Shredder Residue Solutions

Applications

These lines handle the residual streams that primary shredding and ferrous separation leave behind. Typical uses include:

• End-of-Life Vehicle Recycling: recovers copper, aluminum, brass, stainless steel, and plastics from car shredder fluff.
• Scrap Yards and Shredder Operators: upgrade residue and tailings into metal concentrates instead of paying for disposal.
• Non-Ferrous Concentrate Production: deliver alloy-graded aluminum, copper, brass, and zinc fractions to smelters and refiners.
• WEEE Processing: separate copper wire, aluminum, and housing plastics from shredded e-waste.
• Incinerator Bottom Ash: pull ferrous and non-ferrous metals out of MSW bottom ash and post-combustion residue.
• Plastic Reclamation: produce cleaned PP, PE, and ABS flakes for extrusion, pelletizing, or downcycling.

Shredder Residue Solutions Range

The range follows the material as it moves through a shredder residue plant. Each line handles a different fraction and can run alone or as part of a combined system.

Automotive Shredder Residue (ASR) Pre-Sorting Line

This line is the first stage for raw shredder fluff. A trommel and flip-flow screen size the feed, and a vertical air separator strips foam, film, and dust. Magnets, an eccentric eddy current separator, and sensor sorters then recover ferrous, non-ferrous, and stainless-steel fractions. Online and offline versions handle roughly 1 to 20+ t/h.

Shredder Residue Metal Recovery Line

This line upgrades tailings and mixed non-ferrous concentrate into higher-purity metal products. Induction, LIBS, X-ray transmission, and optical sorters target the fine and mid-size metals that primary lines miss. Outputs include alloy-graded aluminum, copper, brass, zinc, and stainless steel. Typical capacity sits between 4 and 20+ t/h.

ASR Plastics Washing & Recycling Line

This line reclaims the plastic fraction left once the metals come out. Magnets, a concentric eddy current separator, and an induction sorter clear metal before the water bath. Sink-float tanks, a friction washer, and two dryers then deliver clean, dry flakes. Capacity runs between 500 and 3,000+ kg/h.

How to Choose the Right Shredder Residue Solution

• For raw, damp shredder fluff with high foam and dust: start with the ASR Pre-Sorting Line.
• For tailings that still hold fine copper, aluminum, or stainless steel: choose the Shredder Residue Metal Recovery Line.
• For alloy-graded aluminum or cast versus wrought separation: choose the Metal Recovery Line with LIBS and X-ray transmission sorting.
• For the plastic fraction left after metal removal: add the ASR Plastics Washing & Recycling Line.
• For smaller sites: the pre-sorting line scales down to about 1 t/h, and the plastics line to about 500 kg/h.
• For a complete residue plant: run all three lines in sequence so each stage feeds the next.

Why Choose Torontech for Your Shredder Residue Solution

Torontech supplies testing and measurement equipment to laboratories and manufacturers across North America and worldwide, backed by responsive technical support and calibration service. The Shredder Residue Solutions range is built for reliable, standards-driven results, so you can standardize on one supplier as your testing needs grow. Our team helps you match the right configuration to your samples, applicable standards, and throughput, then supports you through installation and beyond.

Request a Quote

Share your input composition, moisture level, target throughput, and the fractions you want to recover. Our engineers will propose a process flow and the right line configuration. Contact the Torontech team for pricing, lead times, and a site-specific layout.