HSM HL 7009 - Horizontal Baling Press - 10,5kW for Cardboard, Plastic Film, and Mixed Paper

The HSM HL 7009 is a channel baling press for sites producing cardboard and mixed paper faster than a vertical baler can keep up with. It applies 700 kN of pressing force through a 9.2 kW main drive, and turns loose material into wire-tied bales of up to 600 kg measuring 1100 x 1100 x 1200 mm.

The distinction that matters is horizontal versus vertical. A vertical baler is loaded from the front, compressed downwards, and emptied by an operator who has to be present for every bale. A horizontal press like the HL 7009 is fed continuously into a channel and ejects finished bales at the far end, which means it can be paired with a conveyor, a tipping unit or a bevelled hopper and left to run. If your cardboard arrives all day rather than in scheduled batches, that changes the labour cost of baling completely.

Key Features

• 700 kN pressing force. Roughly 71 tonnes-force, which is what produces a 600 kg bale dense enough that a haulier's trailer fills by weight rather than by volume.
• 9.2 kW main drive plus a 1.5 kW secondary motor. HSM's published rating from the horizontal baling press technical data, on a 3 x 400 V / 50 Hz supply.
• Bales up to 600 kg at 1100 x 1100 x 1200 mm. A standard mill-acceptable format — bale size and weight are usually written into an offtake agreement, so getting this right is a commercial matter, not just an engineering one.
• Quicklink wire tying. The machine uses 2.45 x 4400 mm Quicklink baling wire. Wire rather than polyester is standard for paper and cardboard mills, which handle and remove it as part of their pulping process.
• 1020 x 900 mm loading aperture. Large enough to take flattened boxes and loose film without pre-cutting.
• Continuous feed with automatic filling options. HSM offers bevelled hoppers and lifting/tilting systems for this chassis, plus automatic variants, so the press can be integrated with how material already reaches it rather than the other way round.
• Handles mixed paper, cardboard and plastic film on the same machine, which avoids a separate line for each stream.

Specifications

Metric figures are taken from HSM's own horizontal baling press technical data; imperial figures are converted from them. Two notes on accuracy. First, HSM publishes different overall machine dimensions for different HL 7009 configurations — the hopper and feed options change the footprint substantially — so we have deliberately not printed a single dimension figure here. Ask us for the installation drawing matching your configuration. Second, this listing's title quotes 10.5 kW; HSM's technical data gives the drive as 9.2 kW plus a 1.5 kW secondary motor, a total of 10.7 kW. The 9.2 + 1.5 figures above are the manufacturer's.

What's in the Box

• HL 7009 horizontal baling press
• Operating instructions

Baling wire is a consumable and is not included. Hoppers, lifting and tilting systems, conveyors and automatic filling variants are options rather than standard equipment — specify them at the point of order, because retrofitting a feed system to an installed press is expensive.

Who Should Buy This — and Who Should Not

The HL 7009 belongs on a site where packaging waste is continuous and substantial: distribution centres, supermarkets and retail depots, printing works, packaging converters, waste transfer stations, and manufacturers who receive everything in cardboard. The test is simple. If someone is spending a meaningful part of every day baling, or if cardboard is being collected loose because baling cannot keep pace, a horizontal press pays for itself in labour and haulage before it pays for itself in material value.

Do not buy it for modest volumes. This is a 7,400 kg machine on a three-phase supply, and it needs a prepared floor, a feed arrangement and space for bales to be removed. A site producing a few bales a week is better served by a vertical baler at a fraction of the cost and complexity.

Do not buy it for beverage containers or drums. PET bottles and cans need a crusher — the Crusher 1049 SA for volume reduction or the CP 4988 if you want PET bales — and metal drums need the FP 3000 barrel press. Feeding drums or bottles into a channel baler damages the wire-tying mechanism.

Lastly, agree your bale format with your recycler before ordering. A 600 kg bale at 1100 x 1100 x 1200 mm is a common mill specification, but if your offtake contract calls for a different size you will be arguing with a machine that cannot change it.