Penn Recycling utilizes a variety of equipment in producing a non-ferrous product acceptable to the applicable consumer’s size and quality specifications. Processes include baling, shredding, shearing, cable stripping, sorting and packaging.

Ferrous Processing Operations

Penn Recycling operates a state of the art ferrous processing facility. We offer the following ferrous processing services: Shearing, Automobile Crushing, Logging and Baling, and Automobile Shredding. For more detail on our services, please select a service from the menu at right.A high density automated horizontal baler is utilized to package large volumes of segregated material to consumer standards. Materials are conveyed into a baling chamber where they are sheared, densified, automatically tied and ejected. The finished product is inspected for contaminants or off-spec components and warehoused pending shipment to the appropriate consumer. These bales weigh anywhere from 1000 to 3500 pounds and are approximately 5 feet long and 3 feet wide.

Other materials such as copper and brass are sorted, cleaned of any iron or other non-metallics and containerized in corrugated Gaylord boxes. These boxes are then warehoused pending shipment.Some materials such as stainless steel are processed through an 800 ton hydraulic guillotine shear and shipped to market in bulk dump trailers.Materials are shipped via truck to mills and smelters throughout the East and Midwest United States.