Abstract: A device and method for compressing compressible material into a bale are provided. According to certain aspects of the disclosure, the device may include a flame, a staging bin, a feed bin, a first compression chamber, a second compression chamber, and a compression ram. The staging bin may be configured to accommodate the compressible material. The feed bin may be configured to receive the compressible material from the staging bin. The first compression chamber and the second compression chamber may be mounted to the frame so as to be rotatable about a substantially horizontal axis between a compression position and a transfer position. The compression ram may be configured to load the compressible material from the feed bin into a respective one of the first or second compression chambers in the compression position and compress the compressible material into the bale within the respective compression chamber.

Abstract: Stationary compacting, bagging machine comprising a structure intended to compact sorted or unsorted waste inside bags manufactured in laminated polypropylene adequate for this purpose, in which said equipment can perform high compaction of waste, extracting the liquid arising from compaction and eliminating empty spaces between the different kinds of materials, in such a manner that these bags can be deposited in proper landfills with no leaks into the atmosphere nor contamination of the groundwater.

Abstract: A woody biomass baler having a baling chamber adapted to receive woody biomass material, a compression system adapted to compact the material into a rectangular bale in the chamber, and an ejection system adapted to move the bale from the chamber, wherein the baling chamber has a front wall consisting of a reciprocating compression platen corresponding in dimensions to the width W and height H of the bale, opposing upper and lower walls corresponding in dimensions to the length L and either of the W and H of the bale, and opposing sidewalls corresponding in dimensions to the L and the other of the W and H of the bale, wherein each chamber wall selected from among the upper wall, the lower wall, and each of the sidewalls can withstand a minimum distributed force perpendicular to the selected wall of between (0.11×Pp psi×Aw) pounds and (0.

Abstract: An apparatus for compacting waste objects comprising a seat (10) provided with a support assembly (18, 19) for supporting the waste object (11) to be compacted; a push member (12) being moveable inside the seat for compacting in use of the apparatus the waste object against an end wall (13?16?) of the seat (10); the support assembly (18, 19) comprises two support members (18, 19) that rotate away from each other for discharging the compacted object through an aperture (P). Means (18, 19, 100, 103) being provided for impeding discharge of a compacted object of a specific type (100?) through the aperture (P) to collect the compacted object of the specific type in a dedicated container (30). Protuberances (110) can be applied to the push member (12) and an end wall (13) of the seat for producing depressions (119) in the compacted object (11?) so that the compacted object does not loose the compacted condition once pressure applied by the push member (12) is removed.

Abstract: Bailing systems and methods for bailing a material into bales. The bailing systems may include a movement mechanism, a compactor disposed downstream of the movement mechanism and a controller in wired or wireless communication with the movement mechanism and the compactor. In some examples, the movement mechanism includes an arm, a first sensor configured to collect dynamic arm position data, and a second sensor configured to collect dynamic movement parameter data. In some examples, the controller includes instructions for determining the length of the material by comparing dynamic arm position data and dynamic movement parameter data. In some examples, the compactor includes a ram, a block, and an actuator configured to move the block between a passageway position and a ram position.

Abstract: A material handling system for a hydrolyzer, comprising a material injection assembly further comprising a ram, a cylinder having a cylinder shaft for reciprocating the ram upon actuation of the cylinder shaft, a sleeve having an interior in which the ram reciprocates during use; a gate having a gate plate operable from between an open and a closed position; the gate plate has an aperture formed therethrough and the aperture is sized to enable a plug of compressed municipal solid waste to pass through it when the gate plate is in the open position; and a material exit assembly. The preferred material handling system further comprises a gate plate is interpositioned between the pair of space apart end plates and reciprocates freely therebetween. The end plates are configured to allow a plug of municipal solid waste to pass therethrough.

Abstract: A procedure and system for unloading a compacted cotton module from an on-board module builder of a cotton harvester, which in an automatic mode utilizes a controller to automatically monitor ground speed and operate unloading apparatus at a synchronized ratio to ground speed, for maintaining integrity and shape of the module, and which is quickly and easily switchable between the automatic mode and a manual mode that allows an operator to position and operate the unloading apparatus independent of ground speed for purposes such as placing the module at a precise location such as next to an already unloaded module or the like.

