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Metal recycling and metal shredding
The metal industry is a pioneer of the circular economy, as old products are collected, shredded and reused as a valuable raw material. The shredding of metals, whether aluminum, copper or steel, places high demands on modern recycling plants. Metal waste is abrasive, heavy and bulky, but with the right shredder it can be processed and recycled efficiently.
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WEIMA metal shredders reliably shred a wide variety of metal waste. Typical applications include punching waste, beverage cans, profiles, milling and sawdust, as well as aluminum scrap and cables. WEIMA offers robust solutions for shredding metal waste from the waste, automotive and electrical industries, helping to reintegrate valuable raw materials into the production cycle.
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Metal shredding as part of the recycling process
What makes WEIMA metal shredders so special?
WEIMA’s metal shredders are optimized for metal scraps such as aluminium, copper and brass. These robust machines are ideal for industrial use. They reliably shred metal waste. This reduces the volume is considerably reduced, which makes storage and transportation easier. WEIMA machines enable companies to increase their efficiency. At the same time you save costs on metal waste disposal.
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Customer applications: Metal shredding with WEIMA
Practical examples of WEIMA's metal recycling solutions
Solutions for your production waste: Efficient shredding of metal waste
WEIMA shredders shred production waste from the metalworking industry, such as metal chips, punching waste, aluminum, magnesium, copper, brass and bronze. Also, bulky materials such as profiles, cans or milling waste are reduced to a uniform size. This facilitates storage, transportation and further processing. The machines increase efficiency and add value in the company. They reduce the volume of waste, lower disposal costs and promote the recycling of materials.
"Did you know that the recycling rate for aluminum beverage cans is over 99%? And we are actively contributing to it."
Iwan Plet
Business Development | Metal at WEIMA
Metal shavings: A hidden potential for your company?
WEIMA shredders offer customized solutions for the shredding of aluminum chips and milling waste from CNC processing. Our machines ensure precise shredding, even with large quantities of chips, resulting in a uniform material size that is ideal for briquetting and recycling. Efficient volume reduction simplifies transportation and storage, and valuable raw materials can be fed back into the production cycle, increasing sustainability and efficiency.
Customer applications and examples
From the metal industry
Under power? WEIMA shreds electronic waste
WEEE waste is growing rapidly, at around ten million tons a year. Less than a third is recycled, even though many appliances contain toxic substances. WEIMA shredders allow appliances such as fans, telephones and televisions to be shredded efficiently. Whether single-shaft or four-shaft shredders – WEIMA ensures that e-waste enters the recycling cycle safely and in an environmentally friendly manner and that valuable raw materials are recovered.
Electronic waste shredding
Briquetting: More than just volume reduction?
Shredding metal waste is the first step in the recycling process. This produces a homogeneous piece of material. In loose form, this is not optimally suited for the melting process. It often results in high burn-off rates, and the solution to this is briquetting. At the same time, coolants, lubricants and residual oils can be recovered. Pressing the crushed metals into briquettes reduces the volume, makes transportation easier, and increases the resale value of the material. This makes the recycling process much more efficient.
Abrasive sludge: your chance for greater efficiency
In the metalworking industry, grinding sludge is produced during grinding and drilling processes. This sludge contains valuable metal particles, oil and emulsions. With the WEIMA C.200 this sludge is efficiently dewatered and compacted, which allows cooling lubricants to be recovered. This saves disposal costs and conserves resources – an environmentally friendly and economically viable solution.
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What our customers think
Future-oriented metal recycling: De Rooy relies on WEIMA solutions for briquetting and dewatering
The collaboration between De Rooy, Nuenen in the Netherlands and WEIMA Maschinenbau GmbH shows how the circular economy can be implemented in metal processing. They worked together on a solution to not only transport and dispose of metal waste such as grinding sludge and aluminum chips in a space-saving and cost-effective manner, but also to convert it into valuable, reusable materials.
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Fiddlehead Brewing Company adds Drainage Press to Canning Line
Fiddlehead Brewing Company integrated a WEIMA E.200 drainage press into their existing canning line to puncture, drain, and compress any out-of-spec aluminum cans that are rejected during quality control. This is a hands-off solution to effective product destruction and recycling.
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