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Scrap Metal Shredding and Sorting Line Shipped to Greece
Recently, a scrap metal shredding and sorting line integrating a 450mm metal shredder and a 1200mm eddy current separator completed full system integration and anti-corrosion packaging at a production base in China. The line was then shipped to the Port of Piraeus, Greece, via the China-Europe Railway Express. Purchased by a major Greek metal recycling company, the line will be used to process metal materials from scrap ship components, industrial scrap, and end-of-life household appliances, helping Greece meet its scrap metal recycling targets under the European Green Deal and promoting the development of a local circular economy.
As the core equipment of the production line, the 450 metal crusher and the 1200 eddy current separator form an efficient processing chain: the 450 metal crusher is equipped with a high-strength manganese steel breaker and a 120kW high-power motor. It can crush large pieces of scrap metal with a diameter of up to 1.2 meters into metal particles of 80-150mm, with a stable hourly processing capacity of 25-35 tons, effectively preventing excessive metal loss during the crushing process; the back-end 1200 eddy current separator is designed with a 1200mm wide sorting belt and is equipped with a high-frequency magnetic field generator. It can accurately separate different types of metals such as copper, aluminum, and stainless steel, with a sorting purity of over 98.5%. It can also automatically remove impurities such as plastic and rubber from the metal, significantly improving the quality of recycled metal. In view of Greece’s multi-island and humid maritime environment, key components of the production line are treated with marine-grade anti-corrosion coatings, and the electrical system has been equipped with moisture-proof modules to ensure long-term stable operation in the marine climate. The equipment is also equipped with a multilingual intelligent central control system, supporting Greek, English, and Chinese, making it easy for local workers to quickly get started.
Before shipment, the technical team and Greek representatives completed four rounds of full-load testing. The equipment processed over 800 tons of scrap metal materials continuously for 48 hours, meeting all EU CE certification and Greek environmental standards. Greece, an ancient industrial country in the Mediterranean region, generates a large amount of scrap metal annually, but traditional processing methods have low automation levels and resource recovery rates of less than 60%. The implementation of this scrap metal crushing and sorting line is expected to increase the metal recovery rate for local enterprises to over 90%, reducing the need for primary metal mining by approximately 150,000 tons annually. The two parties will also collaborate on equipment operation and maintenance training and metal recycling process optimization to provide an efficient “Chinese solution” for scrap metal processing in Europe.