation of material bridges also prevents the system from firing smoothly.

    Wood chips are picked up with hands

    Shredded wood

    Hargassner wood chips heating system inside the basement

    Hargassner wood chips heating system

    In addition, the safety of the firing system can be impaired if excessively large or long wood chips block safety devices such as the rotary valve.
    Homogeneous wood chips are also essential for the production of high-density briquettes. Only in this way can wood briquettes retain their shape without binders and adhesives.

    Wood briquetting

    Fred Haller, Sales Director at WEIMA
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