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Copper Wire Scrap For Sale , Copper wire is a common name for all types of Cu cable. . It refers exclusively to bare, uncoated and unalloyed wire or cable – no thinner than 16 gauge in thickness – which is of #1 copper quality. Copper piping is not included within the classification. As its name implies, samples must be stripped of insulation and other materials

We could supply the copper scrap with high quality and competitive price. 1) Our copper scrap includes wires, tubes, and plates, etc. 2)The size is chips or other. 3) Copper content could meet customers need. Application: Electrical, light industry, machinery, national defense industry. Copper Scrap is industry an important sources of the raw materials, all kinds of can be recycled Recycling waste production with copper

Copper wire scrap for sale  stripping process could be very time consuming all depending on the type of equipment you are using. Most recycling yards have professional machines that are designed to strip large quantity of wires in the shortest period of time. Unfortunately, majority of people are not equipped with this kind of machinery and resort to use knives or any other type of sharp object to get the insulation off the copper, this process could be very timely but most important dangerous. Well you decide what works for you better after this quick mathematical break down.

Let’s say you start with 100 lbs of insulated copper wire and break it down in to different gauges since copper recovery is very different.

Calculation for 12-gauge

12-gauge wire has 75% copper recovery, so after you are done stripping your wire you end up with 75 lbs. of copper and 25% of plastic garbage that you need to figure out how to dispose of. Here is the money break down (we are going to use today’s market prices for the following calculation). For 12-gauge wire average price is a $1.30 per lb. the way it is with insulation, that would translate in to $130.00 for your 100lbs of 12-gauge wire, without stripping it. If you were to strip it, your 75lbs of copper would bring you $1.90 per pound $142.50 the difference between stripping and selling it the way it was would be $12.50. So you will net $12.50 from stripping 100lbs of 12-gauge wire, at this point it’s your decision if you should do it or not. gold for sale 

Calculation for 250mcm-750mcm

250mcm-750mcm wire has 90% copper recovery, so let’s use same 100 lbs. if you were to sell it the way it is in today’s market you would get average $1.50 per pound so it would get you $150.00 without doing a thing to it, just bring it to a recycling yard and sell it. If you chose to strip it, you will end up with 90 pounds of copper don’t forget 10 pounds in plastic waste and in today’s market you will get $1.90 per pound for stripped copper wire so your 90 pounds will net you $171.00 difference of $21.00 between stripping it or selling the way it is, just want to mention one thing stripping larger gauge wire is much faster and easier then stripping smaller gauge but just as dangerous. Watch your fingers and good luck with whatever you decide to do, copper wire scarp for sale