VK 2306 20.12 HP Channel Baling Press

Choose the 20.12 HP HSM VK 2306 when the press has to keep up with a line that does not slow down for it. It is mechanically the same 240 kN channel baler as the 12.34 HP version — same 620 x 600 mm aperture, same 700 x 500 mm three-wire bale, same 5,260 mm frame — but the 15 kW drive turns a theoretical 113 cubic metres an hour through the chamber instead of leaving your conveyor to back up.

The VK 2306 is HSM's most compact automatic channel press. Material drops in through the aperture, a light barrier triggers the ram, and tied bales leave the far end of the channel without anyone touching them. Bale length is adjustable between 600 and 1,200 mm and finished bales weigh 140–250 kg depending on what you feed it: dense old corrugated at the top of the range, loose film and soft packaging nearer the bottom.

At 5,260 mm long it is the machine you specify when a VK 2310 will not fit. The 2310 has a longer aperture and takes longer material, but it needs 835 mm more building.

Key Features

• 15 kW drive giving a published theoretical idle throughput of 113 m³/h and 5.63 t/h on material at 50 kg/m³.
• 240 kN pressing force, identical to the smaller-drive VK 2306 — the extra motor buys speed, not compaction.
• Three-wire tying on every bale, applied automatically.
• Adjustable bale length from 600 to 1,200 mm without changing tooling.
• Compact 5,260 mm frame, the shortest automatic channel baler in HSM’s line-up.
• Fully automatic operation. Material goes in the aperture, the ram cycles on a light barrier, the bale is tied and ejected without an operator at the machine.
• Wire tying as standard, so bales hold their shape under the springback of film and OCC.
• Continuous feeding from a conveyor belt, an air feed or a shredder discharge — this is a machine designed to sit at the end of a line, not to be hand-loaded.

Specifications

What's in the Box

HSM publishes no scope-of-delivery list for the VK presses. The machine is delivered for positioning, levelling, three-phase connection and commissioning by an engineer. Feed conveyors, hoppers, platforms and site guarding are quoted separately against your layout.

Wire is not included. The press ties with steel baling wire on rolls, and the gauge for your machine is confirmed at commissioning. Treat wire as a standing consumable cost.

Who Should Buy This — and Who Should Not

Buy the 20.12 HP VK 2306 if the baler sits downstream of something that runs continuously — a sorting belt, a shredder, a converting line producing trim. 113 m³/h of idle throughput is enough headroom that the press stops being the thing everyone waits for.

Buy the 12.34 HP VK 2306 instead if volumes are modest and steady. It presses identically and makes an identical bale; the smaller motor simply cycles more slowly and draws less connected load. There is no compaction penalty.

Buy a VK 2310 instead if your material is long. The 2310 has the same 240 kN press and the same bale but a 1,000 mm feed aperture rather than 600 mm, which matters for unfolded cartons, trim and offcuts. It also runs a faster idle cycle at the same 15 kW: 9.4 seconds against the 2306's.

Step up to a VK 5012 if you are baling rigid HDPE containers, plastic bottles or big bags at volume. The 5012 presses at 500 kN into an 1,100 x 750 mm bale with four wires. The VK 2306 is a paper, film and light-packaging machine.