Balers - The Complete System
Overview:
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A baler is useless without surrounding tools. A low-use baler such as a horizontal baler will be fed by a human and emptied by forklift. However, there are certain pieces of equipment that can make a high-use baler more efficient. This equipment takes the form of either input devices or output devices. If your desire is to have a high-output operation, effective input and output devices are a must. |
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Input devices include the piggyback shredder and feed conveyor. The feed conveyor ensures flow of materials to the shredder or baler. No operator or attendant is necessary to continually load the baler. Instead, the forklift operator can load the lower hopper with material whenever he has a load. The piggyback shredder is mounted directly on top of the baler to pre-shred the material. The optimal size of shredded material is soup-can size for efficient baling. Having a feed conveyor and a piggyback shredder means there is no material handling concerns between material drop off, feed, shredding, and baling. Although not technically an input or output accessory, any serious high-volume baler must have a wire tying device. Those interested in moving lots of waste should not pay a attendant just to tie wires. |
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Important output devices speed the flow of bale storage or disposition. At the baler discharge, a discharge conveyor should route the bales to a scale. It’s important to specify a discharge conveyor that does not allow more than one bale on the scale at a time. The scale will interface with a weight write-up printer. After the scale, a roller conveyor can function as a bale accumulator, feeding bales to a forklift station. A integrated baling setup is typically composed of pre-engineered components. A standard baler, a standard roller conveyor, and a standard scale will be fitted together with little modification to make a easily serviceable standard platform that functions as one integrated unit. |