What is copper wire?
Copper wire is widely popular in our daily life. From electric wire, power wire to communication wire and data wire, you can find it easily. But accumulation of abandoned copper wire post potential fire hazard which can bring harmful effects on nature and human beings. A specialist field of copper wire recycling is therefore in strong demand, and a copper wire shredder is a must have equipment in the recycling process.

Why recycle copper wire?
Most wires consist of a metal conductor inner housed in a plastic insulation. The most common metals used in wires is copper. Approximately 60 to 80% of the weight of wires comes from the metal contained inside it. Also the main driving force to recycle wire waste is to recover the valuable metal portion. Copper is non-renewable metal whose exploitation incurs serious environmental effects. When recycled these metals don’t degrade which means they can be recycled indefinitely.

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Copper wire recycling process
The decisive step in copper wire recycling processes is the possible entire separation of the copper fraction from the plastic insulation. A typical scrap copper wire recycling line consist of a combination of different shredders, granulators for material reduction and disintegration, as well as separation lines for separating of copper from the plastic part. The reclaimed copper and plastic are then melted and reused in making new products. So copper wire shredder plays an important role in successful recycling of copper wires.

Copper wire shredder from WANROOETECH
Copper wire shredder is a crucial part of copper wire recycling step. WANROOETECH is a professional size reduction machinery brand. We offer all types of size reduction machines with a wide choice of different cutting knives, screen mesh sizes and output capacity to meet your specific requirement. Contact us today and one of our sales representatives will discuss with you about your copper wire shredding requirements in detail, and recommend you the most suitable copper wire shredder which best fit your needs.