Tire Shredders & Recycling Equipment

Granutech Saturn Systems offers a complete line of tire shredder machines and recycling machinery that process scrap tires for recycling and repurposing across industrial applications.

With almost 60 years of industry experience building high-quality tire shredder machines, Saturn® tire shredders and complementary recycling machinery provide cost-effective options for shredding tires, separating rubber from steel, and producing granulated or powdered rubber for recycling operations and clean steel recovery. Our team works directly with industrial recycling operations to match the right tire shredder to your processing requirements.

Scrap Tire Shredding Solutions

Our line of tire shredder machines and recycling machinery includes custom shredders, grinders, granulators, and powderizers built to handle scrap tires efficiently and reliably. Each tire shredder machine breaks down scrap tires into rubber crumb or powder sized for these end uses:

Crumb rubber for playground surfaces
Rubber powder for sport/turf fields
Rubberized asphalt paving (rubber-modified asphalt*)
Rubber powder for manufacturing molded or extruded rubber parts

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Recycling Systems

Incorporating shredders, granulators and refiner mills/powderizers

Convert whole scrap tire into high quality crumb rubber with Granutech’s tire granulation systems. Our complete processing systems have a proven track record of providing the cleanest crumb rubber in the industry, with precise sizing control and the widest range of output sizes available. Our custom designs use a variety of conveying and processing technologies to minimize product loss, increase productivity and maintain a clean operating environment. Our crumb rubber systems can generate crumb rubber in the size required for your recycling product, whether it is coarse rubber for playgrounds or finer crumb for artificial turf.

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Saturn® Grizzly Super 80

10 tons per hour

The Grizzly separates rubber and steel during processing while producing incredibly clean rubber. Our unique single-rotor design provides efficient size reduction. Adjustable screen sizes provide flexibility in the final product size, with ranges from 1/2" minus to 1-inch minus, or larger. By producing smaller, more consistent material, the Grizzly improves the performance of downstream equipment, or can replace it entirely. With consistent sizing of the rubber, the resulting rubber is an economic material for use in molding and extruding processes. Learn More »

Saturn® Powderizers

Using wire-free 1/4" tire chips, Granutech’s Powderizers can produce output sizes from 5/32 to 30 mesh, depending on screen size. They are high output machinery, with rates ranging from 12 pounds per minute to 30 pounds per minute, depending on the screen selection and final output size. Powderized rubber is used for molded and extruded parts. Learn More »

Saturn® Refiner Mills

Our next generation G-4X mill features higher processing speeds of 3 tons per hour and can produce 10 mesh through 80 mesh rubber powder using clean stock from granulator or Powderizer systems, further refining the rubber for high quality rubber material. In addition, the sealed roller bearing design eliminates the need for continuous lubrication, saving up to $25,000 a year in consumables—and reduced energy consumption due to more efficient operation.

Recycling scrap tires requires machinery that can efficiently produce clean rubber in the size that is required for the intended use of the recycled material. Granutech has the experience and knowledge to provide you with the custom solutions to meet your application requirements, allowing you to efficiently and cost-effectively recycle tires. Learn More »

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Saturn® Tire Shredder & Recycling Machinery

Every tire shredder machine in the Saturn® line processes car, truck, and passenger tires side by side. Agricultural and tractor tires break down just as cleanly, and heavier off-road (OTR) tires used on mining and construction equipment shred down with the same consistency.

Forklift tires and aircraft tires round out the range, so recycling operations only need one piece of recycling machinery to handle nearly every tire type that comes through the scrap yard.

Our line of tire shredders and scrap tire shredding and recycling equipment process a variety of tires:

Car Tires
Truck Tires
Passenger Tires
Agricultural Tires
Tractor Tires
Off Road Tires (OTR)
Forklift Tires
Mining Equipment Tires
Aircraft Tires

2, 3 & 4-Stage Tire Recycling Systems

Options for our 2, 3, and 4-stage scrap tire shredding and recycling equipment systems include:

Our tire shredder machines and recycling machinery combine into 2, 3, and 4-stage systems, each producing a different level of material reduction:
- 2-stage system: pairs the Saturn Shredder series (dual or quad shaft) with a grinder (Saturn Grizzly Series M80 or S80) to reduce whole tires to steel-free mulch or a low-steel fuel material.
- 3-stage system: builds on the 2-stage setup with a granulator or refiner mill; adding a Saturn G-4X Refiner Mill brings output down to .5-3mm.
- 4-stage system: adds a Granutech Powderizer to reduce material to 1-3mm, or uses the Saturn G-4X Refiner Mill alone for output under 1mm.

Benefits of Our Tire Shredder Machines

Granutech’s tire shredder machines and recycling machinery cut waste at every stage of processing. Each system delivers the cleanest crumb rubber in the industry and holds precise sizing control, so operators get exact output specifications without running extra passes.

Tight cutting tolerances keep product loss minimized and rubber sizing consistent from batch to batch, while the chamber design handles efficient size reduction instead of forcing material through repeated stages.

On the production floor, high-output machinery and high processing speeds keep throughput moving across long shifts, and reduced energy consumption keeps utility costs down. Together, these benefits give recycling operations a tire shredder machine that recovers more usable rubber per ton, using less power to do it.

At Granutech Systems, our tire recycling systems offer a number of advantages that differentiate our tire shredding processes from those in the industry. Here are some of our key benefits:

Cleanest crumb rubber in the industry
Precise sizing control
Minimized product loss
Efficient size reduction
Consistency of rubber sizing
High output machinery
High processing speeds
Reduced energy consumption

Request a Quote for Your Tire Shredder Machine

A worn-out or undersized tire shredder costs you money every day it stays on the line. Granutech-Saturn builds tire shredder machines and recycling systems sized to your tonnage, your material, and your throughput goals, with 50 years of application experience behind every design.

Tell us what you're processing, and our team will recommend the right shredder, grinder, or complete recycling system for your operation.