Abstract: Machines for making bales of disgregated materials, including a compacting chamber in which a pressing member moves towards and away from a stopping point for compacting the disgregated materials, the chamber having a larger lower surface which has a substantially flat surface provided with runoff holes, smaller surfaces each having a frame which serves as an attachment flange, an output door arranged to move in a vertical direction irrespective of whether the pressing plate has reached the stopping point, wherein the capacity of the chamber is variable to accommodate a possible excess in the disgregated materials introduced into the chamber to be compacted, and a telescopic box having on at least one of its walls through holes located in the proximity of the door.

Abstract: A can crushing apparatus includes a base and a receiving bin with an end wall and a pair of side walls extending upwardly from the base. The base has an aperture positioned adjacent to the end wall. A drive assembly is mounted to the base. The drive assembly includes an arm having a free end that extends into the receiving bin and moves toward the end wall when the drive assembly is actuated in a first direction and away from the end wall when the drive assembly is actuated in a second direction. A can is positioned in the receiving bin and crushed between the free end of the arm and the end wall when the drive assembly is actuated in the first direction. The can then falls through the aperture when the drive assembly is actuated in the second direction.

Abstract: A square baler has an ejector system including a shuttle assembly mounted in a wall of the bale case for reciprocation parallel to the direction of movement of the bales in the bale case. A least one dog mounted on the shuttle assembly engages in the last bale in the bale case positioned nearest the discharge outlet and advances the bale incrementally in response to reciprocation of the shuttle assembly. A second shuttle assembly is mounted in a wall of the bale case for reciprocation independently of the first shuttle assembly. The second shuttle assembly has at least one dog to engage in the next-to-last bale in the bale case. By selecting which of the shuttle assemblies to activate, an operator may elect to eject only the last base in the bale case or the last two bales.

Abstract: The present invention is a biomass compactor. The device is made up of a frame having a hydraulic compaction cylinder. When the hydraulic control is activated, the compaction cylinder moves forward through a hopper filled with various biomass materials, such as but not limited to, yard waste and food waste products. The compaction cylinder pushes the raw biomass material into the compaction area, thereby compressing the biomass material. When the compaction cylinder is retracted, the hopper can then be refilled and the compaction process repeated as desired up until the point where the compression area is full. The resulting compressed biomass material is removed and can be used as fuel, such as by burning the resulting compressed biomass material in a fireplace or wood burning stove.

Abstract: The invention concerns a method for feeding and removing a board to/from a gap of a periodically operating press. The board to be pressed is fed grip-supported to the gap of the press from one side and a board pressed in the previous operating cycle is removed grip-supported from the same or from the opposite side during the opening cycle of the press. The movement feeding the board to the press and the movement removing the board from the press are performed at least partially staggered with each other.

Abstract: A press assembly for fibrous substance including a tramper assembly with a tramping chamber and a tramper, the tramper being movable along a length of the tramping chamber, and a main compressor including a main compression box and a follow block, the follow block being movable along a length of the main compression box.

Abstract: A square baler having a bale case within which crop is compacted by means of a plunger and a discharge outlet at one end of the bale case is provided and an auxiliary ejector system for advancing bales towards the discharge outlet independently of the movement of the compacting plunger. The ejector system comprises a shuttle assembly mounted in a wall of the bale case for reciprocation parallel to the direction of movement of the bales in the bale case. A least one dog mounted on the shuttle assembly engages in the last bale in the bale case positioned nearest the discharge outlet and advances the bale incrementally out of the discharge outlet in response to reciprocation of the shuttle assembly. In the invention, a second shuttle assembly is mounted in a wall of the bale case for reciprocation independently of the first shuttle assembly. The second shuttle assembly has at least one dog to engage in the next-to-last bale in the bale case.

