Energy from old carpets - WEIMA Maschinenbau The medium-sized family business in southern England can look back on 35 years of company history. It has always concentrated on the industrial recycling of fibres – such as those in carpets and textiles. Against the background of continually increasing volumes of collected old carpets, the decision was made to purchase a reconditioned WEIMA Spider 1500 single-shaft shredder to replace the current shredding system. Picture 1: Spider 1500 single-shaft shredder Feeding initially takes place via a conveyor belt fitted with a belt magnet. This will ensure that no metallic impurities will enter the shredder. The industryshredder with its 90 kW drive unit and the innovative V rotor finally shreds the carpet at a homogenous length of 40 mm. The carpet

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