Hazardous Waste Shredding Applications


It is vital that the disposal of hazardous waste is both extremely safe and reliable. One of the first stages in this process is to shred the waste using single-shaft and four-shaft shredders. UNTHA machines are widely used when demands are particularly challenging. The tried and tested, robust four-shaft shredder can be safely and reliably employed for shredding radioactive waste, steel drums containing hazardous materials or bacterially contaminated medical waste. Long-life cutters and a machine which functions with 100% reliability are essential in these ultra-demanding applications if contact with hazardous waste is to be reduced to an absolute minimum.

  • Chemical container shredding

The UNTHA four-shaft shredder with its patented cutting system can be used safely and reliably for shredding particularly demanding hazardous waste, for example aggressive chemicals and similar. The machines are equipped with a specially designed shaft seal which prevents contaminants from penetrating into the shaft bearings. A stainless steel version of the machine can be supplied to protect the cutter chamber from corrosion. The UNTHA four-shaft system has been tried and tested in many applications and is successfully used in extremely stringent shredding tasks.

Our single-shaft shredders are particularly suitable for shredding large volumes of hazardous waste for disposal in hazardous waste incinerators. The machines achieve a granule size of less than 100 mm.

The machines can be equipped with either a hydraulic or an electro-mechanical drive depending on your requirements.

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Hazardous Shredding