Abstract: A compactor comprising a base structure having a compaction chamber mounted thereto is provided. The compactor further comprises a ram which is horizontally movable through the compaction chamber between a withdrawn position and an extended position. An actuator is pivotally movable mounted to the ram at a first end portion. The actuator moves the ram from the withdrawn position to the extended position. An actuator frame is pivotally movable mounted to the base structure at a first end portion such that the pivot of the actuator frame is aligned with the pivot of the actuator when the ram is in the withdrawn position. A second opposite end portion of the actuator is mounted to a second opposite end portion of the actuator frame. The actuator frame is movable between a transport position where the actuator is oriented substantially vertical and an operating position where the actuator is oriented substantially horizontal.

Abstract: A square baler has a baling chamber and a bale chute arranged at the discharge end of the baling chamber. The bale chute comprises a rear portion that is pivotable about a horizontal axis to allow each bale to be lowered onto the ground without the bale toppling onto its end as it leaves the chute. The invention weighs each bale while the whole of its weight is supported by the rear portion of the bale chute.

Abstract: A compactor comprising a base structure having a compaction chamber mounted thereto is provided. The compactor further comprises a ram which is horizontally movable through the compaction chamber between a withdrawn position and an extended position. An actuator is pivotally movable mounted to the ram at a first end portion. The actuator moves the ram from the withdrawn position to the extended position. An actuator frame is pivotally movable mounted to the base structure at a first end portion such that the pivot of the actuator frame is aligned with the pivot of the actuator when the ram is in the withdrawn position. A second opposite end portion of the actuator is mounted to a second opposite end portion of the actuator frame. The actuator frame is movable between a transport position where the actuator is oriented substantially vertical and an operating position where the actuator is oriented substantially horizontal.

Abstract: A can crushing device, which crushes the can along its cylindrical axis, supports the can on a can platform, dents the side of the can and flattens the can. A can chute or feed hopper feeds cans to the crush chamber, while various collection devices receive the crushed cans.

Abstract: A material handling system for a hydrolyzer, comprising a material injection assembly further comprising a ram, a cylinder having a cylinder shaft for reciprocating the ram upon actuation of the cylinder shaft, a sleeve having an interior in which the ram reciprocates during use; a gate having a gate plate operable from between an open and a closed position; the gate plate has an aperture formed therethrough and the aperture is sized to enable a plug of compressed municipal solid waste to pass through it when the gate plate is in the open position; and a material exit assembly. The preferred material handling system further comprises a gate plate is interpositioned between the pair of space apart end plates and reciprocates freely therebetween. The end plates are configured to allow a plug of municipal solid waste to pass therethrough.

Abstract: A reshaping device according to the invention has at least one ejector, for example, in the form of a cylinder pin (11) which is shifted by the workpiece (6) against the pressure from a pressure storing cylinder (17) or other suitable energy storing device before and/or during the reshaping of the workpiece (6). The workpiece ejection occurs by the work stored in the energy storing device.

Abstract: Mounting device for a flexible constructed retainer means for retention of a casting upper part in a concrete casting machine of the type which typically is used for the production of casting items in the form of concrete blocks for pavements and wall constructions. Typically, two or three fixer flutes (10) are applied for each casting upper part, the length of the fixer flutes are adapted the depth of the casting upper part. In the invention, a flexible mountable fixer flute (10) consisting of two identical halves (12) is described. When the height of these fixer flute-halves exceeds a certain height, spacers (14) are mounted by means of bolting. The design of the fixer flute (10) leaves a space where the forks of fork lift trucks can be passed through, thus using the fixer flutes to also lift the casting upper part.

Abstract: A packaging assembly for insulation material has a compression chamber and a surge hopper vertically mounted above the compression chamber. An air drawing assembly positioned beneath the compression chamber draws air through the surge hopper and the compression chamber.

Abstract: A combination can crushing and retrieving device having a circular or tubular housing containing a plunger and having a rectangular opening in its side wall. The housing has a knife-edged slightly concave indent on the bottom of the housing, which indent generally conforms to the arch section of the necked down portion of a beverage can. When the concave indent is placed on the lip of a can laying on its side and forced down the can will “snap” upright, through the rectangular opening and into the housing. The can is then retained in the housing around the necked down portion by a foam/rubber lining located at the lower inside end of the housing. Then the weighted plunger is forced down onto the can, crushing the can. By placing the end of the device holding the can into a larger receptacle the can may then be ejected from the device by pressing an ejector rod.

