San Luis Potosí, Mexico | Cardboard Horizontal Baler Solution | Pre-Sales Technical Consultation | ENERPAT

Customer Visit Overview

In July 2026, the ENERPAT sales team visited a long-established Mexican recycling company in San Luis Potosí to conduct a pre-sales technical consultation for its cardboard baling operation.

The customer is planning to replace aging horizontal balers used across two recycling facilities and was looking for a higher-capacity solution with a larger feed opening to improve handling of oversized cardboard.

During the visit, the ENERPAT team inspected the existing equipment, analyzed production requirements, discussed material flow challenges, and recommended several horizontal baler configurations together with financing options for future equipment investment.

Customer Background

The customer is a privately owned recycling company with more than 30 years of experience serving industrial customers throughout central Mexico.

Operating two recycling facilities totaling approximately 20,000 m², the company processes various recyclable materials including OCC cardboard, paper packaging, and a small volume of plastic film.

Its current cardboard processing capacity reaches approximately 2.5 tons per hour, using two aging 80-ton horizontal waste paper balers that have been operating for many years.

As recycling volumes continue to increase, the customer is evaluating equipment upgrades to improve production efficiency while reducing downtime caused by aging machinery.

Customer Requirements

During the consultation, the customer outlined several key operational requirements:

• Replace aging 80-ton horizontal balers nearing the end of service life

• Maintain approximately 2.5 t/h cardboard processing capacity

• Process large cardboard sheets up to 1.8 m without material bridging

• Increase feed opening length to approximately 2 meters 

• Improve long-term equipment reliability

• Explore financing options for equipment purchase in the coming year

The customer emphasized that equipment performance and operational efficiency were more important than purchase price.

Site Assessment

The ENERPAT team inspected both recycling facilities.

At the first site, an aging semi-automatic 80-ton horizontal baler with plastic twine tying was processing cardboard and occasional plastic film. The machine showed significant wear after years of operation.

A second facility operates another American-made 80-ton horizontal baler with a relatively small 1.4-meter feed opening, which also limits productivity when handling oversized cardboard.

The customer's primary production bottleneck was frequent material bridging caused by large cardboard sheets approximately 1.8 meters long entering the compression chamber.

ENERPAT Solution

After reviewing the customer's production requirements, ENERPAT initially introduced the HBA60 Fully Automatic Horizontal Paper Baler.

Although the customer was satisfied with the machine's overall specifications, they believed the feed opening was too short for their material size.

To solve the bridging issue, ENERPAT proposed two engineering options:

• Installing an additional pre-compression device

• Integrating a cardboard shredder ahead of the baler

However, the customer declined both solutions. They had previously experienced a serious workplace accident involving an open-design cardboard shredder at another facility and therefore preferred to avoid any shredding process, despite ENERPAT demonstrating enclosed and fully protected equipment designs.

Based on these discussions, the ENERPAT team recommended two larger inventory models:

• HBA100 Fully Automatic Horizontal Industrial Waste Baler 

• HBA120 Fully Auto Tie Baler

Both models provide a larger feed opening that better matches the customer's oversized cardboard while offering higher throughput and longer service life.

Although these machines represent a significantly higher investment, the customer confirmed that budget was not the deciding factor and expressed interest in evaluating both models.

Next Steps

Following the visit, ENERPAT will continue supporting the customer's equipment selection by:

• Providing technical proposals for both HBA100 and HBA120 

• Comparing equipment configurations based on production requirements

• Coordinating financing resources through ENERPAT's local partner

• Supporting future project evaluation as the customer's investment plan progresses

Why ENERPAT Pre-Sales Consultation?

Every recycling facility faces different production challenges.

Rather than recommending equipment based only on capacity, ENERPAT engineers evaluate material characteristics, existing production flow, site limitations, safety requirements, and future expansion plans before proposing the most suitable solution.

Our pre-sales technical consultation helps customers minimize investment risk while selecting equipment that delivers long-term productivity and reliable operation.