Rifkin Celebrates Shredder’s 10th Anniversary

A shredder designed and built by American Pulverizer Co., St. Louis, has marked its 10th anniversary on the job at Rifkin Scrap Iron & Metal in Saginaw, Mich.

According to American Pulverizer, Larry and David Rifkin purchased the first-of-its-kind 60x85 automobile and scrap shredding system in 2001. “The success of that system has led to more than two dozen 60x85 systems worldwide,” American Pulverizer states in a news release.

David Rifkin says the shredding system “routinely” processes more than 4,500 tons per month of miscellaneous scrap as well as an additional 1,500 tons per month of logged and baled materials.

Rifkin adds that any references to the 60x85 model being a “light-duty” shredder are inaccurate, and that Rifkin Iron & Metal has pushed the production levels of its machine “far beyond all expectations.”

Recently, Rifkin Iron & Metal also worked with Wendt Corp., Tonawanda, N.Y., to help it install a nonferrous metals separation plant upgrade downstream from the American Pulverizer shredder.