A bale, an apparatus and a method for the wrapping of a bale in two crossing wrapping layers applied in overlapping helical turns

Abstract From the Canadian patent

A method for packaging bales with strips of plastic packaging film in which a, bale is rotated about a generally horizontal axis and when appropriate, about, a generally vertical axis and wherein film is taken from a film magazine spaced from the bale and wrapped around the bale in successive turns while maintaining the film under tension, and wherein the film in each turn of film around the bale extends generally parallel with and transversely to the horizontal axis. The method is mainly characterized in that the bale is then wrapped with a further wrapping of film and in that successive turns of this, further wrapping cross-over those parts of the turns of the underlying film which extend …