Automotive Shredder Residue – the material left over after an automobile has been shredded and the marketable metallics removed.
Burden depth – the depth at which material is spread on a conveyor belt.
Downstream Separation – separation of material after it has been shredded. Usually material leaves the actual shredder on a conveyor belt and then is sent through magnets, eddy current separators, trommels and other downstream separation equipment.
Eddy Current Separator – a device for separating nonferrous metals from nonmetallic material that works by creating a mechanically driven rotating or alternating magnetic field and moving a non-magnetic metallic particle into this field. An eddy current is created in the particle, producing a magnetic field with a like polarity, and ejecting it from the fixed field generator.
Ferrous – iron-based metals such as steel.
Granulator – a machine for shredding small materials such as plastics.
Hammermill – a high-speed rotor equipped with large hammers for pulverizing material into smaller sizes. Large machines are often used to crush automobiles and other heavy-duty scrap metal.
Material burden – the material on the conveyor belt that needs to be sorted.
Medium-Speed Shredders – a round drum with multiple replaceable cutter inserts which cut against a fixed bed knife. Used for reducing materials such as plastics, electronic scrap, wood waste and nonferrous metals.
Nonferrous – non-iron based metals such as aluminum and copper.
Shredder Drive – the motor on the shredder, which can be configured a number of different ways including electric or hydraulic.
Slow Speed, Shear Type Shredder – a high torque, low speed industrial shear shredder consisting of two or more counter rotating shafts equipped with hooked knives capable of reducing a wide variety of materials such as tires, paper, and baled metals such as aluminum.
Super Sized Shredder – a hammermill-type shredder with a larger capacity than the typical hammermill used for shredding cars.
Tub Grinder – a shredder used primarily for woody, vegetative debris. A tub grinder consists of a hammermill, the top half of which extends up through the stationary floor of a tub. As the hammers encounter material, they rip and tear large pieces into smaller pieces, pulling the material down below the tub floor and ultimately forcing it through openings in a set of grates below the mill. Various sized openings in the removable grates are used to determine the size of the end product.
Unshreddables – materials that a shredder is unable to handle because they are too large or too thick to be shredded.
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