BALER DIFFERENCES - VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL Balers are an essential component to any recycling program. They enable recycling operations to pack large amounts of recyclable material into a far more compact shape, allowing easier storage and, later on, easier shipment. They can also provide businesses with an extra source of income. Although there are a wide variety of balers on the market and they sometimes vary in their applications, almost all of them fall into one of two main groups: vertical and horizontal balers. Each style comes with its own set of benefits and disadvantages. Vertical Balers Vertical balers are those that process or compress waste materials with a vertical downward force. Waste materials such as corrugated cardboard, PET plastics, or foam, are thrown into a chamber. Once the chamber is filled, a gate is closed and the baler ’ s ram, which is housed above the chamber, moves towards the floor,...
