Thanks to the versatility and the wide range of pulp bale and waste bale clamps, Auramo is well recognized as a quality partner for forest products handling.
Paper plays a very important role in everyday life, also in the digital era. Today especially in packaging industry due to increase in the online shopping, the global demand for paper for packaging is growing steadily. Forest products, pulp bales and paper rolls in particular, are one of the most demanding cargo commodities requiring specialized lift truck attachments.
The transport chain of forest products is often very long. It can be up to 15 handling stages on its way from the Mill and to the final customer. This makes it essential to use well-chosen, well-maintained equipment dedicated to forest products handling.
The Pulp & Paper Industry challenge
Pulp- and Waste bales are used in the Paper Mills as raw material for the paper production. The bales must be delivered on time without damages and contamination. In production these bales go through a chemical or mechanical process to produce paper of any kind. Contaminations, for example grease or dirt from a Bale Clamp is not accepted and will cause problem in the paper production.
One of the main challenges in the Pulp & Paper Industry is to efficiently handle Pulp Bales in 1-6 units without causing any damages, as well as to store them in warehouses or rail wagons exploiting all the available space, to be transported all around the world.
To grant a damage-free handling is often difficult as pulp bales are sensitive to mechanical damage, moisture and contamination; all of them causing problems during following handling and processing. Furthermore, the incorrect handling practices can be caused by the wrong specification of the forklift truck attachment arms or simply by incorrect handling procedures.
In case of pulp bale damages, this would lead to expensive corrective actions and, in the worst cases, it may lead into product claim/rejection.
The forest product handling solution provider
Here a Auramo BC-PF clamp, with pivoting bale arms with non-damaging friction ribs, to give sufficient friction to carry the load.
With good arm knifing properties, the clamp can perform tight stacking.
So, to get the most effective wood pulp handling a specialized equipment is required, since pulp bales, and bale units, vary in size and weight depending on the production process, customer specifications and transport system requirements.
Auramo forest product attachments are designed and manufactured with special attention to the ease of use, handling efficiency and product damage reduction.
Used in paper mills, warehouses, printing and converting houses, in harbors and at forwarding companies, the Auramo pulp bale clamps are the solution to safely handle the variety of forest products types.
When choosing the forklift attachment to handle pulp bales, put focus on the bale unit combination.
Auramo dedicated pulp bale clamp Series
The BC clamp has special welded steel T-profile arm carriers, making the clamp extremely strong and rigid, with easily replaceable arm carrier bearings, requiring a minimum lubrication amount.
The Auramo BA/BC pulp bale clamp Series is designed with extremely thin and light design, to ease tight bale stacking and knifing, while the high lifting capacity and the wide choice of different openings and arm lengths enable efficient handling of one to three pulp-bale units.
The special steel T-profile arm carriers make the clamp extremely strong and rigid and pivoting left arm secures handling even with varying bale dimensions. This construction of arm carriers keeps all grease/dirt away from the handled pulp bale units.
The Auramo heavy-duty BA Series bale clamps have several options available. For example, bale arms have an option with friction dimples, lowering wrapping damage risks.
Visit the dedicated Paper and Pulp Industry section on our web site and contact us, or contact the nearest BOLZONI AURAMO and MEYER representative.
In this drawing we can see two round bar bumpers, upper and lower, which facilitate the handling of multiple units in a straight line.
This reduces the risk of mechanical damage or getting moisture and contamination on the bale units.
Bolzoni Auramo and Meyer are Bolzoni Group brands.
Bolzoni is a market leader in the production of forklift truck attachments, forks and lift tables. The company has manufacturing plants in Italy, Germany, Finland, America and China and through its network of direct branches and independent dealers, covering all continents it is able to satisfy all market requirements.
