San-I-Pak
has invested over one and a half million dollars in shredding research
and development. We have evaluated over 60 manufacturers of shredding
equipment and have worked directly with over 20 manufacturers and/or
technologies of reduction equipment. Our extensive efforts have
lead us to believe, we offer the best shredders for medical waste
available on the market today.
POST-TREATMENT SHREDDING SYSTEMS:
Shredding
is not required by San-I-Pak
as part of the sterilization process. Complete sterilization throughout
the waste load is achieved with every cycle in the San-I-Pak
system without shredding or breaking up the waste. For those facilities
that are either required to render the waste unrecognizable or
feel more comfortable disposing of this type of material, San-I-Pak
designs and manufactures post-treatment shredding systems.
San-I-Pak's
shredding systems shred after the sterilization process.
Shredding waste prior to treatment or breaking up waste with the
system door open creates the possibility of aerosolizing the microbial
life contained in the waste thus endangering the operators. All
shredding systems will require maintenance, and in order to perform
maintenance on a pre-treatment shredding system many safety precautions
must be adhered to. It is because of these liabilities that San-I-Pak
encourages post-treatment shredding systems.
San-I-Pak
sterilizers require no pretreatment of the waste to be processed.
SHREDDER
LONGEVITY:
Historically,
the longevity of shredders is directly dependent on the severity
of operating conditions due to a facility's ability to segregate
non-shreddables from the waste stream. Under optimum conditions
and good segregation practices, a two-stage shredder's cutting
teeth may last as long as two years. Because San-I-Pak
shredders are low speed (less than 10 RPM) and high torque, they
do not self-destruct like high speed (greater than 40 RPM) particilizers
and grinders.
The advent
of our advanced electronic sensing system has extended the life
of the cutter teeth by stopping the rotation of the blades before
they break. Cutter teeth used under conventional sensing technology
rarely last longer than 6 months. In order to minimize the possibility
of damage to the shredder system from unshreddable material San-I-Pak
has designed its systems to allow the operator to view the waste
before it is introduced into the shredding system, and removes
any material that will cause damage. San-I-Pak
shredding system are low speed, high torque systems with electronic
monitoring which will remove power to the cutter teeth in less
than eight one hundredths of a second. This significantly reduces
the likelihood of cutter teeth being broken by an unshreddable
object.
The thicker
the cutter blades of a shredding system, the shorter the processing
time and the greater the volume processed per hour. Also, thicker
shredder blades will reduce maintenance and decrease damage caused
by the inclusion of non-shreddables into the waste stream. However,
the particle size of the final product increases in size with
direct correlation to the thickness of the blades. Because thicker
blades are more durable, maximizing the size of the cutter blades
is always a goal. In order to meet the desired particle size required
by your facility, our engineers will assist you in blade selection.
SHREDDER
HOPPER TENDER:
San-I-Pak
has patented a Shredder Hopper Tender Non-Shreddable Clearing
System that dislodges materials plugged in the hopper without
the equipment operator having to risk clearing.
SHARPS
MACHINE TRAY SYSTEM:
San-I-Pak
has designed a specially constructed sharps tray system allowing
for no exposure to needle sticks while handling sharps. First
sharps containers are place in the tray , tray is loaded into
chamber for processing, then tray is positioned in front of sharps
machine and containers are loaded into sharps hopper for shredding.
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for Sharps Machine Tray System pictures
ONE
AND TWO STAGE SHREDDERS:
San-I-Pak
offers both single and dual stage shredders that can be sized
and configured to meet unique Facility or State requirements.
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for One and Two Stage Shredders Information & Specifications
SHARPS
MACHINES:
San-I-Pak
manufactures two versions of the "Sharps Machine" for
the destruction of sterilized sharps and their containers. The
Unrecognizable Sharps Machine and Unreusable Sharps Machine both
are recognized by health departments and related agencies throughout
the country as a positive means of treatment and disposal of sharps.
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for Sharps Machines Information & Specifications
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