Drum Crushers and Barrel Flatteners
Steel drums and steel barrels have become one of the most popular shipping containers in the world. Introduced in the early 1920’s, these containers replaced the previously used wooden barrels, and caught on quickly. For shipping purposes, steel is stronger, more sanitary, and better able to withstand the rigors of worldwide shipping.
Today, you can find many products shipped via steel drums. If it can be poured, it very well may find its way into a steel drum. This includes the obvious liquids, like chemicals, oil, solvents, paint, and similar; but also unconventional products, like flour, grains, and cereal. Again, liquid or solid, if it’s poured, a steel drum makes for a fine container.
However, this efficient method of shipping is not so efficient once the product is used. Steel drums are typically large, and take up a lot of space. They are unwieldy to move, and an inefficient use of space. Unless they are immediately shipped out, steel drums can quickly become a problem. The solution is to compact them.
Sinobaler has developed a baling machine specifically designed for steel drums / steel barrels of almost any size (up to 55 gallons, which is about as large as they get.) Our drum crusher / barrel flattener it a long-stroke, vertical baling machine that can crush a steel drum in about a minute (using 30 tons of force). And because it is specifically made for this task, it has features to make the job easier. For example, there are spikes built into the platen to puncture the drum (this allows air in the drum to be released); and the baler can also drain the remaining liquid (this is for containers that housed liquids, obviously). So crushing becomes easy, and the drums can be easily transported and sold for scrap.
If compacting steel drums is of interest to you, contact Sinobaler today and we’ll discuss how we can help you.
Drum crushers (also known as drum presses, barrel flatteners, drum crushing balers) are baling machines that use strong hydraulic pressure to flatten almost any kind of metal container / drums / barrels, up to a full 55 gallon size. This is an important step in the recycling process, as drums take up quite a bit of space, and are unwieldy and inefficient to transport once emptied. Once the drums have been crushed, the scrap metal is then [...]
| Model | Press Force | Bale size (mm) | Bale weight (kg) | Throughput (bales/hr) | Strapping | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Length | Width | Height | |||||
| SVB2-MD-300 |
30 ton ( 66000 lbs ) |
760 mm ( 30 inch ) |
760 mm ( 30 inch ) |
100-130 mm ( 4-5 inch ) |
- kg ( - lbs ) |
65 bales/hr |
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| SVB2-MD-400 |
40 ton ( 88000 lbs ) |
760 mm ( 30 inch ) |
760 mm ( 30 inch ) |
80-100 mm ( 3-4 inch ) |
- kg ( - lbs ) |
65 bales/hr |
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