Vertical Plastic Baler
Updated on Feb 5th, 2024 | Authors: Pim Brouwer & Brent Nijssen
Almost all businesses produce plastic waste and nowadays, plastic recycling is very important. A vertical plastic baler can help your business to reduce the volume of plastic waste. The plastic pressing machine compresses plastic waste materials into compact and tight bales, such as shrink wrap or plastic foils. It reduces the volume of waste materials. Our team of experts is here to help you find the right plastic baler for your business.
HSM V-Press 610
The HSM V-Press 610 reduces the volume of plastic film, mixed paper and cardboard.
- Door type: Double door
- Press force: 12 t
- Driving power: 5.1 HP
- Voltage: 480 V / 60 Hz
- Throughput: 88 cft/h
- Bale weight: 220 lb
- Baler size (w*d*h): 47.17″ x 32.4″ x 78.19″
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HSM V-Press 820
The HSM V-Press 820 reduces the volume of plastic film, cardboard, mixed paper and punch waste/residue.
- Door type: Loading flap
- Press force: 18 t
- Driving power: 6.44 HP
- Voltage: 480 V / 60 Hz
- Throughput: 486 cft/h
- Bale weight: 551 lb
- Baler size (w*d*h): 66.93″ x 42.32″ x 98.39″
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HSM V-Press 825 plus
The HSM V-Press 825 plus reduces the volume of plastic film, mixed paper and cardboard.
- Door type: Loading flap
- Press force: 25 t
- Driving power: 6.44 HP
- Voltage: 480 V / 60 Hz
- Throughput: 246 cft/h
- Bale weight: 617 lb
- Baler size (w*d*h): 66.93″ x 41.18″ x 93.31″
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HSM V-Press 825 plus pro
The HSM V-Press 825 plus pro reduces the volume of plastic film, mixed paper and cardboard.
- Door type: Sliding door
- Press force: 25 t
- Driving power: 6.44 HP
- Voltage: 480 V / 60 Hz
- Throughput: 246 cft/h
- Bale weight: 617 lb
- Baler size (w*d*h): 67.28″ x 49.13″ x 93.31″
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HSM V-Press 860 eco
The HSM V-Press 860 eco reduces the volume of plastic film, mixed paper and cardboard.
- Door type: Double door
- Press force: 60 t
- Driving power: 6.44 HP
- Voltage: 480 V / 60 Hz
- Throughput: 424 cft/h
- Bale weight: 1058 lb
- Baler size (w*d*h): 70.75″ x 53.66″ x 117.52″
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HSM V-Press 860 plus
The HSM V-Press 860 plus reduces the volume of plastic film, mixed paper and cardboard.
- Door type: Sliding door
- Press force: 60 t
- Driving power: 6.44 HP
- Voltage: 480 V / 60 Hz
- Throughput: 424 cft/h
- Bale weight: 1058 lb
- Baler size (w*d*h): 68.94″ x 62.17″ x 117.52″
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HSM V-Press 860 plus B
The HSM V-Press 860 plus B reduces the volume of plastic film and cardboard.
- Door type: Sliding door
- Press force: 60 t
- Driving power: 6.44 HP
- Voltage: 480 V / 60 Hz
- Throughput: 486 cft/h
- Bale weight: 1213 lb
- Baler size (w*d*h): 82.13″ x 61.69″ x 117.72″
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HSM V-Press 1160 eco
The HSM V-Press 1160 eco reduces the volume of plastic film, mixed paper and cardboard.
- Door type: Double door
- Press force: 60 t
- Driving power: 6.44 HP
- Voltage: 480 V / 60 Hz
- Throughput: 486 cft/h
- Bale weight: 1213 lb
- Baler size (w*d*h): 70.08″ x 66.26″ x 117.52″
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HSM V-Press 1160 plus
The HSM V-Press 1160 plus reduces the volume of plastic film, mixed paper and cardboard.
- Door type: Sliding door
- Press force: 60 t
- Driving power: 6.44 HP
- Voltage: 480 V / 60 Hz
- Throughput: 486 cft/h
- Bale weight: 1213 lb
- Baler size (w*d*h): 70.08″ x 74.61″ x 117.52″
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Table of contents:
- Why use a plastic baler?
- The advantages of baler for plastic
- Is it possible to use the same baler for both plastic and cardboard?
- What types of plastics are there
- Can you mix different kinds of plastics in a baler?
- Buying-checklist: Vertical baler features and tools
Why use a plastic baler?
A plastic baler machine can manage your plastic waste materials. In order to reuse your recyclable plastic waste, these baler machines compress waste material into compact bales.
Nowadays, a lot of businesses are using baling machines. There is a wide range of many types of businesses that use plastic balers or even cardboard balers, such as:
- Warehouses;
- Manufacturing facilities;
- Restaurants;
- Distribution centers;
- Hotels;
- Garden centers;
- Retail businesses;
- Schools and universities;
- Recycling center and more.
A vertical plastic baler can reduce the waste volume up to 90% and gives you a lot of valuable workspaces. In addition, instead of losing money down the drain on disposable waste, you can earn the money back by recycling your own plastic materials.
A plastic baler reduces waste and t reduces the environmental impacts of production and consumption.
The advantages of baler for plastic
The plastic recycling machine is available not only in a vertical variant but also in a horizontal baler variant. Read here the article “vertical vs. horizontal balers” to gather all the information.
| save costs | By recycling and compacting plastic materials, you save up to 90% in cost by limiting transport by waste haulers and eliminating dumpster rental. |
| save space | Plastic waste often contains a lot of air and for this reason, it takes up a lot of space in your warehouse. |
| environmental protection | Plastic waste pollutes the environment and every year we produce approx. 400 million tonnes of plastic waste. With the help of waste separation, you can easily solve the problem and reduce your environmental impact in the process. |
Tip: You can read more about the positive contribution of plastic balers here. Of course, these baler machines also have disadvantages.
Is it possible to use the same baler for both plastic and cardboard?
Plastic and cardboard are the most common recyclable materials produced. Generally speaking, balers can handle both plastic and cardboard waste in the same baling machine.
A cardboard baler can bale plastic, but not all plastic baler can bale cardboard.
Although, it is not possible to use both materials at the same time, but it is recommendable to bale cardboard first. In the meantime, you can collect plastic waste and once the cardboard bale is ejected, you can begin to fill plastic into the chamber.
We advise you to consider in advance whether you would prefer to look for a machine that can compress both materials into bale or only one of the waste streams.
What types of plastics are there?
There are different types of plastic, which are classified in a system. With that being said, this classification should help people properly recycle their plastics.
Below you will see the common types of plastic:
| Abbreviations | Examples |
| PET | plastic bottle |
| HDPE | bottles for detergents |
| PVC | water pipes |
| LDPE | plastic bags or stretch film |
| PP | reservoir |
| PS | styrofoam and yoghurt jars |
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Can you mix different kinds of plastics in a baler?
There are different kinds of plastic, and it is not possible to mix them in a plastic baler at the same time to be recycled.
Accordingly, each of the types has different properties and melts at different temperatures. Also, just because they have the same resin number doesn’t mean that they can be mixed together. The reason is simply because of the chemical combinations that react differently when they are melted down for recycling.
During the recycling process at facilities, plastics are sorted into types because it is essential. Thus, there are two common methods to perform the process:
Mechanical Recycling
Chemical Recycling
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By Recycling.com/ 9 September 2022