Bale opening device

A bale opening device for opening bales by removing a wrapping material, the wrapping material comprising one or more of an enclosing material and a binding material, wherein the device comprises:

• a supporting structure for supporting a bale to be opened;
• a gripping mechanism, introduced near the bale, configured to mechanically catch and grip any of the enclosing material and the binding material of the wrapping material for the bale to be opened, and further configured to move away from the bale with said mechanically caught and gripped wrapping material by a mutual movement of the gripping mechanism and the bale;
• a cutting device configured to cut the wrapping material at least on one side of the bale when said gripping mechanism is introduced near with the bale but before said gripping mechanism is moved away from the bale with said mechanically caught and gripped wrapping material;
• and
• a remover comprising one or more longitudinal rods configured to be rotated around a rotation axis, wherein the gripping mechanism with the mechanically caught and gripped material is moved to a vicinity of the one or more longitudinal rods, the remover is configured to be actuated to rotate the one or more longitudinal rods around the rotation axis to wind and catch the wrapping material from the gripping mechanism for removing the wrapping material from the bale,
• wherein the remover and the gripping mechanism are mutually arranged to enable the gripping mechanism moving back toward the supporting structure from the vicinity of the one or more longitudinal rods after said wrapping material is caught by the remover and while said remover is actuated to remove said wrapping material.