Burning copper is illegal and very hazardous to health.
Instead of burning or discarding the equipment why not harvest the wire.
Copper wire attracts good prices and is recyclable.
Stripping scrap wire is lucrative and environmentally friendly.
Reusing or re-purposing wire saves cost of producing new
copper wire. It is highly tedious to strip wire by hand however using equipment
will guarantee 100% yield. To successfully strip wire from electronic gadgets
invest in a copper wire stripper.
Wire
Striping Equipment
The wire stripping equipment is moderately priced and
basic. Equipment’s needed are motor crushers, cable cutters and spare parts.
Others are weigh scales, manual stripper and alligator shear.
- motor crushers
- cable cutters
- spare parts
- weigh scales
- manual stripper
- alligator shear
Purchase
a Wire Stripping Machine
To get clean copper, invest in a copper wire stripper.
Wire strippers are used to repair and scrap copper. The hydraulic machinery has
serrated teeth and steel components.
Top brands are handheld copper tool striper and SDT
automatic wire stripper. Others are the copper mine tool handheld, steel dragon
tools automatic wire stripper and stripMeister automatic stripper. The SDT
features adjustable tension, 4 cutting channels and a cutting slot.
Features
of Stripping Machine
- aluminum frame
- one piece blade
- braided wire and strips solid core
- steel blade
- anti slip base
- re-shaped blade
- adjustable wire guide
Price
of Wire Strippers
The manual copper wire stripping machine costs $54.99
while the handheld copper costs $29.99. Higher priced strippers are the stripMeister
automatic at $259 and steel dragon costing $439.99.
Who
Uses Striping Machines
There are many professional industries and individuals
that use stripping equipment. Common industries are building construction,
electricians and contractors. Others are handymen, private individuals and
metal recycling yards.
- building contractors
- electricians
- handymen
- private individuals
- metal recycling yards
How
to use the stripper
To use the stripper select wire guide, insert wire and
run to make contact. Remove wire and tighten blade two full turns. Remove
safety stop and start the machine to commence the stripping process.
Find
the Scrap Wire
Scrap copper is everywhere and readily available. A small
business owner could setup a small yard to collect scrap containing copper.
There are lots of places to find scrap copper such as
junk yards, rubbish dumps and electrical repair shops. Other viable sources are
mining companies, demolition sites, and local electrician.
Sell
to Dealers
After harvesting the scrap copper locate local scrap
dealers or recycling plants. A simple way to find them is through yellow pages,
online directories.
Study the market price of copper and visit scrap dealers.
Find end buyers, scrap yards to increase profit and get better prices.
Selling
the Copper Wire
Copper wire prices fluctuate depending on the demand and
supply. The wire is weighed on a scale to determine the price.
There are 5 grades of scrap copper wire bought by scrap
yards. They attract different prices and percentage of wire components. Thin electrical
wires are the highest grade 85% followed by wires found in electronics 70%.
Extension cords 50% and thin gauged wires such as telephone wire, VGA are 35%.
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