Increase Auto Recycling Profits with Bunting Equipment

Auto recycling is a highly profitable industry that is currently facing commodity pricing challenges, and is the 16th largest industry in the United States. Approximately 12 million cars come to the end of their life cycle each year, and in the United States, nearly 95% of vehicles will be recycled. Because almost every part of a car can be recycled in some way, it is no surprise that auto recycling industry contributes $25 billion to the US national GDP each year. However, when handling such a large volume of diverse materials (including steel frames, rubber tires, and glass windows), challenges inevitably rise. To assist auto recycling manufacturers, Bunting offers a full range of magnetic separation and conveying equipment that optimizes operations and maximizes profitability.

One of the main forms of auto recycling is auto shredding. Auto shredding transforms a useless car into a treasure trove of highly profitable ferrous metal, stainless steel, and non-ferrous metal. However, this large mass of material must not only be transported efficiently, but also separated so that like metals are grouped together and harmful waste products are removed from the product stream.

For initial separation goals, where you are seeking to achieve maximum purity and separate ferrous metals from non-ferrous metals coming out of a shredder, Bunting’s cross belt magnets are an excellent solution. Cross belt magnets are easy to install over your existing conveyor belts, and deliver consistently high levels of separation. Bunting’s new extreme duty CBS Max is designed for ultimate extreme duty separation tasks—designed to be pulling out ferrous scrap, NOT be in the shop undergoing repairs and costing you downtime. Bunting’s high intensity magnetic separation equipment utilizes high powered magnets and top notch engineering to meet multiple goals auto shredders may have. Bunting’s Stainless Steel Separation Conveyor and High Intensity Separation Conveyor are capable of removing paramagnetic work-hardened stainless steel and lightly magnetic fine tramp particles. This allows for increased recovery as well as a purer end product or a cleaner ICW for chopping. Meanwhile, Bunting’s newest high frequency Eddy Current Separators are capable of separating a wide range of conductive nonferrous metals.

To aid in transportation of downstream materials, Bunting supplies the auto recycling industry with heavy duty conveyors designed to handle the punishing environment of auto scrap recovery facilities. Bunting conveyors are available in non-magnetic transfers and with a variety of magnetic pulleys for additional separation, and are completely customizable. By providing reliable conveying systems, Bunting moves materials quickly and eliminates downtime associated with repairing broken conveyors.

For general separation goals where you are seeking to separate ferrous metals from non-ferrous metals, Bunting’s cross belt magnets are a simple solution to easily install over your existing conveyor belts that deliver consistently high levels of separation.

Bunting’s auto recycling products increase profitability while reducing waste and downtime. “The growing line of Bunting magnetic separation equipment is being received very well by our customers in the auto recycling industry,” says Don Suderman, Bunting’s Material Handling Product Manager. “They are pleased with the higher separation and superior reliability that our products provide.” 

For more information on how Bunting products can improve your auto recycling facility, Contact Us Today.