Processing arrangement for rolled up material
US6216975A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 27, 1999 |
| Grant date | Apr 17, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 27, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03B27/587
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A processing arrangement for web shaped material (M) wound onto reels before and after processing includes a processing station (B) for the material, associated transport mechanism (T) for transporting the material through the processing station, an unwind arrangement (U) for the automatic feeding of material to be processed from on an unwind reel (S) located in an unwind position (pU) to the processing station, a windup arrangement (W) for the automatic feeding and winding up of processed material leaving the processing station onto a windup reel (S) located in a windup position (pW), and a common reel carousel (K) for receiving at least three windup reels (S) and unwind reels (S). The reel carousel transports the reels (3) removably mounted thereon cyclically and stepwise into the unwind position (pU), the windup position (pW) and at least one exchange position (pR) so that an unwind reel (S) emptied after unwinding of the material to be processed (M) after its further transport into the windup position (pW) can take over the role of a windup reel (S) and that in the at least one exchange position (pR) a windup reel (S) containing processed material can be removed from the reel c…
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