The reason for the huge price difference between plastic shredders and metal shredders, the importance of shredder blades!

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1. Classification and use of shredders

A shredder is a machine used for coarse shredding, generally used to process unprocessed raw materials or scraps to make them smaller in size. Compared with other crushers, it has low blade speed, low noise and low energy consumption.

According to the hardness of the shredder material, the shredder is mainly divided into soft material shredder and hard material shredder. According to the commonly used material materials, it is divided into plastic shredder and metal shredder. Plastic shredders can shred: plastic film, plastic pipe, rubber, woven bags, etc., and can also shred waste cloth and household garbage. Metal shredders can shred: waste steel bars, machine head materials, bicycles, motorcycles, aluminum plates, circuit boards, etc.

2. Reasons for the price difference of shredders

For different materials, the configuration required by the shredder is also different. The main costs of shredder equipment manufacturing are as follows: blades, reducers, processing and boxes. Generally speaking, the costs of the latter two items are roughly the same as long as they are the same model of equipment. The reason why the price difference of shredder equipment is so huge, and the price difference of different shredder quotations on the market is even more than double, is mainly due to the blades and reducers.

3. Shredder blades

For example, the raw material to be shredded by the metal shredder is scrap metal, which is a harder material, so the shredder must use blades of better materials. If the raw material to be shredded by the plastic shredder is soft and tough materials such as waste plastics, waste cardboard, and waste woven bags, then ordinary blades of general materials can be used. Don't underestimate the difference between blades. At present, there are many different materials of blades in China. The strength and hardness of blades of different materials are different, and the price will also differ by several times. For example, the material of H13 that we often see on the Internet is 4Cr5MoSiV1, which is doped with alloys such as chromium, molybdenum, silicon, and vanadium. It has extremely high hardenability and toughness. It will not soften under high temperature after the shredder encounters hard materials. At the same time, it has corrosion resistance, so it can easily handle water-containing materials and chemical corrosive materials. This high-quality material itself is very expensive, and after being processed, the price of the blade can basically double.

Shredder blades

If general materials, such as manganese steel, chrome steel and other materials, are used, the price is relatively low. The price difference is usually directly reflected in the use effect. For example, if the same scrap steel bar is made of ordinary material blades, it will basically take less than a month for the blades to be worn out and replaced. The blades made of high-quality steel are usually used for 2-8 months (depending on the specific materials to be shredded and the frequency of use). The price difference is only 1-3 times, but the use effect and life can reach 5-8 times. In comparison, which one would you be willing to choose? I think this is needless to say.

4. Reducer

Speaking of reducers, the reason why shredders can shred various hard or thick materials is mainly because they have a strong bite force, which requires extremely strong torque. The motor speed is constant and the torque is constant, so it depends on the reducer to increase the torque of the shredder by reducing speed. At present, there are many types of reducers on the market, and various brands are messy and uneven. If you use a general reducer, the price may be low, but it is difficult for a general reducer to fully convert the power of a large-sized motor and increase its torque. Some manufacturers even use small manufacturers to produce small reducers in order to reduce production costs. This reducer may be OK in the general processing of low-hardness materials, but once it encounters high-hardness materials or is under high-intensity processing, it is very easy to have insufficient conversion power and grinding teeth.

If it is for high-hardness materials or high-intensity processing conditions, then Xinbei Machinery will use a better hardened surface reducer, because under the same model, the hardened surface reducer has better power conversion performance and can match a larger power motor. And because its gears are made of high-strength low-carbon alloy steel through carburizing and quenching, the tooth surface hardness is high, even if a large piece of hard material occasionally enters the machine, it will not cause damage to the reducer. But at the same time, the price of the hardened surface reducer is higher than that of the general reducer.

In summary, although it is the same model of shredder, it is normal to have a huge price difference because it uses blades of different materials and reducers of different models. For example, plastic shredders and metal shredders, both 3063 models, with an output of 500KG/H, can have a price difference of more than 50,000. It is expected that inferior shredders will not have ideal effects in the later use, and it is expected that you will have to spend a lot of money to replace the reducer and blades. Therefore, if you need to buy shredder equipment, it is recommended to conduct more research and choose the most suitable manufacturer and equipment.