movement in oppositely arranged spaced guide and support channels or guideways 66 the front end 68 is angled to its direction of movement and the rear end 70 is connected with hydraulic cylinder 72 which when actuated moves to the dot dashed position 74 of blade 64 across the top of bottom nozzle 34 for separation thereof from thimbles 44 after bottom nozzle 34 is severed when blade 64 is moved to its dot dashed position 74 bottom door 76 is operated by air cylinder 78 to permit nozzle 34 to drop out of bottom nozzle support 62 into container 30 by means of chute or slide 79 fig1 guillotine blade 64 is strong enough to shear off the bottom nozzle by brute force free of flying materials the remainder of skeleton 10 which now consists of only thimble tubes 44 and grids 42 is then moved by crane mechanism 36 into position above compactor 24 at this station the remainder of skeleton 10 is reduced in width from about 8 5 inches to about 2 inches referring now more particularly to fig8 and 9 compactor 24 includes a receiving area 80 for receiving the remainder of skeleton 10 composed of grids 42 and thimble tubes 44 receiving area 80 is surrounded by a bearing plate 82 on one side and opposite thereto is a ram plate 84 which is guided for movement by guideways or guide bars 86 ram plate 84 is movable from its position shown in full outline to the position shown in dot dashed outline 84 39 in order to compact the last short section of the remainder of skeleton 10 when it is released from the crane mechanism or handling tool held.