How to Disassemble Toasters

Introduction

Dismantling and Recycling Centre (DRZ)

Katharina Lenz, Vienna / Austria

This is a general guide for most toasters.

Health & Safety

Dismantling doesn't include any harmful steps. Nonetheless workers should wear personal protection equipment like gloves, goggles, apron and robust shoes.

Note: As the construction can differ, the dismantling steps mentioned below can vary in their order. However, the described steps show what parts the removal should focus on.

What you need

Step 1 How to Disassemble Toasters



• Cut the power cable.
• Remove the screws near the power cable on the bottom side of the toaster.
Step 2



• Remove the crumb drawer.
• Bend the end of the crumb drawer to seperate plastic from metal.
Step 3
• Pry off the switch.
Step 4
• Remove the screws from the bottom.
• Remove the bottom of the housing and take out the heating unit.
Step 5
• Remove the screws connecting the heating unit and the bottom cover.
• Cut the cable of the heating unit.
• Remove the heating unit.
Step 6
• Remove the screws connecting the PWB to the housing.
• Remove the PWB.
• Remove the PWBs frame.
Step 7
• Cut the cables of the PWB.
• Remove all the screws from the power cable fixture.
Step 8
• Remove the cover of the heating unit.
Step 9
• Remove the cardboard pieces.
• Bend open the heating unit and seperate the metal.
• remove the coils from the cardboards.
Step 10
• Separate the remaining materials according to their type and go on with the appropriate data sheet (e.g. ferrous metals, plastic, further PWBs, etc.)
• Make sure the plastic parts are completely free of metal pieces.

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