Question about cable granulator

Another thread made me think of a question. Does anyone here use/have experience with using a wire granulator? I work for a scrap metal company, and we strip our #1 wire with a cable stripper. However, we just ship out our #2 as insulated, doing nothing to process it. So that leads me to my question. Anyone have experience using a cable granulator on finer wire, say something like automotive wiring harness or computer bus cable? Any replies are appreciated.

http://www.scrapmetalforum.com/showt...per-granulator
I saw this a little earlier and thought it might help you out,,,,Mike

How much are you shipping out?

Originally Posted by Mechanic688

http://www.scrapmetalforum.com/showt...per-granulator
I saw this a little earlier and thought it might help you out,,,,Mike

Thanks Mike, I guess I should read all of the forums! But wow, 200k for a granulator?!?!?!? Dang, that's WAY out of our range sadly. I've just started doing more research on this, as to be honest, I never even knew such machines existed until a few days ago. Hopefully I'll be able to find something that works on the finer wire, that we can actually afford.

sjones99, we're averaging a bit under 3000 lbs of #2 per month that's too thin/fine to strip with our cable stripper.

zito, you might try contacting him(in that link) and see if he's using the granulator or maybe has some experiences to relate; or is he just blowing smoke up our skirts???

Originally Posted by Mechanic688

zito, you might try contacting him(in that link) and see if he's using the granulator or maybe has some experiences to relate; or is he just blowing smoke up our skirts???

I can't see any reason it wouldn't be legit; today the cheapest price I could find on the smallest, entry-level granulator I saw was 35k :eek: The next couple of models in line were getting around 70k (like, holeeee cow!) and were nowhere near the biggest/fanciest machines available from that manufacturer! I didn't even ask about the bigger machines.

I'm going to research the machines at the very bottom end of the price range; those are going to be the only ones we could possibly afford. Hopefully there may be something used available. If there's a machine available out there that works perfectly for our needs (and I'm sure there is, somewhere) but it costs 200k, heck even 1/3 of that much, it may as well not even exist. All I would be doing is teasing myself!

With a granulator a person could really clean up. Pay a bit more than scrap yards for insulated wire and chop chop chop your way to the $$$$.

Zito where are you located? I would be interested in buying your #2.

Originally Posted by sjones99

Zito where are you located? I would be interested in buying your #2.

Calgary, Alberta, Canada. We're currently shipping it out to Vancouver with most of our other non-ferrous.

Ziti, which granulators did you look into. I am close to pulling the trigger, but can't find a granulator anywhere near me to even go look at. I also am looking near the 35-45k range. A lot of $ upfront but worth it in the long haul.

This is the one i'm aiming at sometime next year

I'm in the UK but wouldn't cost that much to ship to the US.

http://scrapmetalforum.com/bmgyjel

Price seems about right too...i think?

Regards
Neil

You guys do realize that the item Ballymoss linked to is just the air separation system don't you?. Read further down in the description........"Our systems require the addition of a granulator and a dust extraction system."

Thanks for pointing that out Vijunk!

I hadn't read that bit either, it didn't mention it in his last few auction listings, i just linked to his latest one.

I'm gonna call him and see what kind of setup he has and how much.

Regards
Neil

I purchased a granulator a little over a year ago. Must say its a neat machine, was amazed at it's capabilities. I can honestly say it will recover close to 99 percent. general loss of material is copper dust/flakes. machine matinence is key, Not the type of machine you want to cheap out on. I have run everything from small cable (2/0)-34ga communications wire. smaller wire I process into 2mm. granules. Hope I shined some light on the subject.

That's an incredible tool...never heard of one before.

Wow!