Abstract: [Summary] [Problem] A compression machine is provided which is adapted to improve the operation efficiency of the machine for achieving the reduction of plant and equipment costs per compact-product weight. [Means for Solution] A compression machine includes: a first cylinder body 1 constituting a compaction chamber for compacting a subject material S and is formed with an opening through which the subject material S is supplied; a pusher shaft 10 slidably disposed in the first cylinder body 1 and serving to compress and solidify the subject material S; driving means 40 for driving the pusher shaft 10; a second cylinder body 20 disposed in coaxial and tandem relation with the first cylinder body 1; and a pressure receiving member disposed in the second cylinder body 20 and having a pressure receiving surface opposing a distal end surface of the pusher shaft 10, the first cylinder body and the second cylinder body being allowed to move relative to each other in an axial direction.

Abstract: The present invention discloses an adjustable hydraulic press with both upper and lower double action, specially suitable for the cylindrical gear formed by stamping or expanding, closed forging and the metal cold forming or metal hot forming of punching, finishing, flanging and drawing of sheet materials. The press comprises four columns, an upper beam, a main slide block, a hold down slide block, a fixing worktable, a floating worktable and a lower beam. The hydraulic chamber of master cylinder fixed in the upper beam communicates to the hydraulic chamber of the auxiliary cylinder, the plunger of master cylinder is connected to the main slide block and drives it. The hydraulic chamber of gas-liquid power accumulator fixed in the main slide block communicates to the hydraulic chamber of hold down cylinder, the plunger of hold down cylinder is connected to the hold down slide block and drives it. The plunger of ejecting cylinder fixed in the lower beam is connected to the floating worktable and drives it.

Abstract: A combination can crushing and retrieving device having a circular or tubular housing containing a plunger and having a rectangular opening in its side wall. The housing has a knife-edged slightly concave indent on the bottom of the housing opposite the rectangular opening, which indent generally conforms to the arch section of the necked down portion of a beverage can. When the concave indent is placed on the lip of a can laying on its side (preferably on drinking end) and forced down the can will “snap” upright, through the rectangular opening and into the housing. The can is then retained in the housing around the necked down portion by a foam/rubber lining located at the lower inside end of the housing. Then the weighted plunger is forced down onto the can, crushing the can and expelling any fluids remaining inside the can through the drinking opening. The crushing stroke can be repeated until the can is maximally compressed. After crushing the can, it is picked up by raising the device.

Abstract: A combination can crushing and retrieving device having a circular or tubular housing containing a plunger and having a rectangular opening in its side wall. The housing has a knife-edged slightly concave indent on the bottom of the housing opposite the rectangular opening, which indent generally conforms to the arch section of the necked down portion of a beverage can. When the concave indent is placed on the lip of a can laying on its side and forced down the can will “snap” upright, through the rectangular opening and into the housing. The can is then retained in the housing around the necked down portion by a foam/rubber lining located at the lower inside end of the housing. Then the weighted plunger is forced down onto the can, crushing the can and expelling any fluids remaining inside the can through the drinking opening. The can may then be ejected from the device by pressing an ejector rod.

Abstract: An apparatus for crushing containers includes a die defining an opening, a punch, and a system for displacing the die and punch relative to each other. The punch may be fixed and the die may be moved from a first position spaced apart from the punch such that a container to be crushed can be placed between the punch and die and a second position in which the punch extends into the die opening to define an annular gap between the punch and die opening. The arrangement is such that a container crushed between the die and punch as a result of displacement of the die to the second position is at least in part forced into and deformed within the annular gap.

Abstract: A compacting press having a support section, a compacting section which undergoes translational movement along a vertical axis (Z, Z?) which is fitted with a thrust-plate and which forms a ram designed to compress cases by the application of pressure, and a guide assembly made up of a skirt, with a liner, a hoop and a cradle. The cradle is fitted to a skirt holding section by a removable connection made up of a reversible assembly system involving the fitting into place and horizontal movement of at least one key-hole shaped opening which passes vertically through the cradle and at least one vertically orientated mushroom-shaped lug. This press is preferably used for compacting a case containing hazardous materials, in particular radioactive waste.

