tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post3864099625549794530..comments2024-03-28T19:58:31.110-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: If you love your car, don't watch this . . .Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-26225979971353191002014-04-11T12:21:16.983-05:002014-04-11T12:21:16.983-05:00It's a twin shaft rotary shear shredder, proba...It's a twin shaft rotary shear shredder, probably with hydraulic drive so it can quickly reverse if it jams.<br /><br />Looks to me like the engines and trannys are removed first, as shear shredders don't perform well on extremely hard, tough materials.<br /><br />Normally, car shredders are high speed rotary hammer mills, per drjim's comment.<br /><br />The SSI website includes a VW bug being shredded but probably without the engine/transaxle.<br /><br /><br />DonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-71648887110831085562014-04-10T21:28:36.766-05:002014-04-10T21:28:36.766-05:00Here is a shredder site,
http://www.ssiworld.com/i...Here is a shredder site,<br />http://www.ssiworld.com/index.htm<br />Click on the "watch it shred" button.<br />jon spencerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10886632644249920124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-12629114521453592182014-04-10T14:18:02.954-05:002014-04-10T14:18:02.954-05:00Here is a link showing it eating engine blocks. I ...Here is a link showing it eating engine blocks. I thought it would be a hammer mill but it is not. <br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oU3eEVzwe20<br /><br />Probably tool steel with tungsten or boron cubic nitride inserts. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-13149603000879537982014-04-10T13:20:13.500-05:002014-04-10T13:20:13.500-05:00They're really more like hammers than blades. ...They're really more like hammers than blades. They don't so much slice something apart, but rather pound and tear it into smaller pieces.<br /><br />The cast iron in the engine blocks gets battered into chunks, while the sheet metal of the car body just gets ripped apart, rather than sliced.drjimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05647484115197408897noreply@blogger.com