WEEE Recycling Line: Dismantling, Shredding and Metal Separation
Waste appliances are composite products. A safe and useful line description must separate manual preparation from crushing and downstream metal recovery, without claiming to provide local regulatory approval.
Manual preparation comes before crushing
Compressors, motors and refrigerant circuits require separate handling before an appliance body enters crushing equipment. Whole appliances should not be treated as a generic mixed feed without reviewing the preparation method.
The project owner must operate dismantling, refrigerant recovery and waste handling under the applicable local environmental and safety requirements.
Crushing opens the prepared appliance body
After the required preparation, vertical or horizontal crushing can reduce the remaining shell and assemblies to a more uniform size for separation.
The appliance mix matters: refrigerators, washing machines and air conditioners do not present the same feed composition or preparation boundary.
Separate ferrous and non-ferrous fractions
Magnetic separation removes ferrous shells, frames and other iron-bearing pieces. The non-magnetic fraction can be reviewed for eddy current recovery of aluminium and other non-ferrous metals.
Screening, dust control and plastic or foam handling are selected around the prepared feed and the fractions the buyer needs to sell or dispose of.
Confirm the project boundary in the enquiry
A useful enquiry states appliance types, preparation method, daily volume, target metal fractions and the local handling boundary. This avoids presenting a crusher as a complete compliance service.
A material review and sample test help confirm the practical sequence and equipment scope before a final quotation.
What to take away
- Remove compressors, motors and refrigerant circuits before crushing.
- Treat appliance mix and preparation method as primary design inputs.
- Use magnetic separation for ferrous and evaluate eddy current separation for non-ferrous fractions.
- Keep local environmental approvals and handling obligations with the project owner.
Written by the Miracle Machinery engineering team. Figures quoted are from published equipment specifications; project-specific results are confirmed by material test.