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Industrial Paper Recycling Solutions.

Handling OCC and recovered paper bales comes with one big challenge: bale wires. Left unchecked, they cause ragger rope build-up, pulper damage, and costly downtime. Cross Wrap machines are designed to automate wire removal and bale opening, keeping your line safe, steady, and efficient. 

With over 100 dewiring machines and cutters delivered globally, including leading paper recyclers, we bring proven experience to every mill. 

Paper bales stored outside, waiting for recycling processing

Challenges in Paper Recycling.

Ragger rope build-up

Bale wires increase the amount of ragger rope in the pulper, slowing down operations and creating costly maintenance work.

Pulper damage caused by bale wires

Leftover wires in the pulper can cause severe equipment damage, resulting in expensive downtime and repairs.

Labor intensive manual wire cutting 

Cutting wires manually exposes workers to injuries and inconsistent results.

Increasing Bale Volumes  

As bale volumes rise, mills face growing pressure to improve efficiency and reliability.

Special Wire Cutting Needs

Some processes require bale wires to enter the material flow instead of being removed.

How we answer these challenges?

Safe, Reliable, and Efficient bale infeed for Paper Mills. 

Smooth, Continuous Pulper Operation

Cross Wrap’s Dewiring Machine automatically removes all bale wires before pulping, eliminating ragger rope build-up and ensuring continuous, efficient pulper operation.

Safe, Automated Handling

Cross Wrap provides a fully automated dewiring solution, improving workplace safety, reducing labor needs, and ensuring consistent bale opening.

Flexible Solutions

When wires are meant to enter following processes, Cross Wrap’ Wire Cutters only cut wires. This is adaptable to different wire-cutting requirements. Only cutting giving recyclers maximum flexibility.

Protecting Equipment and Preventing Downtime

With Cross Wrap, wires are fully removed before bales reach the pulper, protecting critical equipment and reducing unplanned stoppages.

Proven Efficiency at Scale

Cross Wrap solutions are built for high-volume operations, providing a safe and proven way to handle bale wires at industrial scale.

Proven solution

Cross Wrap introduced its first Dewiring Machines more than 10 years ago and has since refined its technology together with recyclers. Today, our machines are field-proven worldwide, delivering unmatched efficiency with a unique horizontal wire removal method.

How it Works

Our Bale Dewiring Machine is ideal for paper and OCC bales. It automatically cuts, removes, and neatly coils steel wires before material reaches the pulper – helping avoid frequent shutdowns and pulper damage.  

For facilities that only need to cut wires, our Bale Wire Cutters can be easily integrated on your stock preparation line, boosting production and keeping material moving smoothly and safely. 

In addition to Dewiring and Cutters, Cross Wrap leads the market in Bale Wrappers and Bale Openers, which are essential tools for storing and transporting e.g. pulper rejects.

Contact our experts

Let’s configure bale dewiring and wrapping setup for your mill.

Customer Insight:

We saw the improvements for our process straight away when we started to use the Bale Dewiring, Mr. Ruud Rijks the production coordinator for Papierfabriek.

Our Full Offering for Paper Recyclers

References – Our Customers using Cross Wrap Solutions

Uruply S.A.

Uruply S.A. in Tacuarembó, operating under the Lumin brand, has used a Saalasti Cross Wrap Board Packaging Line since 2007 to automate export plywood packaging.

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Sonoco

Sonoco Alcore’s Karhula core board mill in Kotka automated PET/OCC bale dewiring with Cross Wrap to improve safety and reduce manual work at

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Why Cross Wrap?

  • Proven in practise. 100+ dewiring machine and cutter deliveries, widely used where bale sizes and materials vary during the shift, and/or bales are toughest to open. 
  • Reliability you can trust. Machines are developed through the years of feedback, continuous R&D, and experience received from every installation. 
  • Built for real-world conditions – Works reliably in dusty, cold, hot, and outdoor environments. 
  • Lifecycle support – OEM spare parts, upgrades & modernizations, remote service, and audits ensure long-term performance. 

Ready to protect your pulper and improve throughput? 

Protect your pulper. Keep your people safe. Ensure your process runs smoothly. 
Cross Wrap delivers the proven technology paper recyclers can rely on.

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