Metal Management Rolls Out "Mega" Shredder In Phoenix

Date: July 4, 2002

Source: News Room

Metal Management, Inc., a full service scrap metal recycler, will install a new Newell Industries 120x104 "Mega" shredder at its Metal Management Arizona Facility in Phoenix, Ariz. The facility is a full service recycling facility that currently buys, processes and sells post consumer and industrial scrap including automobiles, appliances, sheet metal, steel, cast iron, aluminum, copper, brass, and other metals. The Mega Shredder is powered by a 6000 HP electric motor, and can shred up to 3 automobiles at a time, turning entire vehicles into softball size pieces in under 20 seconds. The rotor doing the shredding hits the old cars with 1000 pound hammers moving over 180 miles per hour, exerting over 1,000,000 pounds of force per square inch on to the vehicle. More information: www.mtlm.com.

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