Tyre Bead Separator and Shredder — Pricing

The bead separator and shredder are the two opening pieces of equipment in any tyre recycling or pyrolysis plant — the feedstock cannot move through the process until the steel bead rings are removed and the whole tyres are reduced to chips small enough to handle downstream. This table gives indicative price ranges for both equipment items across three plant capacity tiers.

The Bead Separator extracts the high-tensile steel bead wire rings from tyre sidewalls before shredding — without this step, bead wires damage shredder blades at rates that make operations uneconomical. The bead separator ranges from a lower-cost unit suitable for small plants at the low capacity tier through to heavy-duty hydraulic units designed for high-throughput operations at the high tier. Larger capacity units handle more tyres per hour and typically include automated feed and discharge mechanisms that reduce manual handling.

The Shredder is the higher-cost item and the one with the widest price variation across capacity tiers. At the low end, single-shaft manual shredders are functional for pilot operations. Mid-tier plants typically move to twin-shaft, hydraulic-drive shredders that handle the greater variety of tyre sizes and the higher throughput without operator intervention at the feed side. High-capacity plants use heavy-duty conveyor-integrated systems that can process truck tyres and larger OTR tyres in an automated flow. Indian-manufactured shredders are widely available and typically cost less than imported alternatives — though imported equipment often offers higher blade life and lower energy per tonne of throughput. Getting quotes from both domestic and one imported vendor before finalising is recommended for mid-tier and above plants.