Patent ID: 7908822

Claim:
An adjustable force wrapping material dispensing system for an agricultural baler, comprising: a wrapping material roll mount rotatably supporting a wrapping material roll; a brake device configured and controllably operable for applying a braking force for controlling the rotation of the wrapping material roll as wrapping material is dispensed therefrom for wrapping the material about a bale of cut plant material produced by the baler; and an electronic controller connected in operative control of the brake device, the controller configured for controlling the braking force applied by the brake device to different predetermined levels according to a braking force profile upon the initiation of a wrapping cycle, wherein the different levels are functions of discrete wrapping phases of the cycle, the phases including delivering the wrapping material to the bale, engaging the wrapping material with the bale, and wrapping the wrapping material about the bale respectively, and the type of wrapping material, wherein the controller is configured to receive a signal representative of the type of wrapping material from an operator input device or from a sensor.