Stripper and packing apparatuses

A packing system comprising:

• a first packing element layer including a plurality of blades;
• and
• a second packing element layer including a plurality of blades, wherein the packing system includes at least one of intra-layer variation or inter-layer variation, wherein intra-layer variation includes at least one of (i) varying spacing between blades within at least one of the first packing element layer or the second packing element layer, (ii) varying sizes of the blades within at least one of the first packing element layer or the second packing element layer, or (iii) varying angle of inclination of the blades within at least one of the first packing element layer or the second packing element layer, and wherein inter-layer variation includes the blades of the first packing layer having a first spacing, a first size, and a first angle of inclination and the blades of the second packing layer having a second spacing, a second size, and a second angle of inclination, wherein at least one of the second spacing, the second size, or the second angle of inclination is different from at least one of the first spacing, the first size, or the first angle of inclination, wherein the blades of the first packing element layer are separated from adjacent blades of the first packing element layer by a first spacing, wherein blades of the second packing element layer are separated from adjacent blades of the second packing element layer by a second spacing, wherein the second spacing is smaller than the first spacing.