Scrap yards live or die on throughput, bale quality, and safety. The baler you choose, fully automatic or semi-automatic, shapes all three. This guide breaks down how the two approaches differ in design, operation, labor, cost, and performance so you can match a machine to your yard’s material mix, volume,

Choosing a metal baler is ultimately a capacity and economics decision wrapped in safety, footprint, and downstream-quality constraints. The “best” machine for a small auto-dismantler would be a bottleneck for a regional shredder yard—and vice versa. This guide gives you a scale-aware, step-by-step framework to match baler type and configuration

Scrap yards depend on throughput, bale consistency, and uptime. High-performance metal balers use hydraulics to turn motor power into precise, repeatable compaction. This article explains why hydraulics dominate, outlines a high-performance HPU, and shows how choices in pumps, valves, cylinders, controls, and cooling deliver faster cycles, denser bales, lower energy