An agricultural films rotary spiral shredder provides an efficient size-reduction solution for used agricultural plastic films. Mulch films, greenhouse films, tunnel films, and crop protection films are lightweight and flexible, but after use they can be mixed with soil, plant residues, and moisture.
These conditions make agricultural film difficult to collect, convey, and recycle. A suitable agricultural film shredder can reduce the size of collected film waste and prepare it for subsequent cleaning, screening, sorting, and plastic recycling.
Used agricultural films have several characteristics that create processing challenges.Thin and Flexible
Agricultural films can fold, overlap, and become difficult to feed continuously.
Used mulch film may carry soil, roots, leaves, and other agricultural residues, increasing the difficulty of downstream recycling.
Wet film can be heavier and harder to handle, while moisture may affect subsequent cleaning and recycling processes.
Loose films can form long, tangled pieces during collection and handling, which requires suitable size-reduction equipment.
The agricultural films rotary spiral shredder uses a single-shaft rotary cutting system to continuously reduce flexible film waste.
Rotating cutting components work with fixed blades to cut and push the material through the shredding chamber. This provides controlled size reduction while allowing the equipment to work with continuous feeding systems.
ZAECOTECH's spiral shredder typically provides:
Capacity: 1–15 t/h
Output size: 20–100 mm adjustable
Continuous size reduction
Adjustable output for different applications
Integration with conveyors and screening equipment
Actual capacity depends on the film type, feeding conditions, material size, moisture, and other operating factors.
A typical agricultural film recycling process can be arranged as:
Collection → Pre-Sorting → Shredding → Screening / Impurity Removal → Washing → Drying → Recycling
Shredding serves as an important preparation stage. By reducing large and tangled film into smaller pieces, the material becomes easier to convey and process in subsequent cleaning and recycling equipment.
For heavily contaminated agricultural films, the shredding system can be integrated with impurity removal and washing equipment to form a complete recycling line.
Several factors should be considered when selecting an agricultural plastic film shredder:
Film type: mulch film, greenhouse film, tunnel film, or mixed agricultural films
Contamination: soil, roots, leaves, and other residues
Moisture: dry or wet film
Capacity: required tons per hour
Output size: requirements of the next processing stage
Recycling process: washing, sorting, extrusion, pelletizing, or other applications
The complete processing conditions should be evaluated before selecting the shredder configuration.
ZAECOTECH provides customized shredding solutions for agricultural films and other flexible plastic waste.
The equipment can be configured according to material characteristics, capacity, output requirements, feeding conditions, and downstream recycling processes. The spiral shredder can also be combined with conveyors, screening, impurity separation, and washing systems.
This allows the shredding stage to work as part of a complete agricultural film recycling system rather than as an isolated machine.
Used agricultural films are difficult to recycle because they are thin, flexible, and often contaminated with soil, plant residues, and moisture.
An agricultural films rotary spiral shredder provides controlled size reduction and prepares used film for screening, cleaning, sorting, and further recycling. By selecting the equipment according to film type, contamination, capacity, output requirements, and downstream processing, agricultural plastic waste can be handled more efficiently and prepared for resource recovery.
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