Metal Crusher

HXPS series metal crusher main machine planing structure diagram display：

Metal Crusher (also known as metal shredder or scrap steel shredder) uses a high-speed rotating main shaft to drive hammers, performing composite crushing operations such as impacting, kneading, and squeezing on metal materials inside the crushing chamber. When combined with a subsequent sorting system, it can achieve impurity removal, compaction, and shaping of scrap metal. It is the core equipment of a scrap metal crushing and recycling production line.

HXPS1600 Metal Crusher and Production Line Equipment Crushing and Sorting Waste Aluminum and Scrap Steel Video Display：

This equipment is widely used in the field of scrap metal recycling, significantly improving recycling rates and creating higher economic value. This is the main reason why many users choose metal crushers to process scrap metal materials.

Production Line Workflow

A metal crusher can operate as a stand-alone machine or be integrated into a complete automatic production line.

Main Structure of the Crusher: It mainly consists of a rotor system, feeding device, discharging device, main drive system, dust removal device, crusher housing, and wear-resistant liners.

Complete Production Line: It is equipped with a feed conveyor, main crusher, discharge conveyor, magnetic separator, dust collector, eddy current separator, and other auxiliary equipment.

After being crushed by the main unit, the materials are transported by a belt conveyor to the magnetic separation system, where ferrous metals are effectively separated from other materials, and then stacked by a dedicated conveyor. Non-ferrous metals and non-metallic materials can be further finely sorted by an eddy current separator to improve metal recovery rates. Alternatively, manual sorting can be adopted based on actual needs to flexibly reduce equipment investment costs.

Live footage of the HXPS1800 metal crushing and sorting operation site：

The metal crusher uses a motor to drive the main shaft and hammers at high speed, generating strong centrifugal force to continuously strike metal materials entering the crushing chamber. The specific working process is as follows:

1. Hammer Crushing: The high-speed rotating hammers violently impact the materials, while the materials also undergo secondary collision, kneading, and squeezing against the liner plate inside the crushing chamber, completing the initial crushing.

2. Simultaneous Screening and Dust Removal: During the crushing process, the screen plate at the bottom controls the particle size; particles smaller than the screen openings are discharged. At the same time, the dust removal system uses negative pressure suction throughout the process to remove paint, dust, rubber, and other light impurities from the material surface, ensuring clean and uniform metal particles.

3. Magnetic Separation: The clean metal particles enter the magnetic separator, which separates ferromagnetic materials (steel and iron) from non-magnetic materials (aluminum, copper, plastics, etc.).

4. Centralized Discharge: The separated materials are conveyed by belt conveyors to designated stockpiles, completing the entire crushing process.

The scrap metal particles processed by the metal crusher become high-quality steelmaking raw materials. The metal crusher produced by Haoxing Machinery can effectively reduce the volume of scrap metal, improve transportation efficiency, and separate impurities and non-ferrous components from the material. It is an indispensable key piece of equipment for steel mills to obtain high-quality metal raw materials.

HXPS series metal crusher main machine and production line and material handling display：

1. Heavy-duty Steel Frame
Made of thickened steel plate with a thickness of 30–50mm (compared to 20–25mm for conventional equipment). Sturdy structure ensures no deformation or distortion under long-term, high-intensity operation.
Example: A customer processing 50 tons of scrap steel daily reported no frame deformation after two years of continuous operation.

2. High-Chrome Hammer + High-Manganese Liner
The hammer is made of high-chrome alloy (Cr content ≥26%), and the liner is made of high-manganese steel (Mn content ≥13%). Hardness reaches HRC58–62, with a service life 3–5 times longer than ordinary cast steel hammers.
Example: One set of hammers can crush approximately 3,000–5,000 tons of scrap steel, significantly reducing downtime for replacement.

3. Impact & Kneading Composite Crushing
Reduces scrap metal volume by 80%–90%, increases material density to over 1.3 t/m³, and lowers storage and transportation costs by an average of 40%–60%.
Example: One truckload of loose scrap iron sheets (approx. 5 tons) requires only half a truckload after crushing – cutting freight costs in half.

4. Automatic Uncrushable Discharge
Uncrushable materials (e.g., solid iron blocks, stones) are automatically ejected by centrifugal force within 3–5 seconds, reducing equipment failure rates by over 70% while protecting hammers and the main unit.
Example: A recycling plant accidentally fed a 5kg solid iron block into the crusher; the machine automatically ejected it and continued normal operation without any damage.

5. Customizable Inlet & Smooth Discharge
The feed opening can be customized based on material characteristics (width adjustable from 1m to 2.2m). The discharge chute features an anti-bounce-back design, achieving nearly 0% material return. Reliable performance at a competitive price – 1/3 to 1/2 the cost of imported equivalents.
*Example: For a customer processing scrap car shells, we customized a taller feed opening, increasing efficiency by 30% with no material bounce-back.*

Parameter description diagram for Metal Crusher：

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