A car baler is a machine used to compact unusable vehicles into small bales of metal for storage, transportation, or recycling. It has a large hopper, crusher panels, and hydraulic arms that compress the vehicle inward to create a rectangular or square metal bale. The bales can be transported to recycling centers or stored on site until a buyer is found.
A car baler is a machine that is used to compact unusable vehicles into small bales of metal for storage, transportation, or preparation for recycling. This machine is usually quite large and is used in conjunction with a crane that can load cars into the car baler and unload the compacted bales from it. Once the bales are created, they can easily be stacked for storage or placed in transport vehicles. Some balers are portable, meaning they are mounted on the back of a large truck and can be transported to a jobsite for compaction.
The specific function of a car baler can vary, but in general the baler will have a large hopper or container into which the car will be placed in preparation for shredding; one or two large crusher panels that will drop from above onto the car to crush it enough; and horizontal hydraulic arms which will compress the vehicle inward as the crusher panels are secured in place above the vehicle. The hydraulic arms, in combination with the large panels, will create a rectangular or square metal bale that can be taken from the car baler and stacked with other similarly shaped bales.
Very often the cars that will be placed in the car press are first stripped of usable parts and in some cases the glass may be removed. Sometimes the windows are left in the car which means the glass will essentially explode when the body of the car is crushed. Liquids such as engine oil and hydraulic fluid must be drained from the vehicle beforehand. Once the vehicle is ready to pack, a crane, which can be part of the car baler itself or independent of it, will pick up the car and place it into the car.
Once in the car, the car will be crushed in a two-step process. First the doors or panels will press down onto the vehicle, then once the car is pressed down enough, the horizontal hydraulic arm or arms will activate to compress the car inward. The resulting bale can be transported to recycling centers which can use the metal bales for scrap metal which can be reused in various forms. If not, the bales can simply be stored on site until a buyer for the metal is found or a permanent collection location is secured.
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