April 22, 2014 - Altra Industrial Motion announced it has launched a new website, www.AltraMetalShredders.com, that offers metal shredder equipment manufacturers and metal recycling companies convenient access to Altra brands, products and applications critical to virtually every operation in metal shredder facilities.

The website is organized into application-specific categories including auto shredders, scrap shredders, feeding apron conveyors, transport conveyors and magnetic material separator conveyors. Specific Altra brand products listed include couplings, U-joints, gear motors, speed reducers, shaft locking devices and torque-limiting devices, backstops and belted drives. Product photos, features, benefits and specifications are included for each Altra brand solution that can be applied to improve operational efficiency, productivity, safety and reliability.

Links are provided to all Altra brands supporting the metals industry including Ameridrives Power Transmission, Bauer Gear Motor, Ameridrives Couplings, TB Wood’s, Bibby Turboflex, Nuttall Gear, Delroyd Worm Gear, Marland Clutch and Formsprag Clutch. A link is also included for a Literature Portal containing downloadable PDFs of product brochures and catalogs along with metal shredder industry application profiles.

The companies of Altra Industrial Motion offer advanced technologies together with unparalleled engineering capability. Altra’s experienced shredder application engineers analyze every application challenge in order to provide the optimal power transmission solutions.