Steel Drums Are Everywhere
In many businesses, steel drums are being used as containers for holding fuel, liquid, powder, oil, food and many more other materials, and 55-gallon steel drum is the size of drum which is the most commonly used. So, how do these businesses dispose of these empty drums when they are not anymore in use?
Most people do not care about the disposal of waste (sometimes leftover) from packaging production process, because the waste is relatively simple, and the manufacturer can easily recycle it. However, the public is more concerned about the packaging waste after consumption. This is because packaging waste more directly affects people's living environment and health.
The waste empty drums take up a lot of useful space in the working area which could have been better used for more productive activities. When they are not managed properly, many of them end up in the warehouse or are stacked up in the backyard of the factory or the plant. Randomly scattered or stacked in the open air or in moist closed areas can affect air pollution. Comes with it is rain leaching, which will also cause water pollution and soil contamination.
Answer to Your Waste Drum Disposal Problem
One brilliant solution which many future oriented and environment conscious companies can benefit from is the use of a 55-gallon drum crusher. This useful equipment will reduce or clean out storage space once occupied by idle and empty steel drums. It also significantly lowers the organization's disposal expense.
Do you also know that crushed steel drums sell at a higher price than empty steel drums that have not yet been crushed? With a 55-gallon drum crusher at your disposal, this increases the revenue stream for your company, aside from its regular income from its regular products.
Crushed metal drums are not also considered as hazardous waste, but rather as recyclable material which can be profitably sold as scrap metal. In effect, you are also contributing to the reduction of environmental pollution. Then these crushed metal scraps are ready for other uses, based on how they are recycled, usually they will be shredded, melted, and then made into new products.
How Does the 55-Gallon Drum Crusher Work?
Makabale drum crushers are hydraulic machines just like other hydraulic balers. The drum crusher uses the hydraulic cylinder to crush the drums that it absorbs. This is its working fundamentals:
The running motor drives the working oil pump, which extracts the hydraulic oil from the oil tank. The hydraulic oil is then transported through the hydraulic oil pipe to be transmitted to the hydraulic cylinder. The piston rod of the oil cylinder is now then driven to execute longitudinal movement to be able to crush the drums in the compressing chamber.
The machine is very safe and easy for any operator to use. Just put in the drum, close the door, press the button, and wait for the machine to crush the drum into a “pancake”, then open the door and take out the crushed “pancake”.
Industries That Require Drum Crusher
Our 55-gallon drum crusher for sale is ideal for any business or organizations that have empty drums or barrels need to be disposed, for example:
- Recycling centers
- Old metal recycling stations
- Distribution centers
- Automobile industry
- Shipping industry
- Medical and pharmaceutical industry
- Various Manufacturing Plants (e.g., hardware fittings factories, tannery factories, resin factories, chemical factories, paint factories, plastic factories, food processing factories)
What Drums or Barrels Can You Crush?
With a hydraulic drum crusher, you can crush all kinds of empty used steel drums or barrels such as oil drums, paint drums, food packing drums, powder packing drums, and lubricating oil drums. For the drum sizes to use in a hydraulic drum crusher, it depends on sizes of the machine. In Makabale, our 55-gallon drum crusher can crush 30-gallon drums, 55-gallon drums, or even 58-gallon drums. Any size of empty drums under 58 gallon is suitable in this machine.
Top Grade Drum Crushers
When you say quality drum crushers, it's our equipment you're talking about. Our 55-gallon drum crushers have the services of 66, 000 up to 88,000 pounds of powerful crushing force which can flatten your empty steel drums into 3 to 5 inches height of steel scrap, based on the gauge steel of the original drums and the drums’ original height.
Our drum crushers are robustly built and created with the expectation that they will execute continuous heavy duty crushing services and we provide selection of drum crusher models according to the needs expected of them.
Model VDC30 Hydraulic Drum Crusher – features 66,000lbs compaction force, this model can crush the drums down to 4 to 5 inches tall. It can handle 30-gallon drums, 55-gallon drums, and 58-gallon drums at the maximum size.
Model VDC40 Hydraulic Drum Crusher – with the powerful 88,000lbs compaction force, this model will crush the drums down to 3 inches at the minimum height. It can also crush any size smaller than 58-gallon drums.
With the fast cycle time, both models of our hydraulic drum crusher can handle about 60-70 empty drums per hour, that is around 500 drums per day (based on 8 hours), therefore, whether you have a few or several hundreds of empty 55-gallon drums disposal per day, these hydraulic drum crushers can perfectly do the job!
Our 55-gallon Drum Crusher for Sale Features:
- Small footprint with overall dimensions of 43” length x 37” width x 99” height, allowing you to place the machine on most locations you want.
- Drum ring locator on the bottom for keeping the drum well placed in the middle of the chamber.
- Piercing spikes underneath the press platen can puncture the drums to release the air in compaction.
- Long cylinder stroke ensures high compaction ratio. Saves you 90% storage space.
- Liquid drainage channel which can drain away residual liquid inside the drums.
No worries because our drum crushers have been designed with safety features like a pressure relief valve which helps avoid overloading. There is also a door interlock system which prevents the motor to run if the door is not completely closed. And as well as an emergency stop button to stop the machine quickly if there is any emergency.
Inquire with us today about the perfect hydraulic drum crusher for your business.
