What these machines are for
A guillotine shear cuts heavy scrap down to furnace-ready sizes with a single blade and a hydraulic hold-down that grips the full cutting width. Where a baler compacts, a shear cuts — most yards need both, and the order you buy them in depends on which bottleneck costs you more.
What to weigh up when choosing
- Cutting force and blade length together decide what the machine can take; either one alone tells you nothing.
- Hold-down pressure is what stops material kicking back — ask about it, it is a safety question as much as a performance one.
- Blade life and regrinding cost is a real running cost; ask how many cuts between services.
- Feed and discharge height decide whether you need a conveyor and a pit, which changes the installation cost significantly.
Detailed specifications are available on request. Tell us your material and expected throughput, and we will send the model data that fits.
What we need from you to quote
- Thickest and hardest material you will cut
- Longest single piece you need to get through
- Target cut length
- How the material arrives and leaves the machine