Scrapping 2,640 lbs of electric motors for
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- Опубліковано 17 лип 2021
- In todays chronicle, I'm posting the very fist video I ever recorded for UA-cam! I made this when I was off for 2 weeks when Covid was first shutting down the world. I ended up having more recorded for the final vid.... but I accidentally deleted it lol..
But overall this was really fun, and I really enjoy taking things apart for #Copper Extraction!
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I've watched several of these similar videos and the thing that no one has yet said is how much they made for all of their efforts. That's the point. Is it profitable?
Dont pick up with your back dude. Always use your legs
How much money did ya get? And... I hope ya don't have back problems in a few years! Work table would be better
How long did it take you? And did you do it all yourself?
Need to get a cheap plasma cutter
I work at an electric motor repair & service shop, it is a lot easier to remove the copper when you burn the stator out at around 500 to 600 deg. This breaks down the varnish coating of the wire and it slides out of the stator with just a little effort.
Chances are that most of those just needed something simple to repair them. You probably could have repaired and sold 3 of them and gotten as much money as you did from scrapping them all.
Interesting video and I enjoyed it. Just one thing though, 2,640 lb is roughly 1.2 tonnes. Going on current prices, 1.2 tonnes of electric motors are worth a shade over $1,000 AUD as scrap without even touching them. 363lb of copper is about 150Kg, worth at absolute best $1,500 AUD. Is it really economical do do that much work and nearly burn your grinder out for less than $500 Australian? If that dozer in the background could be repaired using the same time and energy it could earn $500 AUD in a few hours. Not knocking your work, just making a point.
If you use a sawzall instead of a cutoff wheel your saved dust won't be full of cutoff wheel material. And I've found it to be quicker, cleaner and quieter.
Theres nothing better than a HUGE barrel of copper!
When I was a young man, many years ago, I worked at a large scrap yard in Trafford Park , Manchester, I worked on magnet cranes, big hydraulic presses etc, quite often big electric motors came in with the scrap, they always had a heavy cast iron casing , I used to smash them about with a big sledgehammer then hang them in a fire in a 45gallon drum after an hour or so I’d knock them about a bit exposing just one end of the copper coils then just snip the ends and pull them out clean , I did this while operating a press making sure there wasn’t too much smoke, I remember once there must have been too much smoke because a fire engine drove straight into the yard and blasted the fire drum and everything around with high pressure hose then they packed their kit up and went without saying a word to anyone. Obviously I was in my late teens then and health and safety wasn’t about, I’m retired now and I realise what I did was wrong in many ways, but the firemen just marching in without a word stuck with me
Good job!! If you do this again, an impact chisel can save you some time and effort. If you have access to 3 phase.. a small shear will clean the aluminum staters as well.
A great way to utilize your time while learning about the basics of electric motors....oh.....and some pocket money to boot! I enjoyed watching your process, thanks for posting!
Having been an Electric motor Winder from 1973 until about 1988 full time probably striped thousands if not
A few years back I scrapped probably 4-5 big, t frame 3 ph motors, ranging from 30hp - 75 hp, 300 to 500 lbs in gross weight. I thought for a moment about tearing those down to extract the windings. Thanks for the video. Absolutely no regrets scrapping them whole, as long iron. Lol
Damn son! That's a fine pile of scrap you got there! Keep it up!
Get yourself a strong magnet to separate those iron shavings from your copper dust! There is money in the gold dust, that is, if you can melt it. Amazing video you did! You got a strong back, young man! Keep it healthy. I look forward to many more videos from you.
This showed up in my feed so I watched it. Very interesting. You certainly deserved every single penny you got for scrap prices doing all that hard work.
It’s good to see you’re demonstrating safety. This happened recently to my 10 yrs experienced fabricator. The grinder wheel shattered and sent him to the emergency room with deep wounds/25 stitches on his inner thighs and torso..
I have to say well done for your use of PPE, personal safety equipment is so important. Nice Job buddy