Junk Yards Indianapolis: How Car Crushers Work
World''s Largest Auto Shredder Once cars are crushed, they''re shipped off to a recycling center where they are shredded and separated into small pieces, which are then sorted into various metals. The largest shredder in the world is used by Sturgis Iron Metal of Elkhart, Indiana. The machine is so big, it isn''t measured in tons, but acres. It uses an 8,000horsepower electric motor to drive a