The capacity of the press is to a large part dependant on what type of material is handled and how it is fed to the machine. During production conditions an hourly capacity of up to 40 bales has been confirmed for certain materials. However, maintenance work and such can not always be avoided, and many materials contains difficult parts that may lower the capacity of the press. When pressing MSW the effective capacity is around 15-25 bales/hour, including service and maintenance, cleaning and similar tasks.

Calculate approximate capacity
Bales / hour 10 bales/hour12 bales/hour15 bales/hour20 bales/hour25 bales/hour30 bales/hour	Workday 8 hours16 hours (2 shifts)24 hours (3 shifts)	Per day	Per week 1	Per month 2	Per year 3
1 calculated with 5 workdays per week. 2 calculated with 20 workdays in a month. 3 calculated with 240 workdays per year.

Which capacity is appropriate for different materials depends on many variables. Contact us at Flexus Balasystem for more information and sharing of our knowledge and experience with specific materials.

The area that is required for the different solutions depends on:

• Total volume to press
  
• The number of vehicles that should be able to unload at the same time
  
• The size of the vehicles

The total area requirement for the entire press plant depends on the total volume you want to treat, how many vehicles you want to be able to unload simultaneously and their size. Contact us at Flexus Balasystem for exact measurements for a specific solution.

ROOF HEIGHT FOR INDOOR PLANT
If the plant is to be placed in an existing building, you should take into account that the feed conveyor requires a free height of at least 4,8 metres. If the press is placed directly on the floor it requires a free height of 4,1 metres. If it is placed in a building where it is required that container trucks should be able to unload, a roof height of at least 6,5 metres is required.

STATIONARY PLANT

MOBILE PLANT

A single bale requires an area of approximately 1,25-1,35 metres, and it is 1,2 metres high.

A normal fork lift can stack 4 bales high (4,8 metres). De first two layers is normally placed right on top of each other. In the third and fourth layers the bales are stacked with an offset, so that each bale covers half the area of two bales below, and thus locking them in place. The entire stack is then safer for storage, which is also important from a personal safety view.

Below you can calculate the approximate storage capacity for a given area. You will also get a hunch about the total storage weight, depending on the material that is to be processed. The default example calculates on an area of 50x30 metres in 4 layers with bales of MSW (organic waste). The bale dimensions calculated with is 1,35x1,35 metres.

Enter the dimensions of your own storage facility and see how much you can store!

Specify the storage area		Calculated storage capacity
Storage area (LxW in metres) x Bale size (LxW in metres) x Max layers for storage 1 layer2 layers3 layers4 layers5 layers		# of bales Row x Column # of bales per layer Layer 1: x = pcs Layer 2: x = pcs Layer 3: x = pcs Layer 4: x = pcs Layer 5: x = pcs TOTAL # OF BALES: pcs TOTAL WEIGHT: kg
Average weight per bale kg Preset averege weights - no preset material -CardboardMixed paperPET bottlesPlasticIndustrial wasteCar tyres, shreededCar tyres, wholeWood chipsWood shavingsPeatEnergy Grass, strawMSW (with organic waste)MSW (without organic waste)Beet pulpFuel chips