Company History
For more than 35 years, CM Shredders has been designing and manufacturing advanced industrial shredders and recycling systems.
Fueling technology and innovation for today and beyond, CM Shredders has long been at the forefront of game-changing innovations. CM’s shredders and recycling systems are hard at work in hundreds of locations spanning 5 continents in more than 28 countries and are processing over a half a billion tires each year worldwide.
CM Shredders utilize cutting-edge, patented knife technology tested and perfected in the demanding world of tire processing. CM Shredders prides itself on manufacturing durable, reliable, and advanced recycling equipment.
Through a commitment to innovation and technology, CM Shredders has developed a comprehensive portfolio of turnkey solutions for the tire recycling industry that include: tire shredders, industrial shredders, wire liberators, granulators, mills and crumb rubber systems that include steel separation, fiber separation, screening, and cleaning systems.
Why CM Shredders
CM recognized the value of the “Holman Patent” a patented shredder knife system that created extremely close knife to knife tolerances. This system allowed processors to create high quality tire chips with very little exposed steel. This patent was purchased and coupled with an innovative, highly efficient patented screening system, which together created a system that produced clean cut chips of consistent size. This innovative technology was instrumental to the advancement of the tire derived fuel and tire derived aggregate markets.
As markets for smaller materials grew, CM developed its patented Liberator. As its name implies, the CM Liberator is a highly advanced system for the liberation of tire wire from the rubber. CM knew that if clean steel was produced it could be sold to steel mills to create an additional revenue steam and eliminate costly disposal fees.
For the processor looking to maximize profits, adding a Steel Reclaim System after the Liberator will further screen and separate commingled steel and rubber that is generated from the tire recycling process. The material value can be greatly enhanced with the addition of the Zero Waste System. The system utilizes a special screen in combination with magnetic separators to reclaim all of the steel and rubber.
CM has also added milling equipment to complete their tire recycling product line with the acquisition of the Dual Drive Crackermill patent. This technology allows crumb rubber producers to remove the remaining nylon fiber from the rubber fraction and to further reduce the rubber granulate to powders ranging from 20-80 mesh. This fine rubber powder is reused and recycled in many different ways. It is added to asphalt pavement for longer- lasting roadways and it is used for manufacturing a wide variety of new rubber molded products for other industries.
