It has been known in practice, especially in the area of pressed bales of textile fibers, that the pressed bales are transported by means of handcarts and are brought from the baling press to a storage facility and are stacked there in rows next to each other and one on top of another in a plurality of layers. A forklift truck is shown for this in DE-A-40 29 759. This technique is labor-intensive and error-prone if different pressed bales, which must be handled and stored separately, are produced in a pressing unit.
It has also been known that the pressed bales can be transported with a crane and a grab hanging on cables. The grab can grasp a single bale only and only from the top. In addition, the crane must have been absolutely stopped for this. The conveying capacity is appreciably limited by this.
High-shelf storage areas, in which the pressed bales are placed one by one into shelf compartments, have also been known in practice. The storage technique is very expensive, because it requires large space and great construction and control efforts.