You should process your electric motors!!!!!!!

looking thru the posts on the Forum, the prices on electric motors are terrible. They range from .10-.35 cents.We do a'lot with HVAC contractors and get lots of motors from air handlers and typical home a/c condenser 2-5 ton units,the electric motors range in weight from 12-18 lbs,these motors are simple to cut open and get to the goodies,they have four thin rods that with a small pair of bull cutters cut the rods and the inner gear will fall out, we sell that as irony aluminum .18 lb, the round outer casing is clean cast one piece will have to be hit from the back to get the bearing out,they weigh one pound for both,.60 clean lb,cutting the tin away from the copper just get out the grinder and finding the smallest area to cut thru,cut it open you will now have two winding of copper and a chunk of steel, cut the end off with out the wires, using a vise or a band/table saw we have a table saw now take the casing you cut open with the grinder, place the copper winding with the steel on it into the casing,we spray some w-d on the copper and with a thin wood chisel bang the copper out, some come out easy some don't but the will all fall out the copper avg two pounds,the cast one pound, the irony 10 lbs,the tin 5 lbs=avg return $9.00 and change a motor,we hold our motors till a slow rainy day, and at the end of the day the sun is shining green.

That's great for the bigger motors and they should be broke down to max. your profits. But most of the moters I get are the small motors out of printers and copiers and the fans out of computers and power supplies. These types of motors along with small transformers I sell to a core buyer for .36#.

That is true,I would have to say using 100 for a number maybe 1 out of a hundred is aluminum

Punc-tu-a-tion

1 out of 100 is generous,but money can be made with el.motors from Hvac equipment.Step into the
category of pool motors and that changes to about 30 to 35 out of 100 could be aluminum. I bring this
up in case someone is buying the motors to process.

The motors out of the stand up oscillating fans come apart very easily

Electric motors are one of my favorites to strip. I tend to save them and have my "Electric motor weekend" every once and a while.

Originally Posted by 1956

, the round outer casing is clean cast one piece will have to be hit from the back to get the bearing out,they weigh one pound for both,.60 clean lb,

You get .60 lb for cast ?

Yes clean, I have seen a chart on scrap metal prices can't remember where but they separate the country in zones, the south east pays higer across the board.there realy is a big difference,I am looking for higher prices on e-waste here but I can not find it.

My rule is that I only break down motors/transformers if they weigh over 5 pounds, because I could be making more money doing other things

I did my first motor yesterday with a mallet and chisel. That sucked!!

I use to use wire cutters and a big ol' screwdriver to pry out the windings when i first started. Time consuming yes, but i will only still do that at night when power tools are a no-no. ( dont want to keep the neighbors up )

My last batch of motors I used a 6 inch wheel in my 4 1/2 grinder. Had to remove the guard to make it work. Made it a lot easier to cut all the way through on some of the larger windings.

I also have a pry bar fashioned from a tire iron. It's sharpened to a point, makes quick work of prying windings out.

About 90% of the motors we pull from appliances are aluminum now(washers n dryers)

I may spend too much time by some people's standards but I love ripping stuff (motors) open to get at the goodies (copper)!