Combined compression and packaging machine for cylindrical objects

A device (1) for compression of a loose mass, of vegetable fibres, into a compressed round bale (7), the device comprising a frame (2), on which frame is assembled a pressing chamber (5,6) equipped on an internal circumference thereof with rotatable rolls (15), belts, press bars or other pressing devices for rotation and pressing of the bale (7), the pressing chamber (5,6) including an input device (17) for input of the mass into the pressing chamber (5,6), the pressing chamber (5,6) comprising a lower chamber part (5) and an upper chamber part (6) which are displaceable in relation to each other so as to free an area of the bale (7) allowing the bale to be packaged with a web of first packaging material,

• characterized in that the upper chamber part (6) is rotatably supported in relation to the frame (2) around a vertical axis (9) when the chamber parts are at a distance from each other and an area of the centre of the bale (7) is freed, and that at least one retaining arm (11) is attached to the upper chamber part (6) for a roll (13) of the first packaging material, for packaging of the bale (11) in the web, so that the retaining arm (11) rotates with the upper chamber part (6) and during rotation issues the first packaging material to the bale (7).