Sell scrap electric motors in Brisbane

Brisbane electric motor scrap buyers who collect from your site

A burnt-out motor is still full of metal: copper or aluminium windings inside a steel or cast iron body. Forge Recyclers buys electric motor scrap in Brisbane and across South East Queensland from electricians, motor rewinders, mechanics, refrigeration techs and factories. We collect it from your site, so getting rid of old motors starts with one message. Send photos of the motors and their nameplates, and we reply with a quote.

Types of electric motor scrap we buy

• Industrial motors

  Single and three-phase motors from pumps, fans, conveyors and machinery.

• Pump and fan sets

  Motors still coupled to a pump, fan or blower.

• Geared motors

  Motors with a gearbox or reducer attached.

• Compressors

  Sealed and open compressors from refrigeration and air-conditioning work.

• Alternators and starters

  From mechanics, auto electricians and fleet workshops.

• Small motors

  From power tools, garage doors, pool pumps and washing machines that repairers replace.

• Stators and windings

  Stripped copper windings from rewinding shops.

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Why sell your scrap electric motors to Forge Recyclers

• Working or burnt out. The value is in the metal, so a dead motor is still worth selling.
• Copper-wound motors earn more. We price motors on their weight and what is inside them.
• A quote before the pick-up. Tell us how many you have and send photos.
• Cable and copper on the same trip. One pick-up can take the motors with the rest of your scrap.

Electric motor scrap prices: what your motors are worth

We price motors by weight and by what is inside them. Copper-wound motors earn more than aluminium-wound ones. A bare motor earns more than one still bolted to a pump, gearbox or steel base. Working or burnt out, a motor's condition makes little difference, because the value is in the metal and the market price on the day we quote.

A few things help us price your motors:

• Photograph each nameplate. It shows the size and often the maker.
• Unbolt pumps, gearboxes and steel bases when it is quick to do.
• Tell us if any motors or gearboxes still hold oil.
• Put small motors in a crate or stillage so they are easy to load.

Who sells us scrap motors

Electricians and motor rewinders swap out failed motors and keep the old ones. Mechanics and auto electricians pull alternators and starters every week. Refrigeration and air-conditioning techs remove compressors and fan motors. Factories, pump businesses and plant rooms replace motors on machines and pump sets.

We buy from tradies, from manufacturing and workshops, and from demolition and site clearance crews clearing out plant rooms.

Electric motor recycling in Brisbane

Recycling electric motors starts with splitting each one into its main components. The steel or cast iron housing and the steel core go to steel mills. The copper or aluminium windings go to non-ferrous metal recycling, where smelters turn them into new metal. Motors are simple to recycle once they are apart, so in this recycling process very little of a motor ends up in landfills. For your business, old motors stop being waste you pay to remove and become metal we buy. The environmental gain is real too: recycled copper and steel are more sustainable than newly mined metal.

Electric motor pick-up from the Sunshine Coast to the Gold Coast

Motors are heavy for their size, so tell us how many you have and roughly what the biggest one weighs. We collect from workshops, factories, plant rooms and job sites from the Sunshine Coast to the Gold Coast. One pick-up can take the motors with your cable, copper and steel. The process is the same for one motor or a pallet: send photos, get a quote, then we book the pick-up. Our commercial scrap metal page explains how that works for larger sites.