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Shred to 0.09", 0.13", 0.16", 0.25", 0.31", 0.40", 0.50", 0.75" oval
shreds other custom
shred sizes to suit needs.
Progressive Document Destruction will typically use from one to three employees at an on-site
shred, Johnson says.
"Some companies
shred their waste for boiler fuel while others sell it for landscape mulch or animal bedding," says Van Dam.
The numbers are good news for people like Matthew Adams, who with business partner Randy Pierce opened
Shred Smart in Little Rock last May.
The documents you
shred today may be reconstructed tomorrow.
* The Urschel model M can now be equipped with newly designed feed fingers and special shredding discs to produce the hand-pulled-looking
shreds more uniformly and efficiently.
A bonded representative will collect the material and
shred it on site in a high-volume shredding truck.
Although details of the reaction are under study, the following factors are thought to create conditions favorable for oxidation of exposed steel and/or rubber: free access to air; free access to water; retention heat caused by the high insulating value of tire
shreds in combination with a large fill thickness; large amounts of exposed steel belts; smaller tire
shred sizes and excessive amounts of granulated rubber particles; and the presence of inorganic and organic nutrients that would enhance microbial action.
Horizontal hammermills
shred refuse by high-speed rotation of the rotor and hammers; vertical hammermills also consist of a high speed rotor on a shaft, but the equipment is all mounted vertically.
Then people tried using the
shreds as mattress filling.
Because crosscut
shreds are small, the shredded material takes up less space.