Abstract: A material handling system for a hydrolyzer comprises a material injection assembly having a ram; a sleeve in which the ram reciprocates during use; a gate plate operable from between an open position, wherein a plug of municipal solid waste may exit the sleeve, and a closed position; and a material exit assembly. The material exit assembly comprises a processed material handling apparatus including a processed material compaction chamber; and a plunger assembly attached to the compaction chamber and further including a working cylinder having a cylinder shaft and a ram operably connected to the shaft enabling the ram to compact the processed material within the compaction chamber upon actuation of the cylinder and the extension of the shaft therefrom.

Abstract: A baler having a baling chamber of rectangular cross section includes a bale ejection arrangement that is mounted adjacent a bottom wall of a rear section of the baling chamber. The bale ejection arrangement comprises a plurality of transversely spaced, upper and lower pairs of laths. The upper and lower pairs of laths are interconnected by triangular shaped conveyor elements that are retracted from the baling chamber when the upper and lower pairs of laths abut each other. An extensible and retractable hydraulic actuator is coupled for simultaneously effecting longitudinal shifting movement of each of the lower pairs of laths, and as the actuator extends, the conveyor elements first raise into the baling chamber and then the upper and lower pairs of laths are moved as a unit so that any crop located in the baling chamber is advanced to the rear and removed from the baling chamber.

Abstract: A compressing machine includes a press unit for compressing a concentrated sludge within a squeezing chamber to provide a briquette, and a press control unit to control the press unit. The press control unit includes a parameter and compressing speed setting unit, a parameter measuring unit, and a compressing speed control unit. The parameter and compressing speed setting unit is a unit in which a relation between a predetermined parameter that may affect compression performed by the press unit, and a compressing speed of the press unit. The predetermined parameter may include a coolant temperature, ambient temperature or a coolant content and others. The parameter measuring unit is a unit to measure the predetermined parameter. The compressing speed control unit controls, based on a result of measurement by the parameter measuring unit, the compressing speed of the press unit in accordance with a content set in the parameter and compressing speed setting unit.

Abstract: The device is a combination bailer/compactor that is a structure with a series of sidewalls and a floor portion, the structure having a top portion and a bottom portion. The sidewalls form an interior, where the interior is further subdivided into a bailer compartment and a compactor compartment by a common interior partition. Each interior compartment has a separate access opening and access door closing the opening. A track is located near the top portion with a compressive ram being mounted in a frame which is moveable in the track between the bailer compartment and the compactor compartment. A power source is operationally connected to the compressive ram. Both compartments are equipped with access doors.

Abstract: A workpiece ejector and transfer apparatus adapted to automatically extract a workpiece from a tool after work has been performed, and thereby reduce the cycle time for the operation. The apparatus includes a cylinder, a pair of cam plates adapted to convert the reciprocating motion of the cylinder into a rotational motion, and an engagement portion adapted to engage and unload the workpiece. When the cylinder is actuated, the cam plates are initially translated in an upward direction, and thereafter rotated. The initial upward translation of the cam plates is intended to engage and lift a processed workpiece such that it has sufficient clearance from its tool, whereas the rotation of the cam plates acts to transfer the processed workpiece such that the tool can accommodate a new workpiece. The processed workpiece is preferably transferred to a temporary retaining device while the new workpiece is loaded.

Abstract: A compactor according to the invention comprises a bowl (2) for receiving the matter that is to be compacted, a crushing head (1) comprising at least one shredding roll (11) that is mounted to rotate on itself and to move upon the surface of the matter when the compacting head is in an active position inside the bowl, and a pressing device comprising a pressure plate (3) for pressing the matter onto a bottom of said bowl when it is in an active position inside the bowl. Configuration means are further provided to move said crushing head and said pressing device, each in turn, into its active position inside the bowl while the other is in an inactive position outside the bowl.

Abstract: A device for compressing bulk goods into a bale, in view of packing it bale-shaped on a pallet, includes an upright, tubular shaft having an upper end and a lower end, a supplier adapted for supplying bulk goods to a feed opening in the shaft, a support placed below the lower end and adapted for supporting the bulk goods in the shaft, a press adapted for pressing the bulk goods present in the shaft downwards in order to compress said material into a bale, wherein the support comprises a pressing table, having a mover adapted for moving the pressing table between a position in which the bale is supported below the shaft and a position in which the bale is supported spaced sidewards from the shaft, wherein the device is furthermore provided with a mechanism adapted for keeping a pallet below the shaft, in a position below the pressing table, and with a discharger adapted for discharging the pallet including the bale away from them.

