Turning E-Waste into Value: How San Lan Delivers Complete Recycling Plant Solutions

The world generates over 60 million metric tons of electronic waste annually, yet less than 20% is properly recycled. This growing crisis represents both an environmental challenge and a massive business opportunity. For companies ready to enter the recycling industry, the key question is not whether to invest, but which partner can deliver reliable, profitable, and environmentally compliant solutions.

Since 2007, San Lan Technologies Co., Ltd has helped recycling entrepreneurs across 21 countries transform waste streams into valuable raw materials. With a product portfolio spanning circuit board recycling equipment, battery processing systems, cable granulators, and specialized mining machinery, San Lan offers true end-to-end plant solutions engineered for real-world profitability.

Recovering Precious Metals from Circuit Boards

Printed circuit boards contain copper, gold, silver, and palladium concentrations that exceed natural ore deposits. San Lan's circuit board recycling equipment handles capacities from 300 kg/hour to 2,000 kg/hour, using both dry and wet separation technologies.

The WCBD series with air separators achieves copper powder purity of 96-98% with recovery rates up to 95%, while the WCB wet separation line processes PCB waste even with electronic components attached. These systems include integrated dust collection and pulse bag filters, ensuring compliance with strict environmental regulations.

Maximizing Copper Recovery from Scrap Cables

Scrap cable represents one of the most accessible and profitable recycling segments. San Lan's cable recycling equipment line includes both manual scrap cable strippers for smaller operations and fully automated cable granulators for industrial-scale processing.

The WCD series cable granulators with dry separators handle capacities from 100 kg/hour to 1,200 kg/hour, separating copper and aluminum from plastic insulation with high efficiency. For jelly-filled telecommunications cables, the specialized WCW-500J system ensures clean separation even with complex insulation materials.

Safe and Profitable Battery Recycling

Used lead acid batteries and lithium-ion batteries require specialized handling due to hazardous materials and chemical risks. San Lan's lead acid battery recycling equipment processes 1-10 metric tons per hour, safely separating lead paste, lead grids, plastic shells, and acid.

The integrated system includes battery cutting, breaking and separation, de-sulfurization, filtration, water treatment, and air pollution control. For lead smelting, San Lan offers rotary furnaces with higher recovery rates than traditional blast furnaces, plus lead refinery kettles that achieve 99.999% purity using energy-saving near-infrared electric heating.

For lithium battery recycling, San Lan's systems process 500-2,500 kg/hour, recovering black mass containing nickel, cobalt, and graphite, plus separated copper, aluminum, and plastic fractions. Integrated air pollution control systems neutralize harmful gases before emission, protecting both workers and the environment.

Beyond Standard Equipment: True Partnership

What distinguishes San Lan from typical equipment suppliers is comprehensive project support. The company's technical team includes mechanical engineering graduates with over 15 years of direct experience in e-waste recycling machinery design and operation.

This partnership approach has earned San Lan customers in Singapore, Colombia, Vietnam, Mexico, Argentina, Korea, Malaysia, Indonesia, South Africa, India, Kenya, Saudi Arabia, Philippines, Zambia, Israel, and beyond.

Complete Product Range for Diverse Operations

In addition to core recycling lines, San Lan manufactures supporting equipment essential for integrated operations. The product range includes four-shaft and single-shaft shredders for pre-processing, hydraulic briquetting machines for metal chips, hydraulic balers for material handling, and medium-frequency induction furnaces for melting recovered metals into ingots.

For specialized applications, San Lan offers CRT cutters that safely separate monitor glass and funnel components while capturing phosphor powder, refrigerator shredding and separation plants that recover refrigerant and separate metals and plastics, and motor stator cutters that extract copper windings efficiently.