Electronic waste is one of the fastest-growing waste streams worldwide, and much of it still ends up in landfills rather than recovery facilities. For scrap yard operators, recyclers, and investors entering this space, the challenge is not just collecting waste, but transforming it into recoverable resources efficiently and profitably. That is where a reliable recycling equipment supplier becomes critical to long-term success.
A Full-Spectrum Approach to E-Waste Recovery
San Lan Technologies Co., Ltd has been manufacturing WEEE recycling machines and mining equipment since 2007. Based in Ganzhou, Jiangxi Province, China, the company has built a product portfolio spanning 13 categories and roughly 60 distinct machines, giving recyclers a one-stop source for complex material recovery lines.
Rather than offering isolated machines, San Lan designs integrated plants. A complete system might include pre-shredding, crushing, separation, dust collection, and metal recovery stages, all configured to match the customer's scrap type, throughput target, and workshop layout. This turnkey mindset reduces the integration risk that buyers often face when piecing together equipment from multiple vendors.
Battery Recycling: Capturing High-Value Metals
Used lead acid batteries and lithium-ion cells represent two of the fastest-growing waste streams globally. San Lan addresses both with dedicated process lines.
The company's lead acid battery recycling equipment breaks and separates used batteries to recover acid, plastic shells, lead grids, and lead paste. Capacities range from 1 to 10 metric tons per hour. Downstream smelting options include rotary furnaces for paste reduction and refinery kettle furnaces that can refine crude lead to 99.999 percent purity. An electric heated refinery kettle using near-infrared technology can cut energy consumption by 30 to 50 percent compared with conventional fuel heating.
For lithium-ion batteries, San Lan offers breaking and separation plants with capacities from 500 to 2,500 kilograms per hour. These systems recover black mass containing nickel, cobalt, and graphite, along with separated plastic, copper, and aluminum fractions. Supporting units include air pollution control systems, plastic pneumatic conveyors, and hydraulic briquetters that compress separator film into blocks at a 10-to-1 volume ratio.
Cable and Circuit Board Recovery
Copper and precious metals locked inside scrap cables and printed circuit boards are too valuable to leave unprocessed. San Lan's cable recycling equipment handles everything from manual scrap cable strippers for thick armored wire to high-capacity cable granulators with dry or wet separators. Capacities span from 100 kilograms per hour up to 1,200 kilograms per hour, depending on the model and input material.
For circuit boards, the product line includes both dry and wet separation plants. Dry systems using air separators, vibrating screens, and electrostatic separators achieve copper powder purity of 96 to 98 percent with recovery rates around 95 percent. Wet separation plants offer an alternative when dust control is a priority or when processing boards with components still attached. Daily throughput for smaller wet units runs 4 to 6 metric tons per eight-hour shift.
Beyond the Core: Refrigerators, Motors, CRTs, and Mining
San Lan's scope extends well into specialized e-waste categories. The refrigerator shredding and separating plant processes 20 to 30 units per hour, recovering iron, copper, aluminum, plastic, and polyurethane foam at rates of 90 percent or higher. Refrigerant extraction machines compatible with R404A, R407C, R410A, and R134A ensure ozone-depleting gases are captured safely before shredding begins.
For older CRT monitors and televisions, San Lan manufactures cutters with either Ni-chrome heating wires or diamond cutting wheels, separating panel glass from funnel glass while collecting phosphor powder. Motor stator cutters dismantle electric motors to remove copper windings from iron cores. The company also supplies lithium ore extraction plants, processing crude ore into 4 to 5 percent grade lithium concentrate at rates up to 1,000 metric tons per day, as well as tailings extraction systems that recover lithium from waste material other operations have discarded.
Engineering Strength and Global Reach
San Lan's technical team includes mechanical engineers with master's degrees and more than 15 years of hands-on experience in e-waste recycling machinery. The company provides not only equipment manufacturing but also EPC project delivery, customized plant design, installation and commissioning, and operator training.
A notable value-added service is San Lan's willingness to help customers source waste material such as cable scrap, PCB scrap, and used lead acid batteries, and to assist in selling recovered outputs like copper rice, copper powder, and lead ingots. For clients looking to build new recycling facilities from the ground up, San Lan can also connect investors and construction partners.
The company has shipped equipment to over 21 countries, including Singapore, Colombia, Vietnam, Mexico, Argentina, Korea, Malaysia, Indonesia, South Africa, Tunisia, India, Kenya, Saudi Arabia, the Philippines, and Zambia. This international footprint means the engineering team has dealt with a wide range of electrical standards, environmental regulations, and material compositions.
What to Look for in a Recycling Partner
When evaluating a recycling plant supplier, buyers should verify several practical points:
- Does the manufacturer offer material testing and process design before committing to a full plant?
- Can they provide references or case studies from projects in your region?
- Is installation, commissioning, and after-sales technical support included or available?
- Are pollution control systems integrated to meet local emission and effluent standards?
- Can the line be expanded or reconfigured if feedstock changes over time?
San Lan's approach of combining machinery manufacturing with EPC capability, raw material sourcing assistance, and product offtake support addresses each of these questions from the buyer's perspective.
Ready to turn waste into revenue? Visit San Lan Technologies to explore the full product range, request a customized plant design, or arrange a consultation with their engineering team. Whether you are expanding an existing yard or launching a new recycling project, San Lan can provide the equipment and expertise to make it operational.
