How to Save Money When Buying Cost-Effective Baler Press Factory

In , the European Union produced 225.7 million tonnes of waste. However, we&#;re doing our best to implement zero-waste policies, and as a result, less than a quarter of our rubbish actually ends up in landfills. Companies can do their part in reducing waste by integrating a scrap metal baler into their processes.

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Metal balers compress manufacturing waste into manageable bales, making them easy to handle and move. And not only do they help reduce waste, but they also come with great economic benefits. Continue reading to learn how to purchase the right metal baler for your company&#;s needs.

What Is a Metal Baler?

For those that handle and transport manufacturing waste, a metal baler is an essential piece of equipment. This tool consolidates waste by crushing and pressing scraps into bales. This removes the need to manually collect waste, speeding up the process.

 

 

Balers were originally created to collect and consolidate agricultural waste. However, the equipment is so efficient that it&#;s now used to bale several different materials, including paper, plastics, and scrap metal.

Parts of a Metal Baler

The essential component of a metal baler is its hydraulic cylinder. The cylinder uses pressurised fluid to force a metal ram into the material being compressed. As this is the workhorse of the baler, it&#;s usually built tough to resist high amounts of pressure, shocks, and side loading.

Manufacturing waste is fed into the baling chamber, which encloses and shapes the material. The ram presses against the chamber, crushing and forming the waste into bales. This component is built with thick metal to withstand constant force.

Most balers are equipped with conveyors and hoppers to help move waste into the chamber. Depending on the industry, your baler might also include other important components, including:

• Pressing lids
• Tip pans
• Ejection rams
• Automatic tying systems
• Digital sensors

Types of Metal Balers

The most common type of metal baler is a single ram baler. They come in horizontal and vertical designs and can press multiple bales in a single segment. They&#;re capable of compressing many types of material, although they fall short with waste that tends to decompress easily.

For these kinds of materials, you might also see two ram balers. These are often designed to press on both the X and Y axis, allowing for equal compression on all sides. This makes two ram balers great options for high-density waste as well.

Other industries might require essential features. Companies working with liquid waste would want to consider liquid extraction bales to help remove the waste without compromising parts of the baler. Businesses that work exclusively with heavy metal recycling might use a ferrous baler, which comes with two or even three rams for the most efficient compression.

Industries That Require Metal Recycling

The type of baler you choose depends on the industry. There are many types of businesses that can benefit from a metal baler, including:

• MRFs/recycling centres
• Cardboard packaging
• Paper mills
• Insulation material manufacturing
• Automotive and metal scrapping

When considering how to purchase the right metal baler for your company&#;s needs, take some time to think about the waste and conditions that are specific to your industry.

How to Purchase the Right Metal Baler

Purchasing a metal baler is not a simple decision; new equipment can run tens of thousands of euros. An option to circumvent the cost of buying new is to purchase a metal baler from another company. These tools can easily last up to 15 years due to their durable design, meaning you can reliably pick up a used baler for a fraction of the price.

Another option to save money on a baler is through a hired care company. This is a great alternative for companies that are constantly updating their processes and would like to see how the machine functions before committing to a purchase. Many hired care companies will even take care of the maintenance during your lease.

Whether you&#;re ready to purchase a metal baler or opt into hired care options, you want to work with a reputable manufacturer. Anis Trend has built auto-tie channel presses and feed conveyors for over 25 years and is one of the leading builders in the industry. You can view our equipment here.

Benefits of a Scrap Metal Baler

One of the largest benefits of using a scrap metal baler is the money it saves handling and transporting scrap material. With your waste consolidated, you&#;ll spend less labour time collecting and moving it. Additionally, waste companies are willing to pay more for easier-to-handle material.

 

 

Compressing your manufacturing waste into bales is also a sustainable process. Many recycling facilities consider loose material to be contaminated, making it harder to reuse. The practice results in fewer trips to and from the dump and keeps loose material from dispersing into the environment.

Other benefits of a scrap metal baler include:

• Improved storage space
• Improved health and safety of your employees
• Compliance with commercial waste management regulations

Considerations

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Before you buy a scrap metal baler for your factory, you want to consider the lifespan of the machine. With the constant pressure these tools experience, you want to keep up with proper maintenance. This includes regularly checking fluid levels, hoses, and wire connections, and listening for any irregular sounds within the hydraulic cylinder.

As with any new process, you want to make sure your employees are properly trained to use the metal baler. This keeps the machine running smoothly and helps your workers know what irregularities to look for. More importantly, proper training will keep your employees safe when using the machine.

Baling Solutions for Every Business

When you&#;re ready to purchase a metal baler, consider your options with Anis Trend. Our baling solutions are driven by experience; with decades in the industry, we have customized baling equipment for every application, material, and requirement.

Contact us for more information on how we cater to your industry needs.

Here at Greenbank, we stock a wide range of vertical balers, from smaller, more compact models such as the Bramidan B3 baler or B4 balers, to large mill size models, such as the B50. But which vertical baler is perfect for your business&#;s needs?

In this guide, we&#;re going to look at the factors that you should consider when buying a vertical baler, followed by a handy list of their pros and cons &#; this should help you get a step closer to making up your mind regarding which baler would best suit your waste management needs.

Before we dive in, let&#;s quickly recap what a vertical baler is and why you need one.

