TAURUS TR inclined shear – Continuous scrap loading and cutting

10 December 2025

The inclined shear TAURUS TR, characterized by an inclined open-box structure with continuous feed, are particularly suitable for processing scrap from heavy industrial demolition and high toughness.

This technology originated in the United States between the late 1960s and early 1970s and was subsequently perfected in France. It first appeared in Italy in the 1980s.

The evolution of continuous feed inclined shears has always been directed towards increasingly higher cutting forces, with structures designed for heavy-duty machining.

Today, TR inclined shear is back in the spotlight, responding to the new requirements of scrap steel production for electric furnaces, particularly continuous feed furnaces.
The use of scrap as a raw material requires compliance with precise specifications imposed by both legislators and steelworks to ensure high-quality materials, lower emissions into the atmosphere during smelting, reduced slag and lower costs thanks to a ‘clean’ material that is ready for the furnace.

The inclined shear TR, with cutting forces of up to 1,800 tonnes, are designed to reduce scrap in an eco-friendly and cost-effective manner, increasing its density and obtaining a ‘raw material’ ready for the furnace.
They are particularly suitable for large quantities of scrap from industrial demolition and production o or rolling mill waste, bundles of pipes, rails, profile scrap, pressed bales, ship demolitions scrapetc...

Modular structure of the ‘TR’ shear

The inclined shear TR consists of four modules, solidly assembled, which form an integrated unit for feeding, reducing and cutting structured and heavy scrap.
The four modules are:

Feeding box with oscillating floor
TRS - Two Rams Squeezer (double compression reducer)
Shear
Steel work platform

The scrap is loaded into the feeding box a hopper closed on the sides, open at the top and equipped with an oscillating inclined bottom.
The TRS reducer pre-compresses the material, reducing its size to make it suitable for passage through the shear mouth. Gravity, combined with the action of the oscillating floor, causes the scrap to slide towards the cutting area, under the shear blades.

The cutting length is variable and is determined by a mechanical stop outside the shear that stops the scrap from falling.
Everything is mounted on a sturdy support frame, which houses the hydraulic power unit, i the motor pump units and theelectrical power system. This compact configuration allows:

concentration of efforts on parts subject to wear,
elimination of the need for expensive foundations,,
reduction of overall dimensions,
operation by a single operator.which is responsible for loading the box

Thanks to this architecture, the machine pre-compresses and cuts scrap continuously, without requiring manual intervention for preliminary reduction of materials. The TR inclined shear offers numerous competitive advantages, including the ability to crush and break tough materials with high specific loads, handle the cutting of long materials even beyond the size of the feed box, ensure lower maintenance costs thanks to a simplified structure, allow continuous feeding with a single operator and reduce the overall dimensions thanks to its compact structure.

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