Copper Wire Granulator

**Mechanic688** · 02-07-2012, 02:15 PM

Of course, if you are doing this by hand and have some free time, might make sense for someone else at a lower recovery rate.

You'll find out after awhile that the majority of us on this forum are small 1-2 man operations. We're not all large corporations.

**High Voltage Processing** · 02-07-2012, 04:05 PM

Originally Posted by Mechanic688

You'll find out after awhile that the majority of us on this forum are small 1-2 man operations. We're not all large corporations.

Not all of us. :-)

I run three machines and am about to put in a new line. What I have found is you can do power cords and such, just don't expect to see a lot of profit. My machines are some of the best in the industry and I try to avoid this wire if I can. Easy is right about looking at the back, just understand that you will lose copper with just about every system.

When you chop you create dust. This can be anywhere from 1-5% of your recovery. We are working on a system where we will be able to recover 100% of the copper using a liquid solution instead of a shaker table.

**thortek** · 02-07-2012, 06:14 PM

Originally Posted by High Voltage Processing

Not all of us. :-)

I run three machines and am about to put in a new line. What I have found is you can do power cords and such, just don't expect to see a lot of profit. My machines are some of the best in the industry and I try to avoid this wire if I can. Easy is right about looking at the back, just understand that you will lose copper with just about every system.

When you chop you create dust. This can be anywhere from 1-5% of your recovery. We are working on a system where we will be able to recover 100% of the copper using a liquid solution instead of a shaker table.

Glad to see someone is making money in Allentown! I used to recruit for B.Braun and everyone else was going out of business! or moving operations!

Does anyone know how much a low price unit like that goes for?

**CharlieMAWS** · 02-08-2012, 06:21 AM

I did get that impression Mechanic. While I'm trying to gather information for the job, I also find myself personally interested in scrapping opportunities. Funny, I was walking the dogs this morning and saw two tvs sitting next to a trash can up the street from my house. Almost thought about driving up there and tossing them in the truck on the way to work. Never would have thought about it until visiting this site yesterday! hahaha.

**devo** · 02-08-2012, 06:58 AM

Originally Posted by CharlieMAWS

I did get that impression Mechanic. While I'm trying to gather information for the job, I also find myself personally interested in scrapping opportunities. Funny, I was walking the dogs this morning and saw two tvs sitting next to a trash can up the street from my house. Almost thought about driving up there and tossing them in the truck on the way to work. Never would have thought about it until visiting this site yesterday! hahaha.

Sounds like a low level scrap bug bite at this point. There is no cure, but you can learn to live with the illness!

Just out of curiosity, is a granulator just basically a hammer mill at its heart. I realize there is more to it like the separation etc. Just wondering.