摘要 |
A bale bagging apparatus is used for inserting bales in sequence into a tube of plastic film. The apparatus has a set of panels (58) surrounding the bale at a bagging station of the apparatus and supporting the tube (230) in a stretched state out of contact with the bale. As the bale passes through the bagging station, the tube is pulled off the panels and shrinks onto the bale. The bale support panel (58) is equipped with a resilient sheet (68) on the outer surface to distribute the stretching load over the bag to eliminate areas of high stress concentration on the bag. Flexible sheets (216) are spaced around the bagging station inside the panels. Each sheet extends laterally beyond adjacent sides of two adjacent panels and overlaps the adjacent panels. Tube openers (92, 96, 104, 108) move the side and top panels radially with respect to the bale path. And incline them along the bale path. The tube openers can be oriented to centre the panels to pull radially from the centre of the bale path.
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