ABSTRACT

TITLE: MULTI PLASTIC TYPE SHREDDER

AUTHORS: REYES, REYNOLD R.

SIOCO, JOHN ANTHONY E.

SURQUIA, PHOEBE DANIELLE B.

ADVISER: Dr. MILO O. PLACINO

This research study “Multi Plastic Type Shredder” is aimed to design a plastic shredder blade that

can shred multiple type of plastic waste and analysis of construction and mechanism of the

prototype machine. The general objectives of the research study are to determine the factors to be

considered for designing the rotating blades to shred the different type of plastic, appropriate

number blades for an effective shredding, the appropriate diameter of the blade, the appropriate

spacing of the blades for an effective prototype shredding machine. The shredding machine is

mainly consist of the following main components: top hopper, drive shaft, frame, electric motor,

shredding chamber, shredding stationary blades, shredding rotating blades and output container.

In the development of the cutter blades of the shredder, the following factors considered in this

study are the thickness of blade, type of steel, recovered mass, rated output, the number of pieces

and mass of the shredded plastic that falls on the mass ranges.
This research study used the experiment method of operating efficiency and the performance of

the designed blade for the plastic shredder. The researchers considered the different types of

plastics for application and in comparison with the old machine as well.

There were various designs of plastic shredder blade that were considered for the fabrication,

positioning and construction of the designed plastic shredder.

The factors that must be considered in developing the plastic shredder are the size of the plastics

to be shred, volume reduction, minimizes human intervention, high capacity of the machine, easy

maintenance and materials especially on the blade designs to be used.

The researchers recommends the following: appropriate clearance of the rotating blades.

Keywords: shredding, plastic, rotating blade, stationary blade,