Increasing the bale density on the perimeter of the wrapped bale, Krone reckons peripheral film controls the bale’s tendency to expand, which in turn reduces moulding and increases silage quality. Offered as a factory-fitted option on all new Comprima round balers, peripheral film also eliminates the need of disposing two different types of waste, film and net need not be separated and breaking up the bale becomes much easier. Another advantage of this peripheral film, says Krone, is that it is no longer gathered before it is cut so that the next wrapping cycle can start immediately with the film already spread to its full width, saving film and material costs. Changing over from film to net wrapping and vice versa is claimed to be fast and easy. Simply replace the net roll by a film roll. That’s it, and to cover the bale from edge to edge the company recommends using its 1.28m-wide and 5-layer Round Wrap film. Comprima models built from 2014 can be retrofitted with peripheral film wrap systems.