MAX-PAK Balers - Foam Balers

MAX-PAK Foam/Fiber/Film Balers use heavy tubular steel construction for structural integrity, and heavy abrasion resistant steel where it’s needed most in high wear areas.
TEFC motors with greased fittings and bearings, and totally enclosed fan coolers are standard on all MAX-PAK balers, including the ‘F’ Series.
MAX-PAK balers use only electrical controls and components that are UL Listed and Approved.
Hydraulic components are ‘over-engineered’ to withstand pressures beyond what the machine demands. ‘F’ Series Balers can also be adjusted to meet the hydraulic requirements for baling specific types of materials, since high-memory materials are not all alike. The ability to adjust hydraulic system pressures allows for maximum efficiency.
MAX-PAK designs balers for your specific needs. While standard offerings and standard options are a good starting point, we don’t stop there. We’ll design the baler that satisfies YOUR unique requirements. In fact, the first ‘F’ Series Balers were developed to meet one customer’s request for a very specialized situation. MAX-PAK believes in stepping up to any challenge, with the flexibility and innovation to solve your particular problem, ensuring maximum performance and profitability for years to come.

Bilingual safety stickers and caution decals are standard on all equipment.
Lock-Out Tag-Out provisions allow operators to secure the equipment while performing service and inspection procedures.
Safety interlocks shut down baling operations if the door is opened, or a panel removed.
Operators are thoroughly trained upon installation by a MAX-PAK factory technician, to assure full knowledge and understanding of safe operating procedures and MAX-PAK safety features.

MAX-PAK Foam/Fiber/Film Balers produce heavier bales - about 1300 lbs. from Polyurethane foam, and up to 1500 lbs from heavier medical and packing foam materials. Heavier bales mean greater transport efficiencies and lower freight costs.
MAX-PAK Foam/Fiber/Film balers can produce a dense, heavy foam bale in approximately 30 minutes. The same material may take a cardboard baler up to 3 HOURS to produce a bale.>/p>
In-feed openings in ‘F’ Series Balers are almost three times the size of typical cardboard baler openings. Smaller in-feed openings mean that other manufacturers must often add a shredder to their baling system, to reduce the size of foam particulates being baled.
MAX-PAK ‘F’ Series Balers use a longer ram cylinder stroke to force more air from the foam as it is being compressed. Typical horizontal cardboard balers use a stroke of 88 inches, while the foam baler has a stroke of 105 inch, which results in higher bale densities.
As air is expressed out of foam, the next critical step is retention. A cardboard baler will use 6-inch retention dogs, which is fine for cardboard but not very effective for foam. MAX-PAK ‘F’ Series Balers are designed with 15-inch ‘elephant ear’ retention dogs that penetrate the bale sides a full 12 inches to hold the compressed foam in the baling chamber completely.
Foam bales also require specialized sheering equipment not found on cardboard balers. MAX-PAK has designed a serrated knife and sheer system for our ‘F’ Series Balers that cuts through foam cleanly, and prevents material from becoming trapped under the ram and jamming the baler.
The MAX-PAK Foam/Fiber/Film Baler is designed for easier bale escapement with a tapered bale chamber that goes beyond the typical taper in cardboard balers.
There are more than a dozen other key design differences that separate MAX-PAK Foam/Fiber/Film Balers from the rest of the field. These proprietary features have placed MAX-PAK ‘F’ Series Balers in a class by itself when it comes to serving the baling needs of the Foam, Fiber, and Film industries.