PRESSING DEVICE, PRESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A BALE PRESSED FROM PLANT MATERIAL

The present invention relates to a pressing device for, in particular, long-stemmed plant material for providing a bale from the plant material, the pressing device comprising a pressing chamber with a pressing space to which plant material can be supplied by means of a supply apparatus via a supply opening, a pressing element movable from an initial position into an end position with a drive apparatus for compressing the plant material, and a binding apparatus, wherein the pressing space is delimited laterally by a wall for forming a pressing box, and an abutment delimits the pressing space, against which abutment the plant material is compressible during the movement of the pressing element into a first partial bale, wherein the first partial bale provided in this manner is transportable through a transport opening of the pressing space into a following space, wherein by means of the pressing element at least one further partial bale can be provided by compressing further plant material introduced into the pressing space against at least one abutment arranged at the pressing chamber, wherein the partial bales can be output via an output opening of the pressing chamber, and wherein the two or more partial bales can be joined by means of the binding device to form a final bale. The invention also relates to a pressing system and a method for providing a final bale with a pressing device.