Abstract: An elastic member is disposed on a load supporting device such as cushion pins and wear plates, which are placed between at least a work and a die cushion pad and transfer a load applied to the work to the die cushion pad, to support the load. The load supporting device is disposed in two or more on the die cushion pad to realize equalization of the load applied to a die cushion. Thus, use of a conventional large-scale hydraulic circuit is eliminated, and the device can be simplified. And, the press machine can be produced at a low cost.

Abstract: A pressing assembly (10) includes a press (12) being moveable from an open configuration to an operable configuration to compress an object (16). A loader (14) is also provided having one or more first pushers (42) moveable into a region within the press (12) to load the object (16) into a pressing zone within the press (12). The arrangement is such that the or each pusher (42) is clear of the pressing zone once the press (12) is in the operable configuration. The or each pusher (42) may be provided on a reciprocable pusher assembly (36) which is moveable in a forward and a reverse direction. In the forward direction of the reciprocable pusher assembly, the first pusher (42) pushes the object into a pressing zone in the press.

Abstract: A baling press includes a tiltable container arranged underneath a vertically guided compacting ram within a compacting frame, wherein the compacting container is tiltable forwardly about a horizontal shaft. As seen from a front wall of the compacting container, the longitudinal axis of the horizontal shaft is positioned behind a frontal plane extending through the center of gravity of the compacting plane. A unit for a tiltable support of the compacting container arranged on the shaft is fastened directly on the compacting container or on the frame. A locking unit engaging the compacting container is provided on a back side of the compacting frame.

Abstract: The present invention teaches a waste container, especially a roll-off waste container, having a gate at one end, a waste transfer system to push wastes within the container out the gate, and lifting devices which raise the container to approximately the level of a garbage truck's hopper. The hopper may be the fixed rear hopper of a rear-load truck or a special container for a front load truck. The present invention furthermore teaches a new system for waste handling. Wastes are placed into a container, the container is raised, and the wastes are transferred to a garbage truck. The present invention may be used industrially, in construction, in residential settings, and commercially. The invention may be opened at sides or tops to meet the user's waste disposal needs, and may be connected to a building by a trash chute as is commonly used in compactor applications.

Abstract: A baler having pre-compression lid stops and method of operation where stops located on a pre-compression lid prevent rotation of the pre-compression lid into the pre-crush chamber to prevent impingement of a gatherer ram with the pre-compression lid.

Abstract: A vertical baler includes a horizontally disposed floor plate having an arched surface for receiving material to be compacted thereon. A compression plate is mounted for reciprocating vertical movement with respect to the floor plate, and left and right hydraulic pistons carried outside the wall of the baler are operably attached between the floor plate and the compression plate for reciprocating the compression plate relative to the floor plate. Material placed between the arched floor plate and the compression plate is compacted and formed with an arched bottom surface for ease in sliding fork elements of a lift truck thereunder. Once compacted and tied, the bale is pushed from the compaction chamber by pusher tabs vertically extending from a rear edge of the floor plate which is operable for horizontal reciprocation causing biasing of the pusher tabs against the material in a horizontal pushing of the bale from the chamber onto an adjacent floor surface.

Abstract: A portable rock crusher (10)is adapted for attachment to a boom (16) of an earthmoving vehicle (14). The crusher has a hopper (32) with a material inlet (49) and a material outlet (44) spaced from the inlet. A pair of jaws (46,48) is located within the hopper and positioned between the inlet and outlet. The jaws are movable relative to one another to vary the spacing therebetween and an actuator (68) is provided to control relative movement between the jaws. Material moving from the inlet to the outlet thereby passes between the jaws and is crushed upon relative movement of the jaws to provide an aggregate at the outlet.

