HSM V-Press 825 Plus Vertical Bailing Press

The V-Press 825 plus is the most efficient machine in HSM's vertical range in the sense that matters to a facilities manager: it produces the heaviest bale per metre of building height. 250 kN, a 280 kg bale, 2370 mm tall and 1070 kg — more pressing force than the physically larger V-Press 820 plus, from a machine that is lower, shallower and 230 kg lighter.

The way it achieves that is worth understanding, because it explains the trade-off. The bale chamber is shorter: 700 mm of bale height against the 820's 1000 mm. More force into a smaller volume gives a denser bale, but the loading aperture is correspondingly lower at 1195 × 530 mm. Bulky, springy material is harder to get in. Heavy, flat material is not.

Key Features

• 250 kN pressing force with a specific pressing pressure of 26 N/cm² (37.7 psi).
• Bales of up to 280 kg in a 1200 × max. 700 × 780 mm format — the densest bale of any press in this size class.
• 2370 mm tall, which is 129 mm below the V-Press 820 plus and 615 mm below the V-Press 1160.
• 1070 kg, the lightest machine in this comparison — relevant if you are siting it on a suspended floor or an upper level.
• 1195 × 530 mm loading aperture.
• Four-fold polyester tape strapping, manual, with no wire and no special tooling.
• 4.8 kW three-phase drive at 480 V / 60 Hz.

Specifications

What's in the Box

The press on its own. Polyester strapping tape is a consumable bought separately, and the 480 V three-phase connection is site work. No handling equipment is supplied for moving finished bales, and HSM publishes no packing list for the machine.

Who Should Buy This — and Who Should Not

This is the press to specify when the building is the constraint. Retail back-of-house, hospital and hotel goods areas, basement service floors, older industrial units with low clear height — the 825 plus goes in where a 1160 will not, and it presses harder than the 820 plus while doing so. At 1070 kg it is also the lightest machine here, which matters if the floor loading has to be checked.

Where it is the wrong choice is bulky material. The 530 mm aperture is the lowest in the group, and if your waste is large part-flattened cartons or springy film, operators will spend time cutting material down to feed it. That is exactly what the V-Press 820 plus is better at: a 558 mm aperture and a taller bale chamber, at the cost of a lighter 250 kg bale and 129 mm more height.

It is also the wrong choice if you sell your cardboard by grade at volume. A 280 kg bale is handled and traded differently from a 550 kg mill bale, and if you are producing several tonnes a week the V-Press 1160 eco at 594 kN will change what your material is worth — provided you have 2985 mm of clear height for it.

Finally, if you want this exact press on a heavier frame, HSM also builds the 825 plus pro: same 250 kN and same 280 kg bale, 140 kg heavier and 202 mm deeper, with a 10 mm taller aperture. For a lightly used press, the standard version below is the more sensible purchase.