200 Ton Scrap Metal Shear from China: Buyer’s Guide
The 200 ton gantry shear is the entry class: 20-40 tons per day, light to medium plate, occasional HMS in small quantities. Here is who it fits and who should size up.
The 200 ton gantry shear is the entry class: 20-40 tons per day, light to medium plate, occasional HMS in small quantities. Here is who it fits and who should size up.
An alligator shear is a workflow decision, not a tonnage decision: no foundation, one-person operation, diesel optional, and a material boundary that decides fit.
A shredder purchase is a line decision: the chamber is the real material boundary, the throughput band is planned around its middle, and the motor package follows your hours.
A baler purchase is a freight decision before it is a machine decision: your buyer’s accepted bale size fixes the class, and the chamber follows your crane.
Buying a gantry shear from China is a ten-year decision made in two weeks: start from your heaviest material, size the tonnage on the ladder, then confirm power, foundation and discharge.
How to buy a scrap metal baler: match bale size to your buyer, size the class to your feed, and check payback on freight, floor space and bale price.
A factory guide to choosing a scrap metal shear: size from your heaviest material, not the tonnage plate. Chamber, duty, power and honest machine limits.