NEXGEN--Restoring Profits to Recyclers

For recyclers, baling is an operating cost that has to be covered before any profits can be made. That notion is clear to Szany, who has spent years listening to recyclers in his role as a recycling equipment representative.

Among the hallmarks of the NEXGEN product line are balers that reduce wire and energy costs and produce dense bales for more efficient shipping and export.

Says Szany, "We offer balers with the lowest cost of ownership. People bale to get density, and we give them more density per dollar of expenditure than anybody. We listen to the marketplace, and ultimately, that’s a very customer-centered philosophy."

NEXGEN engineers have introduced baling innovations and combined them with unmatched manufacturing standards to produce balers that use less wire and energy to produce dense, uniform bales.

Szany points out that a recycler could conceivably buy a $400,000 baler, and then spend some $1.5 million on baling wire during the course of the baler’s life. "We have attacked that particular cost of ownership with our new TIEger Tieing System, which reduces the size of the wire knot and allows recyclers to significantly decrease the amount of wire they use. Recyclers will see an 8 to 11 percent decrease in wire consumed." The gear-twisting device produces no pigtail—excess wire created with other systems.

NEXGEN is also researching the potential use of high-tensile wire in its TIEger system, which would allow baler owners to save even more dramatically on wire costs.

Reining in energy costs has also been a NEXGEN priority, as the company has designed balers that exert greater compaction force while using less horsepower. At a recent installation, a NEXGEN baler with two 50 hp motors replaced a baler that had been powered by two 100 hp motors. "Their electrical costs are now cut in half from what they were, yet they are still just as productive using half the horsepower," says Szany.

The Galaxy2R line of two-ram balers provides examples of increased energy efficiency and efficient mechanical systems.

The Galaxy2R balers have high-efficiency power units available with 30 to 100 hp TEFC motors. The advanced hydraulics feature a flooded suction pumping system with high-flow hydraulic manifold, 10-micron filtration system, pressure and current transducers, separate cooling and tier circuit and an air-to-oil cooler.