High-capacity balers from Norway now available in SA

Orkel Dens-X Compactor stationary bale makers were launched in South Africa this month. The event took place at meat value chain company Kameeldrift Voere, based in Cullinan, Gauteng.

- Siyanda Sishuba

Norwegian company Orkel develops and produces high-quality heavy machinery for agriculture and other sectors. The Dens-X is part of Orkel’s X-series compactors. The largest baler in the series is the MP2000-X.

These machines produce easy-to-handle, high-density, round bales, and have the capacity to bale more than 30 different materials, including chopped grasses, sugar pulp and cotton.

The company has even used the machines to bale snow in order to measure bale density, says Mariam Karterud, Orkel’s marketing consultant.

The volume of most materials can be reduced to one-third of the original volume. Even material with a high dry-matter content can easily be compacted.

REDUCING OXYGEN

A higher-density bale ensures better preservation of the baled material, as the level of oxygen is kept as low as possible.