A portable compactor crushes and compacts waste materials, with a two-piece design consisting of a powered component and a large receptacle. The motorized components are electrically powered, and the compactor does not require mounting to a solid surface. Safety switches are included in the mouth of many units.
A portable compactor is a machine used to crush and compact waste materials and is often located outside, behind a retail store or office building. The portable compactor is designed to function as a two-piece design, with the smaller section being the actual powered component and the large receptacle being removed from the powered component and loaded onto a truck. Consisting of a large hydraulic pump driving a large piston, the portable compactor is capable of packing a large amount of waste into the collection unit. The motorized components of the portable compactor are electrically powered.
Once the bin is filled with compacted boxes, crates and other packing materials, it is removed from the motorized section by releasing several large tensioner-like devices. The large section is then pulled away from the powered compactor assembly and a door is closed to seal the waste inside. The large component is hoisted onto a waiting truck and hauled to a landfill and an empty unit is left in place to be reconnected to the portable compactor’s power unit. Due to the full coverage of the portable compactor, no tarps are required to seal the unit to prevent waste from falling as it is being trucked to the unloading area.
Being a two piece design, the compactor uses the resistance provided by the coupling of the compaction unit to the receptacle to gain leverage and provide the required crushing force. Thus, the unit does not require mounting to a solid surface to function properly. If the two units weren’t connected together by the turnbuckle-like devices, the ram would simply push the socket container away from it as it applied the compacting force. Likewise, the power unit could also move away from the larger component other than for the fastening of the two components.
Many of the portable compaction units occupy an area in an empty delivery dock space, which positions the mouth of the compactor relatively low to the dock floor. This forces workers to stand in the opening of the compactor while they feed the waste into the machine to be compacted. Safety switches in the form of grab bars are placed in the mouth of many portable compaction units to allow a worker who might accidentally fall into the unit to stop the machine by pushing or pulling a safety bar.
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