Kubota Vertical Shredder now available in the US

Recycling technology company swissRTec has announced that one of its key products, the Kubota Vertical Shredder, is now available for ASR (automotive shredder residue)  processing in the United States through Kensington, New Hampshire-based swissRTec America Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of swissRTec Intl. of Switzerland. SwissRTec designs, builds and commissions turnkey e-scrap, scrap metal and ASR recycling facilities.

SwissRTec says its core focus is shredding, delamination and separation of raw scrap materials from compound materials such as electronic scrap, cables, printed circuit boards, mixed scrap metal, aluminum composites and other items. An essential machine for these jobs is the Kubota Vertical Shredder, according to the company, which can process large and small domestic appliances, metal scrap and other bulky items to 1 inch or less in size in a single pass.

This vertical shredder can be used as a stand-alone unit or in combination with other processing technology, the company says.

“More than 40 years of proven technology are built into the Kubota Vertical Shredder,” says Bernhard Mueggler, president and CEO of swissRTec America. “It is efficient, compact and does preshredding and secondary shredding in a single pass. Output particle size can be as small as ¼-inch when processing ASR. Most important, choke rings allow for adjustment of particle size—no screens are required. It is designed for continuous operation, is versatile and very efficient to operate,” he adds.

Mueggler says swissRTec recently received an order for two Kubota Vertical Shredders for a leading European company’s ASR processing system. “Previously, the majority of installations were in Japan and Asia, but now we are expanding into European and North American markets,” he says, referring to the 400 users of the equipment currently. “Word is getting out about this shredder¹s amazing capabilities.”

The Kubota Vertical Shredder comes in various models, sizes and power options to fit the diverse needs of recycling customers and works in combination with the swissRTec Delamination Mill, and “impact mill” that uses thousands of collisions to break down preshredded composite materials, isolate various components and then mill them into tiny, smooth balls that are easily separated, the company says.