End-of-life mattresses are notoriously difficult to move, store and process, which means they’re widely considered a huge headache for the resource sector. Some operators would even go so far as to presume they’re economically unshreddable. Until now… As UNTHA’s innovation has continued, so too have the possibilities when it comes to mattress shredding. We want to put a stop to the 167,000 tonnes of mattresses – that’s 7.5 million units – sent to landfill in the UK, every year. And, through clever engineering, we can even help you achieve a 100% material recovery rate.
Globally renowned for making the ‘unshreddable’, shreddable, UNTHA has purposefully designed a flexible, heavy duty mattress shredder with 3m wide loading aperture, that can mechanically dismantle a mattress in as little as 30 seconds, compared to the 7-10 minutes it would typically take a skilled worker to manually break down this complex product.
Shredding down to a pre-defined homogenous particle size – such as a <50mm fraction – to liberate steel from the flock, empowers downstream separation technology to best do its job! In fact, it’s possible to produce a highly calorific 30mm clean flock – free of contaminated material – which can be mixed to create a Solid Recovered Fuel. Even the residual contaminated arisings can be re-shred for alternative fuel production.
Every design feature within an UNTHA mattress shredder, has been engineered to enhance plant uptime, minimise operational disruption and maximise ROI. Talk to us about variable product sizing, our indexable quick-change cutter system, our electric drive, low cost wear parts, long service intervals, and a payback period as little as 12 months!
UNTHA’s team is as well-known as our technology, which sees operators routinely involve our shredding experts in the earliest stages of their projects. We are happy to help design mattress shredding lines and regularly consult with new and existing facilities to boost throughputs, refine output quality, increase production margins, and reduce whole life running costs.
Did you know…. 80% of a mattress can be recycled into new consumer and industrial products.
The size and composition of mattresses is extremely varied, therefore UNTHA’s flexible mattress shredders are capable of handling small, infant-sized mattresses through to super-king size and above – including pocket sprung products.
Metal
can be sent to scrap recyclers before being smelted for remanufacturing
Foam
can be broken down and transformed into carpet underlay or animal bedding
Textiles/Fibres
can be salvaged for reuse in oil filters or used as flock within the energy recovery market, reducing our reliance on depleting fossil fuels
Wood
can be shredded to produce landscaping mulch or a biomass resource
A world-famous single-shaft machine globally renowned for doing the job other shredders can’t.
The same great mattress shredding technology, with in-built tracks, discharge conveyor and magnet belt, for added on-site flexibility.
“Engineering innovations are advancing at pace, which is changing the shape of what’s possible, in the reuse, recycling and energy recovery arenas. Consequently, operators throughout the environmental sector are re-evaluating the commercial viability of materials that are still presumed impractical to process, but perhaps are not.”
Gary Moore, sales director
“Following trials to prove the UNTHA XR could handle the variety of foam and sprung mattresses currently being disposed of in the UK – not to mention our capacity targets – our sophisticated facility now stands to divert one million mattresses from landfill in the next 12 months. This will result in the recovery of approximately 25,000 tonnes of steel wire alone!”
Martin Price, managing director
View real-life shredding in action via a selection of videos, download a shredder brochure or get further insight from whitepapers and guides.
If you’re considering an investment in new technology, we invite you to visit our HQ to try one of our shredders, for free, using your own materials.
With millions of pounds of consignment stock available at our central UK HQ, we have hundreds of product lines available for immediate dispatch.
To explore the indicative cost of a new shredding solution, complete this short form to get the conversation started.
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