intimus ST1 BALERSTRAP 1650

ST1 is intimus's baler strapping, supplied as a 1,650 ft roll — the length is what the “1650” in the part designation refers to. It is the consumable that closes each finished bale on an intimus shredder-baler. Without it the press will compact paper but has no way to hold the bale together once the platen retracts.

Compatible Models

• intimus 14.87 shredder-baler combination
• intimus 16.86 shredder-baler combination

Both machines are supplied with the same baler unit (intimus part 475904), which is why a single strapping part covers the pair. intimus documents that bales on these machines are “secured with two bale straps”, and quotes a finished bale weight of 130–175 lb on the 14.87.

If you run a different intimus baling product — a PACMASTER press, for instance — confirm the strap width with us before ordering. We have not been able to verify that ST1 is the correct width for those machines and would rather check than sell you the wrong roll.

Specifications

For reference, intimus's international consumables catalogue lists strapping tape in three roll sizes — 300 m, 400 m and 500 m. At roughly 503 m, the 1,650 ft ST1 corresponds to the largest of those.

Strapping is the consumable most often forgotten on a baling installation, because unlike bags it is not visibly consumed every day. It is also the one whose absence stops the machine outright: a press that cannot close a bale cannot cycle, and clearing a partially compacted bale by hand is a job nobody volunteers for twice. Sites running a 14.87 or 16.86 in earnest generally keep at least one spare roll in the same room as the machine rather than in a central stores area on another floor.