About Scrap Processing & Demolition Equipment
New and used scrap processing and demolition equipment includes a wide range of machinery, from stationary crushers and shredders to long-reach excavators equipped with grapples or shears. Entities that employ new and used scrap processing/demolition equipment include municipalities, landfills, recycling centers, mills, foundries, and transfer stations, as well as onsite processing, mobile debris handling, and scrap metal companies.
Types Of Scrap Processing & Demolition Machinery
Some of the ride-on, self-propelled machines in the scrap processing and demolition field include material handlers, short- and long-reach excavators, wheel loaders, track loaders, skid steers, cranes, crawler dozers, backhoes, grapple loaders, and articulated trucks. Some material handlers have cabs that elevate to give the operator a good view over piles of debris. Many machines are modified with protective guards to keep debris from damaging their radiators or hydraulic lines and to protect the cab and operator. Wheeled vehicles in this market segment often benefit from solid or puncture-proof tires.
Caterpillar MH3024 Material Handler
Excavators and other tool carriers are often outfitted with rotating orange-peel grapples (made by Young and others), hydraulic thumbs, multi processors, hydraulic hammers, rock drills, pulverizers, cutting torches, concrete cutters, wrecking bars, shears (by LaBounty and more), magnets, generator sets, and other attachments for work in scrap yards or on demolition sites.
Finally, there are stationary machines such as low-speed shredders, balers, bag splitters, ballistic stone separators, wind sifters, screen plants, wire choppers, car crushers, aluminum can recycling machines, can densifiers or densors, can sorters, can flatteners, and glass crushers, as well as air curtain incinerators and firebox burners.
Trends & Features
While the use of explosives and wrecking balls once dominated the demolition sector, those techniques have largely given way to more environmentally and recycling-friendly methods that can also help recoup material expenses, keep materials out of landfills, and follow local and national regulations.
Scrap processing and demolition equipment follows the broader machinery market in trending toward greater efficiency in hydraulics and power systems, as well as longer service intervals and lower maintenance requirements. Newer diesel-powered equipment features better fuel economy and tighter emissions controls. Expect battery-electric machinery to make inroads into this sector as it has in many others.
Safety trends include fire suppression systems for various machines, along with greater visibility and rearview and side cameras available on self-propelled equipment. Recent examples of the latter also support fleet management telematics systems.
Find The Right Scrap Processing & Demolition Equipment
Manufacturers of scrap processing and demolition equipment for sale include ARJES, Atlas, CASE, Caterpillar, Deere, Doppstadt, Fuchs, Hammel, Hitachi, Kobelco, Komatsu, Liebherr, Link-Belt, SENNEBOGEN, and Volvo, among many others.
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