Abstract: An apparatus for collapsing and collecting a can utilizing a tray having a first portion with a surface and a second portion with an opening through the same. A housing is also provided and includes a press which is movable between a first position and a second position. The tray is guided relative to the housing such that the surface of the first portion lies opposite the press and is capable of collapsing a can when placed on the first tray portion. When the press moves to its first position the can is collapsed. The collapsed can passes through the tray when the tray second portion lies opposite the press.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to facilitate the release of a formed product from a die. A lower die is formed of a die plate, a plurality of cores, a cavity die and a slide plate. In the cavity die, a plurality of first opening portions are formed at the upper side and a second opening portion is formed at the lower surface side. Each of the first opening portion communicates the second opening portion. A core is placed each of the first opening portions. The slide plate is fitted in the second opening portion and supports each core from the lower side. A through-hole is formed in the die plate. The tip of an ejector pin is inserted into the through-hole. The ejector pin is installed in a lower shaft of the machine.

Abstract: A mechanical press includes an easy load tilt out loading position that improves operator visibility when loading parts onto operation specific tooling, and which also increases the speed of which such parts can be loaded (and unloaded), and finally reduces the chance of operator error. The mechanical press includes a frame having a press head, a base pivotable between a load position and a working position, and a tie rod coupling the press head and the base. The press head is configured to reciprocate along a first longitudinal axis, responsive to an operator input such as pulling or rotating a handle. The press head and the base each include features configured to allow respective attachment of a first tool and a second tool, and whose specific configuration depends on the operation being performed by the press (i.e., shaping, assembly requiring pressure, etc.) The press head, when in the first position, is operative via the tie rod to place the base in the load position.

Abstract: A vehicle recycling system includes an hold-down mechanism, a crane having an engine puller, a component disassembly station, a feed press, and a material press, all of which are housed within a building. A vehicle is placed onto a hold-down table where it is held in place by the hold-down mechanism while the engine and other valuable components are removed using the crane. Components not requiring further processing are placed into bins. Components requiring further disassembly are fed to the component disassembly where they are further disassembled and placed in bins. Once the high value components are removed, the crane loads the vehicle onto the feed press. The feed press then moves the vehicle onto the material press where it is compressed by the press. The back wall of the press is then raised so the crushed vehicle can be removed.

Abstract: The claimed invention relates to a device for stacking and compressing a plurality of soft elements. One purpose of the invention is to avoid damage to the soft elements due to excessive pressure. The device comprises a stacking shaft, drive means and movable receiving means arranged on two opposite sides of the stacking shaft, which receiving means in pairs are arranged in level with each other. Moveable compressing means are arranged on two opposite sides of the stacking shaft. Both the receiving means and compressing means are movable in a vertical direction. The receiving means are arranged to successively receive elements. Each pair of the compressing means is movable from above the stack for compressing the elements.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and to a shearing and compacting press for the production of pressed parts, preferably packages (20) from waste material, especially scrap and sheet clippings. The material used is pre-compacted in a first compacting step. In a second compacting step, the material, which has been pre-compacted to the width of the package, is subjected to intermediate compacting until the height of the package (20) is reached. In a third compacting step, final compacting of the material to the final width or length of the package (20) is carried out. According to the invention, the material is pre-compacted with a continuos force and optionally sheared until the compressor (3.1) reaches its final position. The compressor (3.2) is securely adjusted and guided to its end position on a parallel plane. Subsequently, the compressor (3.3) is guided in a position in which the compressor (3.1) releases the opening of the package chamber (2.3) when the compressor (3.1) is driven back.

Abstract: A transportable recyclable materials densifier including an integrally configured conveyor, separator, and compactor chamber mounted on a trailer frame that is transportable along public and private roads, for separation of ferrous from non-ferrous materials, and for compaction of non-ferrous materials at each location to which the trailer is transported. A conveyor is directs materials to the separator for separation of non-ferrous materials that are directed into an upper opening in a first end of the compactor chamber, with rejection of ferrous materials from the separator for discharge. A reciprocally extendable piston and compactor end extends through the compactor chamber to compact the materials into a second end of the chamber. The compacted materials form a densified shape against a movable end wall that is raised after compaction for ejection of each densified shape from the compaction chamber for storage and/or transport to a recycling operation.