Patent ID: 6837155

Claim:
A method of baling a bulk material bale adapted to cooperate with a bale press when the bale is compressed by the bale press, a compressed bale then having a shape having a top at a preconfigured first level and a bottom at a preconfigured second level comprising: guiding baling wire around the compressed bale of bulk material, said guiding being by guide tracks that release the baling wire when the baling wire is tensioned, so that the baling wire follows a path from a fastener of baling wire, around the bale and back to said fastener, said fastener having an exit and an entry, one of said exit or said entry of said fastener forming a first angle in said path relative to said preconfigured first level of said top of said compressed bale, and the other of said entry or said exit of said fastener forming a second angle in said path relative to said preconfigured second level of the bottom of the compressed bale; positioning at least one pin in said path of the baling wire relative to said fastener and relative to at least one of said preconfigured top level or said preconfigured bottom level of the compressed bale such that when said pin is in said path, said path is at a third angle relative to said fastener wherein said third angle is more oblique than said first angle or said second angle; tensioning the baling wire; and fastening the baling wire around the bale.