{"id":11159,"date":"2025-04-10T18:34:33","date_gmt":"2025-04-11T01:34:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.recyclemachine.net\/?p=11159"},"modified":"2026-07-09T23:51:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T06:51:14","slug":"%e7%b9%8a%e7%b6%ad%e3%82%b7%e3%83%a5%e3%83%ac%e3%83%83%e3%83%80%e3%83%bc%e3%81%a8%e3%81%af%e4%bd%95%e3%81%8b%e3%80%81%e3%81%a9%e3%81%ae%e3%82%88%e3%81%86%e3%81%ab%e6%a9%9f%e8%83%bd%e3%81%99%e3%82%8b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recyclemachine.net\/ja\/%e7%b9%8a%e7%b6%ad%e3%82%b7%e3%83%a5%e3%83%ac%e3%83%83%e3%83%80%e3%83%bc%e3%81%a8%e3%81%af%e4%bd%95%e3%81%8b%e3%80%81%e3%81%a9%e3%81%ae%e3%82%88%e3%81%86%e3%81%ab%e6%a9%9f%e8%83%bd%e3%81%99%e3%82%8b\/","title":{"rendered":"Textile Shredder Guide: How Fabric &amp; Clothing Shredders Work"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u3042 <strong>\u7e4a\u7dad\u30b7\u30e5\u30ec\u30c3\u30c0\u30fc<\/strong> \u2014 also called a fabric shredder, cloth shredder, or clothing shredder \u2014 is an industrial machine that tears garments, fabric rolls, and fiber-rich scrap into small, uniform pieces for recycling, fiber recovery, or fuel production. Textiles defeat ordinary shredders: fabric wraps around fast rotors, synthetic fiber melts under friction heat, and springy bales bounce off the blades. A textile-specific shredder solves all three with low shaft speed, high torque, and anti-wrapping rotor geometry. This guide explains how the machine works, what each component does, and how to choose one for your material.<\/p>\n<h2>\u7e4a\u7dad\u30b7\u30e5\u30ec\u30c3\u30c0\u30fc\u3068\u306f\u4f55\u3067\u3059\u304b?<\/h2>\n<p>A textile shredder is a low-speed, high-torque size-reduction machine designed for fiber-rich waste: post-consumer clothing, cutting-room offcuts, carpet, nonwoven rolls, woven sacks, and mattress textiles. Instead of the high-rpm cutting used for rigid plastics, it tears material between slow interlocking cutters \u2014 typically 15\u201325 rpm \u2014 so fabric shreds cleanly without wrapping the shaft or fusing from friction heat.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever the feed is called \u2014 fabric waste, cloth scrap, garment waste, rags \u2014 the machine class is the same. What changes with the material is the rotor configuration, screen size, and feeding system.<\/p>\n<h2>\u7e4a\u7dad\u30b7\u30e5\u30ec\u30c3\u30c0\u30fc\u306f\u3069\u306e\u3088\u3046\u306b\u6a5f\u80fd\u3057\u307e\u3059\u304b?<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Loading.<\/strong> Garments, offcuts, or baled fabric enter the feed chamber by conveyor or forklift. Bales should be broken or pre-cut so the chamber receives loose material.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Controlled feeding.<\/strong> A hydraulic ram or gravity chute presses the springy material onto the rotor at a load-dependent rate \u2014 fabric will not feed itself the way rigid scrap does.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Low-speed tearing.<\/strong> Rotor knives shear the fabric against fixed counter-knives. Low rpm keeps friction heat below the melting point of polyester and nylon, so fibers tear instead of fusing.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Screening and discharge.<\/strong> Material recirculates until it passes the screen, giving a defined output size, then discharges to baling, densifying, or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.recyclemachine.net\/ja\/%e3%83%9d%e3%83%aa%e3%82%a8%e3%82%b9%e3%83%86%e3%83%ab%e3%83%aa%e3%82%b5%e3%82%a4%e3%82%af%e3%83%ab%e6%a9%9f%e6%a2%b0\/\">polyester fiber recovery<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Core Components That Make It Textile-Specific<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Anti-wrapping rotor<\/strong> \u2014 raised splines and interlocking cutter geometry stop thread and fabric winding around the shaft, the single most common failure when shredding clothes in a standard machine.<\/li>\n<li><strong>High-torque, low-speed drive<\/strong> \u2014 tears tough woven material without stalling and without the heat that glazes blades on synthetics.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Hydraulic feeding system<\/strong> \u2014 meters compressed, elastic feed onto the rotor so the machine cuts loaded material instead of spinning empty.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Interchangeable screens<\/strong> \u2014 coarse screens for volume reduction and RDF; finer screens when the output feeds fiber opening or spinning lines.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>What Can a Fabric Shredder Process?<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Post-consumer clothing<\/strong> \u2014 denim, cotton blends, polyester garments, and mixed textiles from collection programs.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cutting-room waste<\/strong> \u2014 trimmings, roll ends, and rejects from garment factories, usually clean and single-fiber.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Carpet and rugs<\/strong> \u2014 tufted and loop pile, including abrasive backing that demands hardened blades.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Nonwoven and technical textiles<\/strong> \u2014 spunbond, meltblown, and needlepunch scrap from hygiene and filtration production.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Woven sacks and big bags<\/strong> \u2014 PP raffia and FIBC material, shredded before washing and pelletizing.