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Shred-Tech, the Ontario, Canada based reduction technology and shredding machinery specialist has unveiled its newly redesigned, in-plant industrial shredding system, the ST-100.
The company said that a rigorous engineering process undertaken by its specialized team has underpinned the recreation of the ST-100. The redesigned shredder not only delivers sizeable efficiency increases, but its robust design keeps maintenance to an absolute minimum.
While many shredders opt to use fabricated steel, Shred-Tech said that it has elected to make the ST-100 much stronger, using cast iron for its body and gearbox, and a modular in design and is bolted and dowel pinned, adding that a‘no flex’ stable structure is behind significantly increased shredding efficiencies.
“Our decision to go to a single drive instead of the usual 2-drive has positively impacted the gains we’ve been able to make. While there are far fewer parts in this very simple system – gears, bearings, seals and the like – there are ample safety factors. We’ve been able to put far more power into the shredder and its process which results in focused, clean cutting.” Mike Davison, engineering manager at Shred Tech Explained.
Breaking away from the pack, Shred-Tech’s redesigned ST-100 does not use a clutch like comparable systems on the market. Davison adds, “Not using a clutch further increases cutting efficiency because we don’t have those unnecessary stoppages to contend with. Now, we’re able to make much quicker work of much larger volumes. Reducing the amount of time it takes to shred also lowers the cost. Not only is the ST-100 simpler in design, we don’t have to use as much gear reduction to obtain optimum shredder speeds, due to half the motor input speed. This in turn results in higher power efficiency.”
The ST-100 is ideal for pure product destruction of materials such as e-waste, metals, plant waste, plastics, wood, paper, cardboard, light truck tires and steel drums.
