HSM V-Press 1160 Plus Vertical Bailing Press

The V-Press 1160 plus is the heavier build of HSM's largest vertical baler. It presses at 594 kN into a 1200 × 1200 × 1100 mm bale of up to 550 kg, ties four-fold with wire, and sits on a frame that weighs 2427 kg — 127 kg more than the eco version, on a footprint 212 mm deeper.

Everything that determines bale quality is shared with the 1160 eco: identical pressing force, identical bale, identical 1195 × 650 mm aperture, identical 4.8 kW three-phase drive. We will not tell you the plus presses better, because HSM's own published data says it does not. What it gives you is a larger and heavier machine, and if that matters for your site it is worth asking us to have the specific differences confirmed by HSM before you commit.

Key Features

• 594 kN pressing force with a specific pressing pressure of 45 N/cm².
• Bales of 1200 × 1200 × 1100 mm at up to 550 kg — a mill-standard unit that recyclers price as a commodity.
• 1195 × 650 mm loading aperture, wide enough that flattened cartons do not need cutting down.
• Four-fold wire strapping as standard; a tape station is available as an option.
• 2427 kg frame — the heaviest machine in HSM's vertical range, and 127 kg heavier than the 1160 eco.
• 4.8 kW drive on 480 V / 60 Hz three-phase.
• Cardboard, plastic film and mixed paper all rated on the same machine.

Specifications

Dimensions and weight are HSM's figures for this US article number (6140213). HSM's European catalogue lists a shallower depth for the 1160 plus under a different article number; plan your bay from the figures above and confirm on the order acknowledgement.

What's in the Box

The press, delivered by truck and positioned by the installer. Baling wire is a consumable bought separately. The optional tape station, the 480 V three-phase connection and the lifting equipment to move finished bales are all separate. No packing list is published by HSM for this machine.

Who Should Buy This — and Who Should Not

The buyer for this machine is a high-volume, continuously running site: a regional distribution centre, a large-format retailer, a manufacturer stripping bulk packaging all day, or a waste contractor consolidating dry recyclables. At those volumes the 550 kg bale is worth real money, collections drop sharply, and the extra mass of the plus frame is a reasonable thing to pay for in a machine that never stops.

Do not buy it on the assumption that "plus" means a better bale. It does not: the 1160 eco presses to the same 594 kN and the same 550 kg, is 212 mm shallower and 127 kg lighter, and on published data will produce an identical bale. If your decision is close, the eco is the smaller commitment.

And if the constraint is the building rather than the volume, step down a size. At 2985 mm this machine needs a genuinely high bay; the V-Press 825 plus pro is 615 mm shorter at 2370 mm and still makes a 280 kg bale at 250 kN, and the V-Press 820 plus is the entry point at 178 kN and 250 kg. Halving your bale weight is a smaller problem than not being able to install the press at all.