 

What Is A Vertical Baler And Why You Need One

Vertical balers quite simply compress loose recyclables into tight bales. They achieve this by using a strong press plate to compress the waste down into a far smaller, tighter bale. Some of the benefits include:

• You save on space by replacing the vast amount of wheelie bins in your facility with a baler. 
• Adding a vertical baler to your waste management process will help you reduce costs, due to less collections.
• The finished bale can be sold to recycling plants in order to create an additional income for your business. In most cases, this alone will help you pay off the baler.
• Baling your waste reduces the amount of cardboard, plastic, paper and other such materials being sent to landfill.

 

Factors To Consider When Buying A Vertical Baler 

 

1. The type of material you need to compact 

The type of material that you wish to recycle will largely determine which vertical baler is best suited for your business. Depending on whether you need to recycle cardboard, plastic or aluminum, the following vertical balers would be best suited for your needs:

 

Material  Recommended Balers  Cardboard/Paper We&#;d recommend our range of Bramidan B-series balers such as the B4 through to the B50.  Plastic For softer plastics, we&#;d recommend our range of B-series balers, such as the B20 plastic baler. But for more challenging plastics such as PET bottles, you should turn to the X-series balers (for example, the X25 hydraulic baler). Aluminum We&#;d recommend X-series balers.

 

Note that whilst you can use the same baler for different materials, you should not bale both types of waste at the same time as this can lead to waste contamination. Waste that is contaminated cannot be recyclable. Therefore, we&#;d recommend separating your waste and baling them individually. 

 

2. What&#;s your waste production volume?

Once you have narrowed down your options by the type of waste material you&#;re producing, the next step would be to figure out what your waste production volume is. This will help you narrow down your options based on baler capacity. If you&#;re a small business, you&#;ll likely only need a small vertical baler &#; these can produce bales of 30-60kg and can be easily managed by a single person. 

For larger businesses with high waste production volumes, you&#;re very likely to require a vertical baler with a much larger capacity &#; we&#;d recommend mill size baler models X50, B50 and B30W.

Another consideration to make is the estimated growth of your business. As your business grows so will your waste production so you do not want to limit your growth because of an insufficient baler capacity.

 

3. Where will the baler be located?

Space is of course a very important factor to consider when choosing a vertical baler. As touched on before, the B-series range of vertical balers offers a more compact package but they can be on the taller side, whereas the X-series balers are specifically designed for lower ceilings. We&#;d always recommend that you check the baler size to ensure it&#;s a good fit for your space.

 

4. What size bales do you require?

There are two considerations to make regarding bale size:

1. What bale size is most convenient for you to store? If you don&#;t have a lot of available storage space, you may lean towards smaller balers that produce small bale sizes of 30-60kg. On the other hand, if you have a much larger storage area, it&#;s going to be far more convenient to produce larger bales.

2. Do you want to maximise your rebates? When it comes to selling your bales, it&#;s important to note that recyclers will pay more for mill-size bales (this is because they are ready to go into the mill and do not have to be combined with other, smaller bales to achieve the desired size). Choosing a larger vertical baler that produces mill-size bales will help you maximise your returns. 

 

5. How will you power the baler?

One of the most important considerations to make is whether you have the correct power supply. For the smaller balers, you will require single-phase electric power to get them going, whereas the medium to larger vertical balers will require a three-phase power supply. Be sure to also check that your power supply matches up with the needs of your selected baler too &#; this means checking the voltage, hertz and Amps.

 

6. What&#;s your budget?

Last of all, consider what your budget for buying a vertical baler is. You need to find a baler that hits the sweetspot between being exactly what you need (you don&#;t want to overspend to get features you&#;ll never use), takes into account future capacity and but also doesn&#;t blow the budget. 

When setting your budget it&#;s important to keep in mind that a baler is an investment &#; not only will it help you save money on waste management but, if you choose to sell your baled waste, it will help you create an additional revenue stream for your business. At Greenbank, we offer free waste audits that help you grasp which baler would be best suited for your business based on your waste volumes.

 

Pros & Cons Of A Vertical Baler

To help you make your vertical baler decision even easier, let&#;s have a look at the pros and cons of vertical balers:

Pros

• Vertical balers help you save money by reducing waste management costs.
• You can sell baled materials such as cardboard to create another revenue stream for your business.
• The B and X range vertical balers are more or less as loud as a normal conversation (60dB).
• Safe and easy to use by a single person.
• Balers have the ability to handle a wide variety of material types.
• Less waste is sent to landfill making your business more sustainable.
• It reduces your carbon footprint for two reasons: 1) The balers are energy efficient, and 2) Fewer waste collections are required which reduces CO2 emissions. 
• Vertical balers are an affordable option.

 

Cons

• It&#;s a manual baler so an operator is required to load it and turn it on/off. If you&#;d prefer to automate the process, you can explore our range of semi-automatic and fully-automatic balers.
• If your waste production volume increases in the future, you may have to purchase a larger baler. This is why we recommend taking future growth into account when choosing the perfect baler for your business. 

 

Explore Our Vertical Baler Range

We hope that this vertical baler buying guide has helped you decide which baling machine is best suited for your business&#;s waste management needs. If you&#;d like more information please do get in touch with our Sales Team using the link below:

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