VK 2310 20.12 HP Channel Baling Press

This is the VK 2310 configured to keep pace with a busy line: the same 240 kN channel press and the same 1,000 mm long feed aperture as the 12.34 HP model, but with a 15 kW drive that brings the idle cycle down from 17.2 seconds to 9.4. If the reason you are looking at a channel baler is that your current press cannot keep up, this is the variant that answers the question.

The VK 2310 exists for long material. Its aperture measures 670 x 1,000 mm, against 620 x 600 mm on the VK 2306, so unfolded cartons, trim and offcuts go in whole. Bales come out at 700 x 500 mm in cross-section, adjustable between 600 and 1,200 mm long, tied with three wires, weighing up to about 250 kg. Specific pressing force is 64 N/cm².

At 6,095 mm long, 2,863 mm wide and 1,940 mm high it is a low, long machine — worth knowing if the constraint on your site is headroom rather than floor.

Key Features

• 9.4 second idle cycle, nearly half the 9.2 kW version’s 17.2 seconds.
• 670 x 1,000 mm aperture for long and awkward material.
• 240 kN at 64 N/cm² — the same compaction as the smaller drive.
• Automatic three-wire tying and automatic bale ejection.
• Only 1,940 mm tall, which fits under mezzanines and low bay roofs that a vertical baler will not.
• 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

No formal scope of delivery is published by HSM for the VK presses. The machine is delivered for positioning, levelling, three-phase connection and commissioning. Feed conveyors, chutes, platforms and guarding are specified and quoted separately against your site layout.

Wire is not included. Tying is automatic using steel baling wire on rolls; the gauge is confirmed at commissioning. HSM also offers optional manual strapping equipment for tying loose material away from the press.

Who Should Buy This — and Who Should Not

Buy the 20.12 HP VK 2310 if you have both problems at once: long material and real volume. A 9.4 second cycle on a 1,000 mm aperture is a lot of capacity for a machine of this size, and it is the configuration most box plants and converting lines end up specifying.

Buy the 12.34 HP VK 2310 instead if the volume is moderate and steady. It has the identical aperture, press and bale; it simply cycles in 17.2 seconds rather than 9.4, and draws less connected load. There is no difference in bale quality.

Buy the 20.12 HP VK 2306 instead if nothing you bale is longer than about 600 mm. The 2306 is 835 mm shorter overall and slightly lighter, with the same 240 kN press and the same 15 kW drive. The only thing you give up is aperture length.

Do not specify this machine if your recycler pays a premium for mill-standard 1,100 mm bales, or if you are handling big bags and rigid HDPE containers in quantity. That is VK 5012 territory: 500 kN, four wires and bales to 550 kg.