Pressing device, pressing system and method for providing a bale pressed from plant material

A pressing device for plant material for providing a bale made from the plant material, said pressing device comprising:

• a pressing chamber having a pressing space to which plant material is supplied by a supply apparatus via a supply opening,
• a pressing element, which is movable from an initial position into an end position having a drive apparatus for compressing the plant material,
• and a binding apparatus, wherein
• the pressing space is laterally delimited by a pressing box, and a first abutment delimits the pressing space against which the plant material is compressible during the movement of the pressing element to form a first partial bale,
• the first partial bale provided by compressing the plant material against the first abutment is transportable through a transport opening of the pressing space into a following space,
• at least one further partial bale is providable by Beans of the pressing element by compressing further plant material introduced into the pressing space against at least one second abutment arranged on the pressing chamber,
• wherein the first abutment for providing the first partial bale and the at least one second abutment for providing the at least one further partial bale are identical, wherein each partial bale is formed by compression of the plant material in the pressing space against the first abutment and is subsequently transported into the following space,
• the partial bales are output via an output opening of the pressing chamber, and
• the two or more partial bales are connectable to form a final bale by the binding apparatus.

A pressing system comprising a pressing device for plant material for providing a bale made from the plant material and a portioning apparatus upstream of the pressing device in a working direction of the pressing device, via which portioning apparatus a pre-portioned amount of plant material is providable to the pressing device for forming a respective partial bale, the pressing device comprising:

• a pressing chamber having a pressing space to which plant material is supplied by a supply apparatus via a supply opening,
• a pressing element, which is movable from an initial position into an end position having a drive apparatus for compressing the plant material,
• and a binding apparatus, wherein
• the pressing space is laterally delimited by a pressing box, and a first abutment delimits the pressing space against which the plant material is compressible during the movement of the pressing element to form a first partial bale,
• the first partial bale provided by compressing the plant against the first abutment is transportable through a transport opening of the pressing space into a following space,
• at least one further partial bale is providable by the pressing element by compressing further plant material introduced into the pressing space against at least one second abutment arranged on the pressing chamber,
• the first abutment for providing the first partial bale and the at least one second abutment for providing the at least one further partial bale are abutments which are different from one another,
• the at least one second abutment and the pressing box delimit the following space and the further plant material is compressible against the first partial bale supported on the at least one second abutment to form the at least one further partial bale,
• the partial bales are output via an output opening of the pressing chamber, and
• the two or more partial bales are connectable to form a final bale by the binding apparatus.