Used Vecoplan Plastic Granulators & Grinders for Sale

Vecoplan was founded in 1969 in Bad Marienberg, Westerwald, Germany, initially supplying waste grinders and industrial chippers to the sawmill and furniture industries. The company expanded into plastics, paper, and waste processing markets in 1989, and in 2000 merged its North American distribution operations with ReTech Industries to form Vecoplan LLC, establishing a dedicated North American headquarters in North Carolina. Over more than five decades, Vecoplan has grown into a global manufacturer with subsidiaries on three continents and an export share exceeding 80 percent.

Vecoplan's core product line centers on single-shaft rotary granulators and shredders, with the VAZ series standing as the company's most widely deployed platform for plastics size reduction. The VAZ line spans a broad range of rotor widths and motor sizes and is offered in configurations including standard, XL (extra-large hopper), FF (film and fiber), and M (medium) variants to match specific feed materials. Complementing the VAZ are the RG series granulators and shredders, dual-shaft models such as the VNZ and VPC, and the VDZ combined shredder-granulator, which integrates pre-shredding and granulating into a single compact machine. Vecoplan also produces the VHZ heavy-duty wood grinders and a full range of infeed conveyors and auxiliary handling equipment.

Vecoplan granulators and shredders serve a wide cross-section of industries. Plastics processors and recyclers rely on them to reduce extruder purgings, reject molded parts, film bales, PET bottles, and thermoforming trim back to regrind suitable for re-introduction into production. The paper and printing industries use Vecoplan equipment for high-volume document destruction and baler preparation. Wood processors, waste-to-energy operators, and municipal solid waste facilities round out the customer base, making Vecoplan machines a fixture across recycling, packaging, and industrial manufacturing environments.

Used Vecoplan granulators attract strong secondary-market demand for several reasons. The machines are built around heavy-gauge steel frames, indexable cutter systems, and robust rotor designs that routinely remain productive for decades of continuous operation. Replacement wear parts—knives, screens, and counter-blades—are widely available from both Vecoplan and third-party suppliers, keeping maintenance costs predictable. The VAZ platform's modular design means screens can be swapped quickly to change output particle size without major downtime, a flexibility that appeals to processors handling varied scrap streams. Buyers seeking proven size reduction capacity at a fraction of new-equipment cost consistently turn to the used Vecoplan market.

Meadoworks is your trusted source for used Vecoplan equipment. As third-generation industrial equipment dealers and AMEA-certified appraisers with over 50 years of experience, we offer quality-inspected Vecoplan machines at competitive prices. Browse the 1 used Vecoplan machine listed above, or call 800-323-0307 for equipment not yet listed.

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