Patent ID: 11945613
Assignee: AUTEFA SOLUTIONS GERMANY GMBH
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 16:
17. A process for packaging compressed bales, the process comprising the steps of:
providing a packaging surrounding a compressed bale;
forming the compressed bale from compressed, short-cut, textile fibers and has mutually opposite pressing sides and circumferential sides arranged between the pressing sides wherein the pressing sides are acted on by a pressing device in a pressing direction during the forming of the compressed bale and wherein the packaging has a multipart film packaging comprising a plurality of flexurally elastic packaging films made of plastic resting on the bale body and a first strapping comprising a plurality of parallel endless bands which are laid over the pressing sides of the compressed bale the bands digging into the expanded bale body on the pressing sides and forming constrictions;
applying an additional strapping with a plurality of parallel endless strapping bands to the compressed bale, which bands are laid peripherally only over the circumferential sides and are arranged externally on the film packaging as well as on the bands, wherein the strapping bands cross the bands, forming a cross strapping, wherein the multipart film packaging comprises a bottom film and a top film, which are arranged on the pressing sides and in some areas cover the adjoining circumferential sides, and a ring-shaped, closed cover film on the circumferential sides, which cover film overlaps and covers the top film and the bottom film externally on the circumferential sides in at least some areas to provide an overlap, wherein at least one strapping band of the additional strapping is arranged on the overlap.