Landfills
How much lifespan does your landfill have left? How many passes are your compactors taking over each section? Read below to learn how a shredder can make and save you money.
Why run a HAMMEL shredder on your landfill?
| Feature | Benefit | What's in it for me? |
| Volume Reduction | Typical C&D and MSW will be reduced in volume 2:1 to 4:1 | Perhaps the single most important benefit to a landfill - material compacts more efficiently, extending the lifespan of your landfill |
| Easier Material Handling | The shredded material is handled with less effort | Achieve desired compaction with fewer passes - less wear and tear on your compactors, less fuel and time used! |
| More Fines | Run shredded material over a screen to create more fines | Depending on your setup, you could incorporate a screen and produce your own ADC |
| Over-Belt Magnet | Separates out over 95% of ferrous metals | You can sell this valuable scrap metal and make money rather than spend it! Also it won't stick out of your slopes anymore- less wear and tear on your other equipment and a better-looking landfill. |
| No damage when feeding "unshreddables" | Even when you accidentally feed the machine a solid I-Beam, the hydraulic monitoring keeps the machine from harming itself. Worst case scenario is that you notice reduced production rates and have to pull out the unprocessable material. | |
Which shredder is right for me?
| VB 450 | VB 750 | VB 850 | VB 950 | |
| Throughput of C&D in tons per hour | 8-10 | 35-40 | 80-90 | 150+ |
| Throughput of MSW in tons per hour | 8-12 | 50 | 100 | 200 |
| Available mobility options
Wheel Axle/Roll-off type (WA) and/or Tracks (T) | WA or T | WA or T | T only | T only |
| Fuel consumption in gal/hr | 3 | 6 | 10-12 | 16-18 |
Machine size for a landfill is mostly dictated by the required throughput volume, as well as where on the landfill it will be utilized. Shredding all incoming material will probably require an 850 or 950. We also offer solutions for re-mining your existing landfill to recover ferrous and non-ferrous metals, soil, and reducing its volume. These projects typically include screens, as well as non-ferrous metal separators. Stationary set-ups with detached power units are available for either application, as are electric machines on tracks!