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mattresses and upholstery<\/strong> \u2014 foam-backed fabric and filling material, processed for volume reduction and fiber recovery.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>What Happens to Shredded Textiles?<\/h2>\n<p>The output market decides the machine setup. Shredded textile goes four main directions: <strong>fiber recovery<\/strong> (opened back into fiber for insulation, padding, and automotive felt), <strong>recycled yarn<\/strong> (clean single-fiber scrap re-spun into new yarn), <strong>RDF fuel<\/strong> (mixed or contaminated textiles shredded to a fuel spec for energy recovery), and <strong>polyester pelletizing<\/strong> (clean 100% polyester scrap densified and repelletized into rPET granules). If your output feeds fiber recovery or spinning, specify the target fiber length before the machine \u2014 it sets the screen and rotor choice.<\/p>\n<h2>\u9069\u5207\u306a\u7e4a\u7dad\u30b7\u30e5\u30ec\u30c3\u30c0\u30fc\u306e\u9078\u3073\u65b9<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>\u7d20\u6750\u7a2e\u985e\uff1a<\/strong> garments and soft fabric run on standard textile rotors; carpet and technical textiles need hardened blades and more torque.<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u30b9\u30eb\u30fc\u30d7\u30c3\u30c8\uff1a<\/strong> machines range from roughly 200 kg\/h compact units to 2,000+ kg\/h industrial lines \u2014 size to your real daily volume, not the brochure peak.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Output size:<\/strong> coarse (50\u2013100 mm) for RDF and volume reduction; finer (10\u201330 mm) for fiber processing.<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u6c5a\u67d3\uff1a<\/strong> zippers, buttons, and incidental metal call for auto-reverse protection and a magnet on the discharge conveyor.<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u7d66\u990c:<\/strong> continuous conveyor lines need a hydraulic ram; occasional batch work can run gravity-fed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For the machine-level comparison, see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.recyclemachine.net\/ja\/%e3%83%86%e3%82%ad%e3%82%b9%e3%82%bf%e3%82%a4%e3%83%ab%e3%82%b7%e3%83%a5%e3%83%ac%e3%83%83%e3%83%80%e3%83%bc%e5%af%be%e6%a8%99%e6%ba%96%e7%9a%84%e3%81%aa%e3%82%b7%e3%83%a5%e3%83%ac%e3%83%83%e3%83%80\/\">\u30c6\u30ad\u30b9\u30bf\u30a4\u30eb\u30b7\u30e5\u30ec\u30c3\u30c0\u30fc\u5bfe\u6a19\u6e96\u7684\u306a\u30b7\u30e5\u30ec\u30c3\u30c0\u30fc<\/a> \u2014 it covers why a general-purpose machine fails on fabric. Machine specifications are on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.recyclemachine.net\/ja\/%e7%b9%8a%e7%b6%ad%e8%a3%81%e6%96%ad%e6%a9%9f%ef%bc%88%e3%81%9b%e3%82%93%e3%81%84%e3%81%95%e3%81%84%e3%81%a0%e3%82%93%e3%81%8d%ef%bc%89\/\">Rumtoo textile fibre shredder<\/a> \u30da\u30fc\u30b8\u3002<\/p>\n<h2>\u3088\u304f\u3042\u308b\u8cea\u554f<\/h2>\n<h3>What is the difference between a textile shredder and a fabric shredder?<\/h3>\n<p>Nothing \u2014 textile shredder, fabric shredder, cloth shredder, and clothing shredder all describe the same machine class: a low-speed, high-torque shredder with anti-wrapping rotor geometry built for fiber-rich material. The names vary by industry; the design requirements are identical.<\/p>\n<h3>Can a textile shredder handle zippers and buttons?<\/h3>\n<p>Yes, in normal quantities. Auto-reverse clears jams from hard points, and a magnetic separator after the shredder removes metal fragments from the output. Heavy metal contamination \u2014 belts, buckles in bulk \u2014 should still be sorted out upstream to protect blade life.<\/p>\n<h3>What size does a clothing shredder reduce garments to?<\/h3>\n<p>Output size is set by the screen, typically between 10 mm and 100 mm. Coarse output suits volume reduction and RDF; finer output feeds fiber opening, insulation, and nonwoven production.<\/p>\n<h3>Can shredded clothes be turned back into new fiber?<\/h3>\n<p>Yes. Shredded textiles pass through fiber-opening machines that loosen the material back into usable fiber for insulation, padding, felt, and \u2014 for clean single-fiber feed \u2014 re-spinning. Clean polyester scrap can also be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.recyclemachine.net\/ja\/%e3%83%9d%e3%83%aa%e3%82%a8%e3%82%b9%e3%83%86%e3%83%ab%e3%83%aa%e3%82%b5%e3%82%a4%e3%82%af%e3%83%ab%e6%a9%9f%e6%a2%b0\/\">repelletized into rPET granules<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>How much does a textile shredder cost?<\/h3>\n<p>Compact units for workshop volumes start around $10,000\u2013$20,000; industrial machines for continuous garment or carpet processing typically run $30,000\u2013$100,000+ depending on rotor width, torque, and feeding system. Send your material type and daily volume for a configured quote.<\/p>\n<h2>\u7e4a\u7dad\u5ec3\u68c4\u7269\u3092\u3088\u308a\u30b9\u30de\u30fc\u30c8\u306b\u7d30\u65ad\u3059\u308b\u6e96\u5099\u306f\u3067\u304d\u3066\u3044\u307e\u3059\u304b?<\/h2>\n<p>Tell us what you process \u2014 garments, carpet, offcuts, or mixed textiles \u2014 plus your daily volume and what the output feeds. Rumtoo will recommend a rotor configuration, screen, and feeding setup matched to your material. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.recyclemachine.net\/ja\/%e3%81%8a%e5%95%8f%e3%81%84%e5%90%88%e3%82%8f%e3%81%9b\/\">Contact our engineering team<\/a> for a tested recommendation.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Technical overview of What is a Textile Shredder and How Does It Work?. 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