In the scrap metal recycling industry，copper is the metal that generates the most revenue for scrap yards. Copper’s high ductility, or ability to be formed into wire, makes it valuable in a way that many metals are not.
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But like so many metals recyclers, end-stage copper that arrives at the yard needs a little work before it’s ready to be sold and put back into use. That’s where cable recycling machines come in.
Cable recycling machine can handle nearly all the waste wires you have seen, communication wires, household wires, car wires, computer wires, buried cables, armored cables, etc.
The whole production line is consist of feeding conveyor belt, metal shredder, feeding blower, vibrating screen, dust collector, hydraulic station and electrical control cabinet and other components. These supporting equipment can be customized, depending on the customer’s feeding and capacity requirements. Feeding cable diameter is 0~20mm, and output capacity could be 100~kg/h.
Copper granules and plastic granules after processing
1. Feeding:
The granulator starts with scrap copper wire, almost all of which will be insulated. When you’re dealing in high volume scrap wires, you can trust the granulator to do the work. You’ll simply feed the wiring, insulation and all, into the granulator. Using a belt conveyor to feed will make it much more efficient.
2. Shredding:
Once scrap wires or cables are fed in, the copper wire/cable shredder machine will get to work. Scrap cables will be chopped into plastic pieces and copper granules.
3. Separation:
Now comes the work of separating the valuable copper from the plastic waste. This is an important step, with bad quality machines, recyclers could lose nearly 15 percent of their copper to being incorrectly sorted as waste. That’s tantamount to throwing money away. Therefore, it is necessary to choose cable recycling equipments with reliable quality.
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Dry copper granulator machine usually adopts specific gravity separation. If the copper particles in the finished product are very small and difficult to separate, in order to obtain a higher separation rate, it’s nessery to add a electrostatic separator for secondary sorting.
4. Dust collector
Since there is a lot of dust and other magazines on the waste wires, the dry copper wire recycling machines need to be equipped with a dust removal system. Common dust removal equipment includes bag dust removal, pulse dust removal, and cyclone dust removal.
5. PLC control system
Each step is controlled by the PLC program, started and stopped by one button. The operation interface video display the working condition of the important parts, and intelligent display the equipment failure.
The CopperMine compact copper wire processing system is designed for small to medium operations. A wire chopping and separating system that is used to process various kinds of smaller gauge wire, such as communication cables, automotive harness, romex, and other scrap wires or cables. This complete package includes our CT-910 Pre-Shredder, CT-920 conveyor with magnetic cross belt, and the CT-610 granulator, everything you will need to easily add value to your operation and increase profit. This is a compact solution that does not take up an excessive amount of space. Even a rookie can be quickly trained to operate this One-Person system!
Production Throughput:
Approximately 400-600 lbs of insulated wire per hour
Wire & Cable Range:
Solid or stranded wires from 40 AWG to 10 AWG, or cables up to 9/16”.
CT-910 CopperMine's Preshredder (Call for lead time)
Integrating a preshredder into your operation prevents your operator from having to manually chop and sort your tangled wires into smaller sections. Increase your operations efficiency by dumping large barrels or gay-lords of copper wire directly into the preshredder hopper.
CT-920 CopperMine's Conveyor (Call for lead time)
Maximize your granulators throughput by providing a continuous and stable feed of wire chops directly into your machine with our Conveyor. Steel contamination can be catastrophic to your operation and decrease your copper value, our magnetic cross belt will remove any steel or iron from your wire before it reaches the granulator.
CT-610 CopperMine's Granulator (In Stock!)
The original industrial compact copper wire granulator with a high purity rate of up to 99.99% for recycling both copper and plastic. Specialized to process automotive, communication, and other scrap wires/ cables under 9/16” in diameter.
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Power requirement: 208 - 220VAC, 60Hz, 3-Phase, 15HP Motor, 60A