Microduct-tube winder, double station winder, processing system for empty plastics microduct tubes and method for winding up such tubes

A processing system for empty plastics tubes produced by an extrusion device, comprising:

• a tube winder comprising a reel mounted for rotation about a rotation axis and including two radially projecting flanges and a core which is arranged between the flanges and on which a tube can be wound, and a tube guiding device configured to feed the tube to the reel, said tube guide device having a first transfer point at which the tube loses contact with the tube guiding device, when the tube winder is in an operating state, and a second transfer point on the reel and at which the tube comes at a winding angle into contact with the core or a tube layer that has been wound previously onto the core at the second transfer point, said tube guiding device being movable in a plane perpendicular to the rotation axis of the reel and said reel being movable in a direction of the rotation axis, such that in the operating state the winding angle at the second transfer point remains the same at all times, wherein the winding angle is formed between a horizontal plane and the second transfer point;
• a magazine arranged upstream of the tube winder feeding the tube to the tube winder;
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• a belt-type haul-off arranged upstream of the magazine to feed the tube from the extrusion device to the magazine.

A manufacturing system, comprising:

• an extrusion device configured to produce a plastics tube;
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• a processing system comprising:
• a belt-type haul-off receiving the tube from the extrusion device;
• a magazine downstream of the belt-type haul-off and receiving the tube from the belt-type haul-off;
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• a tube winder downstream of the magazine and receiving the tube from the magazine, said magazine tube winder comprising a reel mounted for rotation about a rotation axis and including two radially projecting flanges and a core which is arranged between the flanges and on which a tube can be wound, and a tube guiding device configured to feed the tube to the reel, said tube guide device having a first transfer point at which the tube loses contact with the tube guiding device, when the tube winder is in an operating state, and a second transfer point on the reel and at which the tube comes at a winding angle into contact with the core or a tube layer that has been wound previously onto the core at the second transfer point, said tube guiding device being movable in a plane perpendicular to the rotation axis of the reel and said reel being movable in a direction of the rotation axis, such that in the operating state the winding angle at the second transfer point remains the same at all times, wherein the winding angle is formed between a horizontal plane and the second transfer point.