Double-Shaft Shredders

What is a double-shaft shredder?

A double-shaft shredder breaks down material by tearing and cutting it with blades mounted on two counter-rotating shafts. Because it runs at low speed and very high torque, it handles the bulkiest and toughest inputs — drums, barrels, bales, pallets, big-bags, pipe and large blocks — without jamming. It usually runs without a screen and produces a coarse output; for this reason it is most often used for pre-shredding (the first stage).

Advantages

• Very high torque; jam-free operation on the toughest and bulkiest material
• Durability against foreign objects and hard parts
• Large feed opening for accepting bulky inputs
• Heavy-duty construction suited to continuous operation

Who chooses it?

• Large plants that want to reduce bulky, mixed waste in the first stage
• Operations processing drums, barrels, pallets, big-bags, blocks and industrial scrap
• High-tonnage, heavy-duty continuous production