Car Shredder Recycling and Disposal of Scrapped Cars
There are three main types of cars: passenger cars, trucks, and bridge cars. The primary materials used in car manufacturing include metal materials, plastics, rubber, glass, paint coatings, and more. Among these, steel materials account for approximately 80% of the total mass of a scrapped car. Non-ferrous metals make up around 3% to 5%. These non-ferrous metals are mainly aluminum, copper, magnesium alloys, and small amounts of zinc, lead, and bearing alloys. Aluminum has the highest proportion among non-ferrous metals and is mostly used in the form of aluminum alloys due to its excellent strength-to-weight ratio and corrosion resistance.
Industrial Process for Recycling Scrap Steel from Scrapped Cars
The core component of the scrap steel recycling line is car shredder, supported by auxiliary equipment such as conveying systems, magnetic separators, eddy current separators, air classifiers, and washing units. The metal crusher breaks down the scrapped car bodies using a hammering technique, reducing them into small, manageable pieces. After crushing, the materials go through a series of sorting processes to separate ferrous and non-ferrous metals, as well as non-metallic materials such as plastics, rubber, glass, paint coatings, and dust. This ensures that the final output is clean and high-purity scrap steel, which is a high-quality raw material for steelmaking.
Scrapped cars are predominantly made up of metal components. Therefore, the recycling process focuses primarily on recovering these valuable metal materials. The efficiency and effectiveness of the recycling process have a direct impact on the overall economic value of the vehicle. High recovery rates not only reduce environmental pollution but also contribute to sustainable resource utilization and cost-effective secondary manufacturing.
