When a car has seen the end of its days or there is scrap metal left over from a demolition project, it’s often sent to Evraz Recycling for a variety of metal recycling services.
One of the company’s biggest resources is a car shredder, which is a 600,000-lb piece of equipment that can shred an entire car down into 1-in. to 2-in.-dia pieces. The shredder sits on top of a concrete foundation, which had begun to weaken due to the weight of the steel that had been fed into it over the years. Scope of work on this $1.75-million project included overhauling the car shredder before it caused a catastrophic event.