Jun 13, 2011
This machine destroys everything: The ultimate shredder
As Alfred Lord Tennyson sort of said,
Theirs is not to reason why.
Theirs is but to do (very, very carefully) or die.
(via Shane Clements)
The cantaloupe was the best in my opinion. The couch was funny, too.
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Maybe they should have led with the (now) vintage soda cans before they decided to shred multiple kinds of feminine products.
Look’s like it would make a nice juicer.
The feminine products were a superb choice. Superb.
I can’t believe I watched the whole thing!
That was way more fun to watch than it should have been.
Would do good for hard drive wiping. Have a laptop? Throw it in there if you suspect a raid. No way to recover data lol
Anyone else weirded out by the older men shredding tampons and pads?
I can just imagine them looking around the house for items to shred…”I’ve got it!”…
i assume he’s getting even for his wife and daughters always asking him to go buy them some tampons.
I think I’ more weirded out by the 70′s porno music playing while they’re shredding tampons!
Freud would have had a field day with these guys.
Actually, that’s a good demonstration. The application of a muffin monster, such as this, is a viable in many waste-water systems. Hospital gloves, prophylactics, maxi pads, tampons, tampon applicators, mop strings, mop heads, sticks, rocks, bottles and cans…all make up the largest amount of inorganic materials that routinely find their way into a waste-water treatment facility. It’s unsightly to look at, floating, requires constant screening and these things clog pipes, pumps, valves, etc. causing constant maintenance to de-clog or replace many of these processes. At the head of a plant, these monsters chew all that stuff up and everything that passes is able to settle out and be removed via various grit and sludge removal processes throughout the plant and gives equipment and machinery longer life, and saves the municipality money. As soon as there is a need to replace parts and pumps etc, the cost of running the plant goes up, and the cost of sewer bill inflates. As an operator, I’d rather spend a few minutes each day, ensuring this thing is working properly, than to have to spend my day pulling pumps or draining pits and cutting into pipes and reaching in there to pull mop heads out for 3 days. Yes mop heads (thank you local prison system).
That’s a very interesting insight. I was wondering why/how those guys were able to use industrial equipment for destruction of seemingly random items. Now it makes more sense, although I doubt that couches get flushed very often. Haha. Tell me, don’t the mop strings get tangled around and bind up the rollers?
Thanks for explaining that to everyone. I wondered if anyone else would know what a “muffin monster” is.
HAHAHA
A few observations:
-Since they finished on impressive items like furniture and wooden pallets, was it really necessary to demonstrate on feminine hygiene products?
-Clearly this is not a shop that values safety first. (“3 Days Without an Accident Involving Death or Dismemberment and — oops, scratch that. Set it back to 0 Days, Leroy.”)
-The soundtrack did not enhance the viewing experience. Something by Slipknot would have better represented the action occurring, though I realize there was no Slipknot yet in the 1940s when this was made.
These are all things, routinely seen in the waste water industry, that create havoc on pumps and machinery within a sewer plant facility. That’s the main application for this muffin monster.
1. Tennis balls
2. Shoes
3. Couch
Is it wrong for me to say that I was looking for somebody to lose a hand?
I don’t think that OSHA approval is in the cards.
Not wrong at all. I was looking for at least a finger.
Also, that guy that did the insulation had to have been SO ITCHY for the rest of the day.
I see a new series, “Will It Shred?”
My hands fear this machine.
Somebody needs to try and put a Blendtec blender through that thing, STAT.
Already done: http://www.watchitshred.com. ENGINE BLOCKS!
Industrial Shredders are fascinating to watch. There are YouTube vids showing *entire cars* being shredded by these things.
They didn’t put anything really challenging there! My grandma can crush a sofa!
They should try it with a Bond Villain.
Just don’t get too near to the Event Horizon.
these are used at wastewater treatment plants to grind up things (non-poo) in the sewage so that it doesn’t damage pumps, screens, etc.
the feminine hygiene products are routinely flushed down the toilet and cause problems. the company who makes this was simply showing how well it works.
about the only thing that they won’t chew up is steel/iron, unless it is very thin.
