Shredder efficiency

@peter-bas yes it is still going strong. Works well, only gets a bit hot at the blades while shredding PET

Cool, is the shredder still going strong? Any sign of wear?

**Test number 4

**Material: PET
Amount: 0.508kg
Method: Wash-Shred
Preparation time: 19.66 min
Prep amount/h: 1.55
Shred time: 4 min
Shred processing kg/h: 7.62

**Test number 5

**Material: PET
Amount: 0.508kg
Method: Shred-Wash
Preparation time: 6.3 min
Prep amount/h: 4.84
Shred time: 3 min
Shred processing kg/h: 10.16

Test number 6

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Material: PET
Amount: 1.2kg
Method: Wash-Shred
Preparation time: –
Prep amount/h:
Shred time: 15 min
**Shred processing kg/h: 4.8

**Remarks: done by somebody else. Bit slower than trained person

AVERAGE: 7.5 kg/h

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Awesome work, thanks for taking the time to provide statistics

Carry on the great work Thijs πŸ™‚

Test number 2
Material: HDPE
Amount: 0.617kg
Method: Shred-Wash
Preparation time: –
Prep amount/h: –
Shred time: 6.5min
Shred processing kg/h: 5.70
Remarks: I could not keep up with the pace of the machine while it was shredding bottle caps. I was too slow with cutting the bigger objects

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Test number 3
Material: HDPE
Amount: 0.617kg
Method: Wash-Shred
Preparation time: 15 min
Prep amount/h: 2.47
Shred time: 4 min
Shred processing kg/h: 9.26
Remarks: This batch was first cut and washed and than shredded. Therefor, the time is shorter while I shredded the same amount of plastic

AVERAGE: 9.02 kg/h

Noice being a engineer student it is always great to have data. Especially β€œWork” numbers.