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Why Recycle Aluminum Cans?

Thousands of recyclable aluminum cans can be compacted, drained, and baled with the right baling machine. It is especially practical to compress aluminum waste into the flattest form possible or possibly into a cuboid shape, depending on your objectives, done in the appropriate baling machine.

For example, when 5,000 aluminum cans are recycled, at the present market price of 5 cents per pound, you can make for your company an additional $100 in revenue. That's substantial money if you factor in the baling of hundreds of thousands of aluminum cans.

When you use baling machines for recycling aluminum cans, your company does its share of reducing its carbon footprint. Aluminum being an extractable metal from the earth's crust, it will be good to recycle it because this reduces the tendency to purchase more of it. Instead, when it is recycled, the company can make use of it again in its products or sell it to other organizations.

What is Makabale's Baling Solution?

Makabale is a known manufacturer of several aluminum can balers which have different sizes. Our can baler for sale ranges from small to large sizes, both horizontal balers and vertical balers, which can meet different kinds of baling purposes.

Get to know what is the best baler perfect for your organization's operations. Usually, it depends on the quantity of aluminum cans that need to be baled, the final estimated bale weight, and the hourly or daily output of baled aluminum cans you expect. Your space for the baler installation and operation also needs to be considered.

Recommended Industrial Vertical Balers for Aluminum Cans (UBC) Recycling

If you have limited operating space or you only have a small volume or a mid-sized volume, vertical can balers would be perfect for these tasks.

Select from the Mini Baler series or the smaller models of the Aluminum Can Baler series like VPB30 which are perfect for small scale recycling. They are very practical and can be adapted to most facilities and working areas. The bale output is small and can be easily managed.

If you have mid-sized volume, there are models for this. For example, the Aluminum Can Baler VPB series model VPB40 and VPB50, which can make bales with size of 39” x 24” x 35” and 43" x 28" x 39" respectively. If your volume is big and need a vertical type of can baler, then model VPB80 with mill size bales which is very suitable, and it is quite popular to aluminum can recyclers.

CARDBOARD BALER / MILL SIZE BALER

PET BALER / ALUMINUM CAN BALER

  • Bales multiple materials, but primarily for plastic bottle, aluminum can, tetra pak container
  • Bale size (L): 800 to 1100mm
  • Bale wt.: 45 to 400kg (PET bottles)
  • 4 different models and sizes

CARDBOARD BALER / MILL SIZE BALER

VERTICAL TWO RAM BALER

  • Bales multiple materials, but primarily for rigid plastic, extruded aluminum, plant fiber
  • Bale size (L): 1100 to 1520mm
  • Bale wt.: 120 to 400kg (coir)
  • 7 different models and sizes

CARDBOARD BALER / MILL SIZE BALER

MINI BALER / MARINE GARBAGE COMPACTOR

  • Bales multiple materials (cardboard, soft plastic, textile, marine garbage, etc.)
  • Bale size (L): 650 to 750mm
  • Bale wt.: 20 to 100kg (OCC)
  • 4 different models and sizes

Recommended Industrial Horizontal Balers for Aluminum Cans (UBC) Recycling

If you have a large volume of aluminum can scraps and need high efficiency, we suggest horizontal type of can balers for this purpose. We introduce to you the Closed End Horizontal Aluminum Can Baler which can be fed by a conveyor system that enables automatic feeding. This improves your efficiency and throughput. This horizontal can baler has a heavy-duty construction, adjustable bale size and weight, a strong steel frame, simple and easy to use operation, and the ability to quickly and efficiently compress aluminum cans into a bale. Its closed-door feature makes possible higher density and better secure your bales, and reduces the risk of sharp edges or broken cans, making the process safer for employees.

CARDBOARD BALER / MILL SIZE BALER

CLOSED END MANUAL TIE HORIZONTAL CARDBOARD BALER

  • Bales multiple materials (cardboard, plastic, textile, etc.)
  • Bale size: 750 x 750mm to 1100 x 1250mm
  • Bale wt.: 200 to 1350kg (OCC)
  • 6 different models and sizes

Aluminum Can Baler Frequently Asked Questions

What is an Aluminum Baler?