Other commonly flushed items include canteloupes and couches.
LOL!
The music was the best.
Holy unsafe. One wrong move or slip, you’ll hear, “Hey, my favorite arm!”
Reminds me of Deep Thoughts – if you ever drop your keys in an industrial shredder, let ‘em go, because man, they’re gone.
They call it the Muffin Monster. It is made by JWC Enviro as a shredder for anything that can go through waste water or sewage before it can get to centrifugal pumps.
http://www.jwce.com/products/muffin-monster-model-30000/
“Boy I’ll tell ya, we shoved shoes in there, we even fed it a couch. Those were the days. And that’s the story of how Uncle Davy lost his arm.”
Gallagher just became obsolete.
totally impressed my five year old lad. :)
Looks cool… but if you really want to see one of these things in action, there’s a video floating around somewhere of a huge version in a slaughterhouse, that bad boy munches through carcasses
but will it blend?
It was 2 different shredders. The size of the one doing tampons (whoopee) and the couch were obviously different.
The smaller was impressive with shoes and belts. Fruit, tampons….a paper shredder can damn near handle them.
The couch was pretty flimsy and it was a much larger grinder. Somewhat impressive though.
Talk about a great evidence great rid er of er
The people at Monster’s Inc. could use one of these
I WANT ONE FOR WEED
Imagine getting your hair caught in that thing
But more importantly…will it blend?
… and a couch. Just for kicks.
But that would be the BEST way to make a smoothie EVER.
Oh crap there goes my pho…
a serial killers best friend.
A perfect Christmas gift for the serial killer in your family!
OMG… i could not look away… I wanted to see them put like a watermelon or whole chicken in there… Or even better, a car tire.. or even the WHOLE car!
I could have used those tampons. Jussayin’.
I agree, it was totally wasteful. Many things could have been used, but it looked like most of the things were new or usable!
I feel like I’m going to have nightmares now…
scientists 1 “OK cool it ripped right through the rocks, but is it strong enough to grind tampons…” scientist 2 “I’m not sure we should check.”
Wastewater application. Those are things that get routinely flushed.
this was clearly made for the russian mafia…we all know why…
Brought to you by the same guys that put together a V8 powered chain saw.
Welcome to the South..
what a waste of tampons.
This would have been a great science project… O-o
If they would have doubled or tripled the RPM on that thing, it might of been able to crush a car. :D
I managed to watch it all great!
EL RHAZI Otmane.
What if they fed one of these INTO one of these?
I was totally just thinking that!
Wow … it even shredded THE WATER!
Two questions: 1. When would you need a machine that destroys everything? And 2. where was the gaurd rail to protect the guy feeding it all in? An ‘accident’ does not bear thinking about!
Do NOT let your fingers get caught in that beast!
Really, though. What was up with the feminine hygiene products?
The Muffin Monste… the latest in Mafia snitch disposal technology.
What’s with that muzak?
I’m sure they could have found something much more appropriate by Woody Guthrie.
Worried Man Blues
The Biggest Thing That Man Has Ever Done
So Long, Its Been Good to Know You (Which I switched midway into the vid)
This Hand is My Hand
Most any song would have done well.
Haha
*Wife says to husband* ‘Hunny, have you seen my tampax? I have looked everywhere for them.’
*Husband* ‘Umm No. Not recently hunny…’ *looks suspicious*
*Wife* ‘You weren’t playing with your mega shredder again were you?’
*Husband* ‘Umm, No, Never,’
Bad situation to be in >.<
The ‘will it blend?’ videos are pathetic next to this. The music on this is what really makes it. Someone needs to make a ‘will it shred’ series where everyone knows the answer is always yes. A bledtec blender being fed into this thing would be sooooo good. (Oh, and i totally didn’t just watch this video three times in a row…)
For all that what has been said, a shredder tester to me is one if the coolest jobs in the world. Anything you don’t like – in it goes! Your phone, your car, your neighbors noisy dog. Don’t stress – shred! :)
Can it shred this terrible music?
I’m thinking it can produce Soylent Green…