In large industries as in the home it has become increasingly important and necessary to reduce bulky wastes.

In fact, reducing bulky wastes is the first step towards facilitating subsequent processing operations.

The equipment that make this operation possible (reduce the volume of bulky waste), is usually mechanical and is known as “Grinders and Shredders”.
The grinders and shredders work on bulky wastes and reduce the volume (including predefined sizes),  by grinding and cutting the components of bulky waste itself.

The type of grinder or shredder to be used is usually chosen based on the following parameters:

1. hourly capacity of the wastes to be processed
2. final product size to be achieved.

An example of a two-shaft shredder is THANIT