tnscrapper - When I purchase insulated wire from dealers it has to be presorted prior to payment, I dig down a little to see if its consistently sorted, and weigh/pay. If not I give them couple options, and go from there. I have a hand feed machine now, and have out grown it. In my opinion I would not purchase a hand feed machine again, simply for labor purposes. You can get an animated line that has a preshredder incorporated into the line, magnetic conveyor feeds the line. the shredder is programmed to machines specs and keeps the chop line running efficiently. Operator can preload hopper start the line, and go run a baler or shear for hour or two. Depending on the series of chop line, some also enable you to cut back time on machine setup. You still have to sort the plated from the unplated but the time spent setting up the machine for chopping different recovery rates is cut back. Preventative matinence is superior on all machines, only takes a minute for someone with no common sense to damage equipment. the upside of a hand feed is the operator will most likely see out of place material prior to feeding. Either direction you go use a preshredder, makes life easier. hope this helps,
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