LSZ 150/100 Arranged in pairs one above the other, the four hardened tool-steel rollers of this Hellweg Maschinenbau shredder provide a working width of about 5.9 inches. They reliably feed even heavily profiled, thermoformed edge waste pieces and shred them in a single step. They require no resharpening, and the shredder needs no blade, screen or infeed device. Edge strips processed by the shredder can be added directly to virgin material.
What’s new? The revamped shredder, which is designed to require little maintenance.
Benefits The reliable, continuous feeding and shredding of edge strips from trimmed film webs. Such strips are difficult to grip and convey using granulators with conventional feed and chop configurations, but the LSZ 150/100 overcomes these challenges. Boasting an infinitely variable roller speed, the shredder can handle feed speeds ranging between about 2.6 feet per minute and 19.7 feet per minute. It can produce uniform regrind with an edge length of around 5mm to 10mm.
Hellweg Maschinenbau GmbH & Co. KG, Roetgen, Germany, 49-2471-4254, www.hellweg-maschinenbau.de
Karen Hanna | Senior Staff Reporter
Senior Staff Reporter Karen Hanna covers injection molding, molds and tooling, processors, workforce and other topics, and writes features including In Other Words and Problem Solved for Plastics Machinery & Manufacturing, Plastics Recycling and The Journal of Blow Molding. She has more than 15 years of experience in daily and magazine journalism.
