Large square baler with angular bale wrap system

A crop baling implement comprising:

• a frame;
• a baling chamber attached to the frame and configured to form crop material into a bale extending along a central longitudinal axis;
• a fixed support attached to the frame rearward of the baling chamber;
• an orbital support attached to the fixed support and rotatable about a wrap axis, the orbital support defining an open central region and positioned to receive the bale from the baling chamber and pass the bale through the open central region of the orbital support;
• a wrap roller attached to and moveable with the orbital support, wherein the wrap roller is configured to support a roll of wrap material;
• a drive coupled to the orbital support and operable to rotate the orbital support and the wrap roller about the wrap axis to wrap the wrap material around the bale as the bale moves through the open central region of the orbital support;
• wherein the bale follows a path while moving through the open central region of the orbital support, with the orbital support positioned to define an orbital plane intersecting the path of the bale and forming an orbital angle relative to the path of the bale;
• and
• wherein the orbital angle is less than ninety degrees (90°).

A method of wrapping a bale of crop material with a wrap material, the method comprising:

• forming a first bale of crop material within a baling chamber of a crop baling implement;
• moving the first bale along a path rearward of the baling chamber at a first discharge speed;
• wrapping the first bale with the wrap material via a wrap system as the first bale is moved along the path at the first discharge speed, wherein the wrap system is attached to the crop baling implement and disposed rearward of the baling chamber and along the path;
• forming a second bale of crop material within the baling chamber, subsequent to forming the first bale and while the wrap system is wrapping the first bale with the wrap material via the wrap system;
• moving the second bale along the path rearward of the baling chamber at the first discharge speed while the wrap system is wrapping the first bale with the wrap material via the wrap system;
• increasing the speed of the first bale from the first discharge speed to a second discharge speed, while maintaining the speed of the second bale at the first discharge speed, to separate the first bale from the second bale along the path;
• and
• wrapping a forward end face of the first bale with the wrap material via the wrap system, after the first bale is separated from the second bale along the path.