American Baler upgrades two-ram baler hydraulics

Bellevue, Ohio-based American Baler Co. says its W721 and W828 two-ram balers are now all being made with a power unit and manifold block designed with off-the-shelf Parker Din Cartridge valves on the manifold. The two models also are now outfitted with standard directional control valves.

All the pumps on the two models now have their own pressure control kit for all three stages of the pump function, American Baler says. No unloader blocks are needed, the company adds.

“Warranty claims were higher than desired with our manifold blocks, and our engineering risk evaluation model led us to these cartridge valves,” says Jim Wolfe, American Baler vice president of engineering and customer service.

Mike Schwinn, American Baler sales manager, comments, “The new design is easier to build with fewer errors. This change was implemented in our larger W828 series two years ago and the results have been superb, so improving the W721 was a logical next step.”

The W721 two-ram series is American Baler’s most popular model, says the company. While it is a wide-body baler it is priced closer to many narrow-body machines at a “price point that fits many material recovery facility (MRF) applications as well as at paper, plastic and nonferrous metals plants,” states American Baler.