Copper wire Granulator

chopping up copper wire in a granulator

[@victormgv]

How? How do you separate that? I’m mesmerized by these videos now, but I’ll be damned if I understand how the shaker part makes the plastic go one way and the copper the other way lol

[@hobbyscrapper3576]

I use a different system to separate the copper. I use a homemade water sluice. The plastic floats and the copper sinks so it does a good job. I will be making videos of this in the near future.

[@mart1044]

Really you can dump a bucket in a big rubber made tub of water and scoop out plastic with a net all the copper will sink.

[@mohdhafeezahmed9026]

Can you make video on showing blades how its work

[@hobbyscrapper3576]

Next time I got to use it I will.

[@tommyshadow66]

ooh man i wish you lived close to the central US id love to borrow a little of your time to help me condense down some of the copper ive been saving through my electrical apprenticeship. one day i hope to hobby smelt and not just sell what i have just for the sake of saving space. do you know roughly how much a machine like this would cost?

[@christianschaad8914]

So how do you separate the copper from the insulation? Use a sluice box?

[@Lucy-ye2kc]

Hey bro,we have dry copper granulator,can separate copper and plastic powder

[@waynetemple7712]

What size holes on screen?

[@royhopkins974]

Make and model number?

[@lt.schlechtnacht9414]

everyone is asking about the granulator but where do you get the copper wire from? I wanted to buy scrap copper wire from my local scrap yards but I don't think thats possible.

[@hobbyscrapper3576]

I get mine for scraping and some yards will sell but not many

[@hobbyscrapper3576]

@@poa2.0surface77 I have a family member that is a electrician and he sometimes gives me his left overs and some times pick it up at sales

[@ayaaneximudupi6521]

FOB price$

[@kasikasi2941]

Hi sir

[@bozfilmz639]

How will you separate the grindings?

[@hobbyscrapper3576]

I have a homemade water sluice. I will have video this spring when it get warm

[@thejunkguy4655]

I wish i had one of these i got hundred of pounds of spegetti wire i would put through it.

[@hobbyscrapper3576]

It does work nice for that stuff. You can look for one at a machine auction or shop sale. That’s where we got this one

[@rossbrumby1957]

@@hobbyscrapper3576 have seen some ads for smaller ones (100kg/hr, 240v) in Australian machinery listings- they still asking 8k secondhand and not sure if they seperate the copper. New enerpat that size that seperates also is 10k. Will have to buy a cheap lathe and make one.

[@joshp6061]

Power needed will eat up any profit from stripping, no?

[@hobbyscrapper3576]

It will some but it just depends on what I’m selling the copper for. I do this as a hobby so I’m not really looking for a lot of profit. I just enjoy it 😁

[@rossbrumby1957]

Free wire- run an electric motor for an hour($2?) = 20kg? Clean copper = roughly $200. In otherwords electricity is almost nothing.

[@melocshadowcat8367]

Where did you get your granulator?

[@hobbyscrapper3576]

This is a family members I use, but he bought it used at a auction. There are equipment dealers that handle used machines that sell these also

[@kasikasi2941]

Mechine price hp sir

[@hobbyscrapper3576]

It’s a family members machine. He bought it used for $800 at a auction. I don’t know the hp but I do know it’s 3 phase