Heavy-Duty E-Waste Shredder

Product Introduction

Electronic waste is the world’s fastest-growing waste stream, and it carries hidden risks. Old hard drives and smartphones hold sensitive data that must be destroyed beyond recovery. Tangled cables, mixed plastics, and toxic components make manual dismantling slow, hazardous, and expensive. Landfilling e-waste is increasingly illegal — and it buries valuable metals like gold, silver, copper, and palladium that could be recovered.

Our Heavy-Duty Twin-Shaft E-Waste Shredder solves these challenges in one pass. It pulverizes hard drives to unrecoverable particle sizes, shears through cables and wiring harnesses, cracks open plastic housings, and liberates metals from non-metallic components. Low-speed, high-torque cutting avoids sparks, dust explosions, and thermal damage to valuable metals. The result: secure data destruction, maximum volume reduction, and perfectly conditioned feedstock for downstream separation and metal recovery.

Product Features

Twin-Shaft, High-Torque Destruction Two counter-rotating shafts equipped with hardened alloy steel blades operate at low speed (12–25 rpm) with immense torque. This shearing action demolishes hard drive platters, ceramic processors, and reinforced plastic housings without generating the sparks or heat that could ignite battery residues or degrade metal values.

Data Security Through Particle Size Control For IT assets requiring certified data destruction, the shredder reduces hard drives, smartphones, and storage media to particles smaller than 20mm (with optional fine screens down to 10mm). This meets the physical destruction requirements of data protection regulations, allowing your clients to pass audits with confidence.

Liberation of Metals from Plastics E-waste contains an intricate mix of copper, aluminum, precious metals, and various plastics. Our blade profile and cutting geometry are designed to fracture and delaminate these composite materials, maximizing the liberation of metal particles for downstream recovery via magnetic separation, eddy current, or optical sorting.

Anti-Jam Intelligence & Safety First The PLC system monitors torque in real time. When an uncrushable object is detected, the shafts instantly reverse to eject it, then resume automatically. The cutting chamber is sealed, and full safety interlocks prevent access during operation. An optional dust extraction system maintains a clean, OSHA-compliant work environment.

Quick-Maintenance, Long-Life Cutting System Blade segments are manufactured from high-alloy, through-hardened tool steel, and can be re-sharpened and re-spaced many times. Large access doors and segmental blade design allow one operator to rotate or replace worn edges quickly, minimizing downtime in high-throughput recycling operations.

Technical Parameter

Model	Motor Power	Rotor Diameter	Chamber Size (L×W)	Blades Qty	Max. Input Width	Capacity (Mixed E-Waste)
ESH-600	30+30 kW	300 mm	600×800 mm	30 pcs	600 mm	400–800 kg/h
ESH-800	45+45 kW	350 mm	800×1000 mm	40 pcs	800 mm	800–1,500 kg/h
ESH-1000	75+75 kW	420 mm	1000×1200 mm	50 pcs	1000 mm	1,500–2,500 kg/h
ESH-1200	90+90 kW	480 mm	1200×1500 mm	60 pcs	1200 mm	2,500–4,000 kg/h
ESH-1500	132+132 kW	550 mm	1500×1800 mm	80 pcs	1500 mm	4,000–6,000 kg/h

Capacity estimated for mixed small appliances, IT equipment, and cables. Actual throughput varies significantly depending on material composition, screen hole size, and feed method. Custom configurations available for data destruction applications.

Applicable Material

E-Waste Materials We Shred

IT & Data Storage Equipment: Hard disk drives (HDD), solid-state drives (SSD), servers, laptops, tablets, and optical drives. Shredded to irrecoverable particle sizes for certified data destruction.
Telecom & Office Electronics: Mobile phones, routers, switches, printers, copiers, fax machines, and desktop computers. Bulk volume reduction and metal-plastic separation.
Printed Circuit Boards (PCB): Bare boards, populated PCBs, edge connectors, and IC chips. Liberates copper traces and precious metal contacts from fiberglass and resin substrates.
Cables & Wiring Harnesses: Copper and aluminum cables, data cables, power cords, and automotive wiring harnesses. Shears long strands into short, flowable pieces for granulation and metal recovery.
Consumer Electronics & Appliances: TVs (non-CRT), audio equipment, game consoles, remote controls, small kitchen appliances. Removes plastic casings and exposes internal components.
Battery-Free Electronic Scrap: Electronic components from dismantled devices, connectors, keyboards, mice, and mixed e-scrap. (Note: Batteries must be removed prior to shredding for safe processing.)

Why Choose Us

Factory-Direct Engineering: Your project is handled by the engineers who design and build the shredders. We manufacture rotors, gearboxes, and controls in our own facility, ensuring tight quality and a price free from intermediary markups.
12-Month Comprehensive Warranty: Core mechanical and electrical systems are fully covered. If an issue arises, our remote support team provides video-guided diagnosis within 12 hours to get you back up and running.
Fast-Response Spare Parts & Honest Support: We keep blades, spacers, seals, and screens in stock for immediate dispatch. Our technical team offers data-driven maintenance training — we teach your crew how to extend blade life, not how to overspend on unnecessary replacements.
Complete E-Waste Recycling Lines: Need a turn-key system? We integrate the shredder with magnetic separators, eddy current separators, optical sorters, and dust collection to deliver a complete, compliant e-waste processing plant.

Tell us about your e-waste stream. Send photos, material descriptions, and your throughput target. Our application engineers will design a customized shredding solution and return a detailed proposal with transparent pricing within 24 hours.

FAQ

Can this shredder destroy hard drives to a data-unrecoverable standard? Yes. With the appropriate screen size (10mm–20mm), hard drives are shredded into particles far smaller than the 20mm–25mm typically required by data protection standards for unrecoverable destruction. This process is recognized by many IT asset disposition (ITAD) certification schemes.

What about batteries — can they be shredded? No. Batteries, especially lithium-ion types, pose serious fire and explosion hazards. They must be removed before shredding. Our system can be integrated with upstream depopulation or battery removal stations to ensure safe feed.

Does the shredder produce dust or hazardous emissions? The low-speed cutting action inherently minimizes fine dust generation. For enclosed processing, we offer an integrated dust extraction and filtration system that captures any airborne particulates, ensuring compliance with workplace safety standards.

Can the machine handle plastic-heavy e-waste like printers and TVs? Absolutely. High torque easily cracks open rigid ABS and HIPS housings without melting the plastic. The shearing action creates clean fractures, making downstream plastic-metal separation much more efficient.

How often do blades need maintenance when shredding PCBs and metal-heavy scrap? E-waste is abrasive due to fiberglass and ceramics. Expect blade re-sharpening intervals of 300–600 working hours for mixed loads. One set of blades can be re-sharpened 5–7 times, making them highly economical over the long term.

Do you provide full plant design, not just the shredder? Yes. We are a complete solution provider. From feeding conveyors and pre-sorting stations to shredders, granulators, and metal recovery systems, we design, supply, and commission full e-waste recycling facilities.