Artech Reduction Technologies offers a variety of commercial and industrial products, including tire shredders and paper shredders.

1. A Guide to Efficient and
Effective Shredders

2. Shredders are very important in today’s world.
Shredders may have different purposes or
features based on who is using them and why,
but they all serve to take some sort of material,
whether it be paper, plastic or rubber, and reduce
it into smaller pieces. While these shredded
materials may have different uses (some will be
recycled, some disposed of, and some used as is),
the consistent piece is that a shredder will turn
the original material into something new by
cutting the material into fractions of the original
size.

3. Paper shredders are used to destroy important
papers, such as bank statements, letters or
medical records, so that the information cannot
be misused. Depending on the model and size of
shredder purchased, shredders can be used at
home, in the office or in a corporation. Home
versions are often single cut shredders which cut
paper into thin strips while larger companies may
have more advanced shredders that cut paper
into squares.

4. Plastic and tire shredders tend to be industrial shredders
for waste products such as rubber or plastics such as PE,
PP, PVC, PS, PU and PET. Using these large, industrial-size
shredders, plastics, rubber and similar materials can be
immediately reduced to just a fraction of the original sizes.
This shredded material can be sold or given directly back to
the public for distribution as useful products or, if being
delivered to the landfill, will decompose if biodegradable
and will take up less landfill space if not biodegradable. As
the varieties of plastics and rubber vary greatly, shredders
are often designed for a specific material or type of
materials, which means that multiple types of shredders or
shredding fixtures may be required.

5. While shredders may have different purposes
based on the material being shredded and what
the plan for the material is, they all serve the
important role of cutting materials down quickly
and efficiently.