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Recovering Aluminum from Aluminum Service Wire

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April 28, 2022

When it comes to minimizing waste footprint, utility companies are turning to the basics (reduce, reuse and recycle) and are recycling their decommissioned utility cables on-site to recover the valuable copper and aluminum. This video shows a recently upgraded SWEED wire chopping line recovering aluminum from aluminum service wire.

WATCH THE VIDEO BELOW to see how this utility company despools their decommissioned cable, and turns (what would be) waste, into a valuable commodity.

 

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SWEED engineers work closely with customers on many levels – from customizing a scrap chopper to meet specific criteria or revolutionizing a veneer or panel handling solution to increase production and efficiency, SWEED strives to exceed every customer’s expectation in all they do.

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It all started with an imported gang saw. After WWII, three brothers from Germany migrated to the United States and built a sawmill on Galls Creek in Gold Hill, Oregon. Dissatisfied with the imported gang saw they were using, they decided they could make a better saw themselves.

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