The video provides an instructional overview of waste‑handling balers, focusing on vertical and horizontal models. It first categorises balers into three groups—vertical, horizontal, and specialty—explaining the typical environments each serves. The training then outlines how to select the right baler by evaluating daily processing capacity (e.g., ~4,000 lb/day threshold between vertical and horizontal), power requirements (single‑phase vs. three‑phase), material types, site space, loading method, maintenance support, and market constraints such as bale size and removal costs. Installation guidance stresses placing the baler on a sturdy concrete pad, ensuring sufficient clearance for loading, bale ejection, and maintenance per manufacturer specs. Interspersed is a brief promotional segment for Atlantic Training’s Wave EHS software, which bundles the course with compliance‑tracking tools.
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First, it's important to understand the different types of balers out there and their functions. Balers are generally sorted into 3 different kinds: vertical balers, horizontal balers, and specialty balers. Vertical balers are usually smaller, top-loading machines used in businesses with limited space and a smaller volume of waste, like retail stores and hotels. Horizontal balers are larger and can compress more waste at a time, making them ideal for industrial operations, distribution centers, and recycling facilities. Specialty balers handle special items like tires and textiles. In this training, we will be focusing on vertical and horizontal balers.
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Selecting the right baler for the job is the first step in baler safety. The right baler should meet your short- and long-term needs and be able to handle the job. Vertical balers can process around 4,000 pounds of material a day. Anything more than that, and you'll need a horizontal baler. It's also important to make sure that the facility's electrical system can handle the load and make upgrades if needed. While single-phase power is suitable for most machines, larger ones may need 3-phase power. Next, ask some of these questions in determining the right baler for your needs. Will the baler be used for a single type of material or multiple materials? Does the site have a convenient covered space to accommodate the baler? Will loading be automated or manual? Who can repair it? And what is the availability of parts? What baling wires will be used, and how will they be attached? What are the market limitations on bale size? And are there any additional factors to consider, such as the bale feed system or the price of bale removal? Consider where the baler is located. Balers should be installed on a sturdy surface, like concrete, sufficient enough to hold the weight of the equipment and the materials. Adequate clearance must also be provided around the baler to allow safe loading, bale ejection, and maintenance, following the manufacturer's minimum space requirements.
