The invention relates to a method for pressing bales of material in a baler. The method comprises the steps of feeding the material into the baler through an inlet, pre-compressing the material under a number of compressing cycles by means of a first press, transporting the pre-compressed material by means of a transport unit into a second press, and compressing the pre-compressed material by means of the second press into a finished bale of compressed material. The method is characterised in that the step of transporting the pre-compressed material by means of a transport unit into a second press is conducted in a space of the baler, such that an undesirable expansion of the pre-compressed material can be prevented. The invention is also related to a baler for pressing bales of material.

A movable contact element for a pressing device for pressing meat products, in particular frozen and/or partly frozen meat products, preferably fresh meat products and/or bacon, comprises a base part; an attachment part; a transverse sliding part; and a height part that are connected to one another at respective connection points and that form a contact surface for a product at one side of the contact element during the pressing. The contact surface has an effective length along a first direction of extent and an effective width along a second direction of extent perpendicular to the first direction of extent, with the effective length and the effective width of the contact surface being variable.

The method or process described is directed at conditioning and packaging freshly chopped biomass such that it can be stored for a long period of time without spoilage and such that the packaged chopped biomass is easily transportable and its composition and other properties remain stable.

A controllable packaging device (5) and a method relate to packaging compressed bales (6) on a baling press (2) with a bale-fixing element (11) and a multi-component bale envelope (7) including an upper part (8), a lower part (9) and optionally a sheath-type side part (10). The packaging device includes a fixing device (23) applying the bale-fixing element (11), a supply device (25) supplying the upper part and the lower part and optionally an envelope device (24) applying the side part to the compressed bales. The fixing device and optionally the envelope device are arranged on a transport apparatus (19) that travels along the compressed bale in an advancing direction (22). The supply device is arranged on the transport apparatus and supplies the upper part and the lower part with a supply movement oriented transversely to the advancing direction, from the outside into the baling press.

A shear press (100) for scrap comprising a machine body (105) defining a compaction channel (125) adapted to contain the scrap and guide it in a sliding manner along a predetermined advance direction (A), compaction means (155) and cutting means (180); wherein the compaction means (155) comprise: two mutually opposed jaws (170) articulated to the machine body (105) according to axes of rotation (B) parallel to each other and orthogonal to the advance direction (A) of the scrap, and actuating members (175) adapted to rotate said jaws (170) around the respective axes of rotation (B), in opposite directions, between an open configuration and a closed configuration, thereby reducing the space between the two jaws (170); wherein each jaw (170) comprises an operating surface (400) adapted to laterally de-limit the compaction channel (125) when the jaw (170) is in open configuration; wherein the cross section of said operating surface (400), carried out with respect to a section plane orthogonal to the axis of rotation (B), comprises an end (405) proximal to the axis of rotation (B), an end (410) distal from the axis of rotation (B) and at least one first rectilinear stretch (415) that is parallel to the advance direction (A) of the scrap when the jaw (170) is in the closed configuration, and wherein the extreme point (420) of said first rectilinear stretch (415) with respect to the axis of rotation (B) of the jaw (170) does not coincide with the distal end (410) of the cross section of the operating surface (400) but is aligned to the latter along a direction of alignment (C) which forms, with said first rectilinear stretch (415), an angle () having its vertex facing the inner part of the compaction channel (125).

A baling press with a bale pressing channel, a ram for pressing material in the bale pressing channel, the ram having a pressing face and a slot in the pressing face, a tying assembly on a first side of the bale pressing channel with a loop supply member for forming a loop across the bale pressing channel and movable between an extended position projecting through the slot and a retracted position. The press further has a slot clearing member movable between an extended position projecting through the slot and a retracted position on one side of said bale pressing channel. The slot clearing member and the tying assembly are on opposite sides of a feeding passage. The bale pressing channel is open for discharging cleared material on a side opposite of the location of the slot clearing member in its retracted position. A method of operation is also described.

A baling machine including a gathering ram and a hopper with a charging chamber is disclosed. The hopper can include a pair of flat doors and an actuator that can move the flat doors to apply compression force to material placed in the hopper. The compression force applied by the flat doors can improve efficiency of the baling machine by increasing the amount of the material compacted by each stroke of the gathering ram.

Device (100) for pressing organic material out of waste, comprising: a pressing chamber (3) and a first pressing member (4) for compacting introduced waste; a first feed opening (5) for feeding waste into the pressing chamber (4); perforations (6) for allowing air, moisture and organic material pressed out of introduced waste to escape from the pressing chamber (3), which perforations (6) are arranged in a wall (9) of the pressing chamber (3) and debouch in a surface (7) bounding the pressing chamber (3); and a discharge opening (8) for discharging from the pressing chamber (3) compacted waste from which air, moisture and organic material are at least partially removed and whereby the surface lies perpendicularly of the pressing direction of the first pressing member (4). Pressing perpendicularly of the surface (7) results in a more effective and efficient pressing. The device (100) preferably also comprises: a second feed opening (2) for feeding waste into the device (100); and an infeed chamber (13), which infeed chamber (13) is located between the first feed opening (5) and the second feed opening (2). A pre-compaction takes place during the displacement of waste fed into the infeed chamber (13) to the pressing chamber (3) via the first feed opening (5), this still further increasing the effectiveness, efficiency and yield of the pressing. Also method for pressing organic material out of waste by means of such a device.

A compactor that compresses the springs in at least two, preferably three different directions. One compression is achieved through actuation of a crush chamber door. At least two of the three directions of compression are perpendicular to an axis through the springs. After the final compression is performed, the compressed springs are discharged from the crush chamber in a direction parallel to the direction of the final compression.

A crop sensing system for a baler includes a compression system for forming a bale and a feed system for picking up crop from a surface and conveying the crop to the compression system. The crop sensing system includes a sensor arrangement having at least one sensor being coupled to at least one of the compression system or the feed system, wherein the at least one sensor generates a signal corresponding to a crop load on the at least one of the compression system or the feed system. The crop sensing system includes a control unit configured to receive the signal from the sensor arrangement and calculate crop mass data based on at least the signal.