Aluminum baler is a type of recycling equipment used to compress aluminum cans, beverage cans, and other aluminum materials into dense bales for easy and cost-effective transportation and storage. The bales are usually tied up with straps or wires, and they can range in size from small bricks to large cubes depending on the baler’s compressing chamber size. Aluminum balers are commonly used in recycling centers and scrap yards to maximize the efficient use of space when storing aluminum materials.

How Many Aluminum Cans Are in a Bale?

Each baler model makes different bale sizes. Considering that there are 4 standard models in this particular baler series, the quantity of aluminum cans for each bale is different for each model and each bale size.

For example, for the Makabale baler model VPB30, a bale with a size of up to 31" x 24" x 31" (800 mm x 600 mm x 800 mm) can be made. You can press about 10,000 aluminum cans into such a bale. When completed, the finished bale will weigh 115 lbs (52 kg) estimate for aluminum cans.

How Do You Make Money Selling Cans?

The process is like this.

The first thing you do is you accumulate aluminum cans and bring them to the recycling center. You can bring all types of cans. There are coke cans, food cans, beverage cans, soda cans, beer cans which are all ready to be recycled.

The recycling center will then start to make use of their aluminum can baler to begin compressing the huge volume of big and small cans and transform them into thick stackable bricks.

These dense bricks are then transferred to the aluminum manufacturing factory for more recycling processes to create new aluminum products.

The aluminum can baler is a recycling machine which is a cost-effective answer to help you earn additional income.

The added money that you get from this also maximizes your storage capacity and helps defray your transportation and labor costs.

How Do You Press Aluminum Cans?

For a small quantity of cans, like for example, only dozens of cans, the most convenient way is by crushing them yourself with your feet.

But for multitudes of cans which go into the hundreds or thousands, it is much more practical and cost effective to make use of an aluminum can baler for the pressing of these cans.

You have to determine the size of your business scale to know which model of aluminum can baler to purchase for your needs. A wise investment in a proper and feasible aluminum can recycling machine will bring you delightful and surprising returns.

Is It Worth Melting Aluminum Cans?

Yes, it is quite worth it.

One of the steps when recycling aluminum cans is to melt them. For example, when you melt 500 pieces of aluminum cans, you can get an estimated 10.75 lbs of pure aluminum ingots.

The aluminum factories then make use of the recycled aluminum ingots to create new and useful aluminum products.

Whether for the circular economy or for environmental protection, aluminum can melting is thus a worthy endeavor to do.

How Does the Can Baler Work?

Our can baler is designed with ease of use. Throw the scrap cans into the baler; then press the button; the hydraulic ram will compress the material then retract to home position automatically; then repeat same cycle; after a few cycles when the bale height reaches set value, tie off the bale, then the bale will be automatically ejected out from the baler.

What Kind of Cans Can I Compress in the Can Baler?

Various types of cans, such as aluminum cans, food cans, beverage cans, tin cans, but you can not use this baler to process pressurized cans.

What Are Aluminum Baler Types?

Aluminum baler mainly can be categorized as vertical aluminum baler and horizontal aluminum baler. Vertical aluminum baler is designed to handle small to medium volume of aluminum scraps, and it has small footprint. The material feeding is generally by manual, from the front feed opening of the baler.

While, for horizontal aluminum baler, it needs a bigger operational space as its footprint is much bigger than vertical aluminum baler. It has a large feed opening on top of the baling chamber. You can feed material either by manual or by mechanical way like conveyor belt, bin tipper, forklift, or grab.

How Do I Choose Aluminum Baler?

To choose a right aluminum baler for your business, you need to consider several aspects. Firstly, check what kind of aluminum product you plan to bale because many balers are built specially for particular baling material as different waste materials have their special characteristics and may have different respond during baling process.

For example, if your baling material is aluminum cans, Makabale VPB series is a good option for you. Because aluminum cans are hollow commodity, VPB series baler is designed with extra long cylinder stroke to ensure each aluminum can in the baling chamber is compressed.

If you need to handle aluminum profiles, then Makabale VHD series would be the ideal option for you. Because VHD series are heavy duty balers with high pressing force ranging from 80tons to 200tons, designed specially for baling such tough materials.

Secondly, you need to consider what bale size or bale weight you want to make. Knowing this can help you choose the suitable model.

Thirdly, you need to check your material volume. Small, medium, or large. It will also affect the selection of the baler model.

Besides these factors, you need to consider your available space for operation and your budget for the investment as well.