Battery Recycling & Materials Recovery worked example

Battery Shredding Line Capacity at 94% shredding line uptime: a worked example

Push shredding line uptime up to 94% and the picture changes. This example computes every intermediate figure at that operating point. a recycling operation needs to verify whether a shredding line can process the planned packs, modules, cells, or production scrap in a shift

The inputs for this scenario

  • Feed mass per shredder cycle: 850 kg/cycle (unchanged)
  • Available shredder cycles: 14 cycles (unchanged)
  • Shredding line uptime: 94 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 82)
  • Accepted processed yield: 96 % (unchanged)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Gross shredder feed capacity = feed mass per shredder cycle × available shredder cycles) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 10,739 kg for accepted shredding output, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 11,900 kg for gross shredder feed capacity.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 714 kg for feed capacity lost to downtime.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 447 kg for feed requiring rework or hold.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where shredding line uptime sits at 82% and the headline result is 9,368 kg, this scenario comes in 14.63% above the baseline at 10,739 kg.
  • It computes the accepted shredding output in kilograms that clears both downtime and yield losses from gross feed capacity. The value of this scenario is the size of the gap it exposes: that gap, priced out over a year, is the budget you can justify spending to close it.

Results at a glance

  • Accepted shredding output: 10,739 kg (headline result)
  • Gross shredder feed capacity: 11,900 kg
  • Feed capacity lost to downtime: 714 kg
  • Feed requiring rework or hold: 447 kg

Run it with your numbers

  • Every input above is editable in the live Battery Shredding Line Capacity calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.