Wire Chopping

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Wire Chopping

The copper and aluminum chopping lines work basically the same.  The material is loaded into a MTB pre-processor and chopped into smaller pieces to be moved to the first step of the granulator.  The smaller pieces are then checked for foreign material by hand before it goes into the chopping phase.  The material is then moved through a series of steps, using air, magnets, gravity and movement to separate out insulation and other small foreign material.  During the complete process, each customers material is kept separate in order to verify accurate recovery percentages.

Here are a few photos of the process and the final material.

Copper wire as purchased from the customer

Wire sorting area

Clam feeding wire into the MTB (pre-processor)

Feeding the MTB

Pre-processed copper coming off the MTB

Pre-processed copper

Each customer's product is stored and processed separately

Granulator

Finished product- copper chops

Feeding aluminum into the MTB

Employees sorting out iron, debris and other foreign material before the granulator process

Final product - aluminum chops

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Copper wire as purchased from the customer