Balers & Compactors

Commercial Balers & Compactors

Industrial balers and industrial compactors are useful to almost all businesses that create scrap material or recycle cardboard. This equipment is used to compact these materials into a finished compact shape or bale. Compacted material is smaller, easier to handle and less costly to transport then loose material.

Industrial balers and compactors can assist almost any business including manufacturing facilities, warehouses, schools, medical centers, junk yards and reclamation centers, smelters and ore processing centers, hotels, industrial facilities, hospitals, airports and restaurants.

About Industrial Balers and Compactors

A baler takes loose, recyclable products and compresses them into a bundle that is bound and tied to ease handling. A compactor compresses materials into a receiving container that is either dumped on-site or hauled to a trash receiving station. Typically, a compactor is used for trash and a baler is used for recyclable products.

An industrial baler is used to compress and bind materials for shipping or recycling. Industrial balers can be part of a line, with conveyor systems and shredders or operate independently. They have an input area either on the side or top depending on the type of baler. The input area leads to a chamber where the material is pounded, smashed or squeezed into a compact size and then bound. Wire, plastic or string is often used in the binding. Balers can be used for many types of materials. There are also specialized baling and compacting equipment available for the extraction of oils and liquids from material.

The two main types of baling machine styles are vertical and horizontal. This describes the way the material travels through the machine itself and also refers to way the material is loaded into the machine. Horizontal balers take up more floor space than vertical balers, but they have the advantage of greater load capacity and more automated functions. Vertical balers often are single load machines and need to be manually unloaded when the compacting and baling is complete. These are used in smaller facilities that produce less waste and deal often with scrap that is lighter in density and volume.

Industrial compactors are similar to balers, except that compactors are generally smaller units, and they tend to form a more compact bundle. They are commonly used for food waste processing and in commercial, marine, light industrial or residential applications.