Why we need wood shredding for waste wood?

Industrial wood shredding machines and grinders play a key role in waste management and recycling in today’s manufacturing and disposal industries. They may also be practical for other businesses or business communities, after careful consideration of security, waste management costs and the importance of lowering environmental impact.

Wood grinders are available in a range of sizes, on tracks or tires, diesel or electric powered. They are capable of grinding all kinds of wood waste material, consisting of  chipboard, MDF board, veneers, solid wood, pallets, hardwood, softwood, chips or off-cuts – the homogenous final product produced in the shredding process is perfectly suited for the generation of heat for buildings or drying chambers as well as for the production of wood briquettes.

Types of Shredders

Industrial wood shredders vary in many ways, according to the function they perform. The internal mechanical processes may include cutting, grinding, hammering and compression. Many wood shredders also incorporate shaking/sorting mechanisms. Internal machinery may travel in rotary, lateral or vertical directions. Speeds of the internal processes also vary widely, to suit the materials the machines will be handling. Shredders can be partially categorized by the type of process or processes they employ:

Grinders

Grinders use abrasion, often combined with compression to pulverize wood materials, usually to produce granular products. Wheels, drums and plates may be used in the processes. These may be either high or low speed machines.

Chippers

Chippers normally use high speed rotary knives to reduce materials to flakes or chips. They can be manually or automatically fed, and may be single or multiple stage machines. They may also employ single or multiple drums or wheels with single or multiple knives.

Mobile Wood Shredding Services

 There are companies that offer to undertake mobile shredding services for the maceration / reduction / pulverization of wood waste. The wood can be shredded on site and even screened to either 10mm or 30mm to make compost. The wood waste can also be used to supply feedstock for powers stations, board manufactures and the Equine industry.

 Advantages of Wood Shredding and Grinding

·      The advantages of using mega-shredders in large-scale waste disposal systems, such as landfill / recycling centers are fairly obvious. Waste wood can be immediately reduced to a mere fraction of its original size and many can be sold or given directly back to the public for distribution as useful products.

·      Bio-degradable products like wood will decompose faster after shredding.

·      Shredding also allows those materials that will end up buried forever in landfills to be compacted into a much smaller space with fewer voids, resulting in a more stable base for future development.

·      There are sound environmental reasons for putting your ground wood waste in the garden, instead of land filling it. Land filling wood waste contributes to the creation of methane gas which is a potent greenhouse gas thought to contribute to climate change.

·      Also by using your very own chippings as mulch you will reduce the need to buy chemical weed controls for the garden.