Filaments, film not problem for this unit

The new F-Rotor of the single shaft WLK type shredder can handle film, textile filaments, and tapes to recycle material and save processors money.

The F-Rotor is characterized by a special blade separation and cutting geometry designed for optimal shredding with high energy efficiency. Multi-filaments, big bags, and films fed into single shaft shredders tend to wrap themselves around the rotors, then begin to melt due to friction, and block the machine. The design of this rotor with stator blade prevents this. The narrower cutting gap compared to early rotor versions insures controlled feeding. Flakes produced are pressed through the screen perforations in compressed form so they expand afterward to the original volume. In order to avoid this from causing blockage, the unit has an exposed screen basket so the flakes fall onto a conveyor belt beneath the machine. Ground material can be directly fed back to the extrusion line. The rotors are on their sides with rotating discs that fit within the machine wall so that no material penetrates to the exterior. The rotors sit in recessed bearings that avoid material penetration and unit damage. F-Rotors are available in working widths of 800-3000mm and with rotor diameters of 368-600mm.

WEIMA America Inc., Fort Mill, SC, USA; 1-803-802-7170; [email protected]; www.weimaamerica.com