Combined method for compacting material into a bale and wrapping the bale and a combined baler and bale wrapping apparatus

A combined method for compacting material into a bale and wrapping the bale with a wrapping material, the method comprising:

• a bale-forming mode, comprising steps of
• supplying a material to be baled to a baling chamber of a combined baler and bale wrapping apparatus, and
• forming a bale of the material in the baling chamber;
• a bale-securing mode, following the bale-forming mode, comprising steps of
• opening a cover of the baling chamber,
• securing the bale by a securing-mechanism in the opened baling chamber,
• applying for a first time, a wrapping material supplied from a dispenser to the secured bale, thereby providing one or more securing layers of the wrapping material encircling the bale, and
• releasing the bale from securing by the securing-mechanism;
• and
• a bale-wrapping mode, following the bale-securing mode, comprising steps of
• in the baling chamber, wrapping the bale with the wrapping material by supplying further wrapping material from the dispenser to the bale, and
• expelling the wrapped bale from the baling chamber.