A DEVICE FOR REPLACING A REEL IN AN UNWINDER AND RELATED METHOD

    公开(公告)号:WO2020178278A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-09-10

    申请号:PCT/EP2020/055529

    申请日:2020-03-03

    Abstract: The unwinder comprises an unwinding station (15), in which to arrange a reel to be unwound. In the unwinding station there is arranged a series of guide rollers (31, 33, 35), defining a feed path of the web material (N0, N1). There are also provided: a cutting member (37) adapted to cut a web material (N0) coming from an exhausted reel (B0); and splicing members (37, N0) to splice a trailing edge (LC) of a first web material (N0) coming from an exhausted reel (B0) to a leading edge (LT) of a second web material (N1) coming from a new reel (B1); A pick-up device (41) is configured to pick up the leading edge (LT) of the second web material (N1) from a temporary retaining element (9), carried by a transfer unit (6) to transfer reels (B0, B1) to the unwinding station (15).

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