Such devices can be of either the "pancake" type, where a scrap automobile is flattened by a huge descending hydraulically powered plate, or the baling press, where the automobile is compressed from several directions until it resembles a large cube.
Such devices can be of either the "pancake" type, or the baling press. It resembles a large cube. The automobile is compressed from several directions. A scrap automobile is flattened by a huge descending hydraulically. This huge descending hydraulically is powered plate.