The method of claim 18, wherein movement of the foil wrapping arms ( 63) is decelerated when the tagging arm is operated.Ģ7. The method of claim 24, wherein the air pump shifts direction from pumping air away from the tag transferring member ( 23) to pumping air towards the tag transferring member ( 23) when the ID-tag ( 25) has obtained adhesive contact with the plastic layer covering the round bale.Ģ6. The method of claim 18, wherein the free end ( 22 b) of the tagging arm ( 22) during operation is accelerated from a standby position wherein the tag transferring member ( 23) is positioned at a distance from the round bale ( 61) towards an approximate center of a circular end face of the round bale ( 61), and then decelerated and given a distinct push against the round bale ( 61) to improve adhesive contact of the ID tag to the plastic layer covering the round bale.Ģ5. The method of claim 18, wherein using an ID tag ( 25) comprising an RFID antenna for electronic reading of its identification.Ģ4. The method of claim 20, wherein the air pump is operated to create an overpressure at the hollow tag supporting body when no ID tag is present at the hollow tag supporting body, thereby maintaining the hollow tag supporting body free from contaminants.Ģ3. The method of claim 20, wherein the air pump is operated to create a negative pressure at the hollow tag supporting body when an ID tag ( 25) is transferred to the round bale.Ģ2. The method of claim 18, wherein the tag transferring member ( 23) comprises a tag supporting body that is at least partially hollow, wherein the tag supporting body is fluidly connected to an automatically operated air pump.Ģ1. The method of claim 18, wherein the pivotal tagging arm ( 22) is electrically operated.Ģ0. A method for tagging round bales ( 61) during wrapping in plastic foil, the round bales having a generally cylindrical shape with generally circular end surfaces, comprising the steps of: (a) using a wrapper selected from the group consisting of an independent bale wrapper, a stationary baler-wrapper combination, a compactor and a mobile baler-wrapper combination, (b) positioning each round bale with the end surfaces substantially vertically oriented, (c) wrapping layers of plastic foil around the round bale by moveable foil wrapping arms ( 63), (d) at an intermediate point in time during the step of wrapping, attaching an identification (ID) tag ( 25) with an adhesive back-side surface to one of the generally circular surfaces of a round bail with an identification (ID) tag ( 25) having an adhesive back-side surface using a time controlled pivotal tagging arm ( 22) having a free end ( 22 b) with a tag transferring member ( 23) arranged to transfer one tag at a time from an ID tag magazine ( 24) and (e) wrapping at least one additional layer of plastic foil around each round bale and the attached ID tag ( 25), wherein movement of said tagging arm ( 22) in step (d) is controlled by a computer unit that synchronizes said movement of the tagging arm with the movement of the foil wrapping arms ( 63).ġ9.
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