COMPACTING PROCESS
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A compaction system is composed of two basic units. One is the
compactor (or compaction head) with its power unit. The other is
a container. Compacting is accomplished as the hydraulic system
moves the structural parts of the compactor, compressing more
and more material into the container until the container needs to
be emptied.
The system is designed so that when material is deposited into
the compactor load chamber, the compactor ram will push the
material into the container. If the capacity of the container (just
for example) is 15 cubic yards, then the first 15 cubic yards of
material deposited into the compactor are pushed into the
container to fill it (just as a regular garbage can might be filled).
However, once you deposit more waste than the container’s
capacity, the compactor forces it in and begins to compact it (just
as you would compact more into a garbage can by stepping on it,
for example). So, compaction takes place
in the container
as the
powerful compaction head forces more and more material into
the container.
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