Device and method for processing a strand of cushioning material, and cushioning material coil

A device for processing a strand of dunnage material into a coil of dunnage material, the dunnage material being produced by a dunnage forming machine from a web-shaped starting material, the device comprising:

• a winding device configured to wind the strand of dunnage material around a winding center to form a wound strand of the dunnage material;
• a linear drive including a carriage;
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• an adhesive tape dispenser coupled to the carriage and configured to dispense adhesive tape and apply the adhesive tape to the wound dunnage material, the adhesive tape dispenser comprising an adhesive tape head configured to linearly move and/or pivot towards an outer end layer of the strand of dunnage material to bring the adhesive tape to the outer end layer before applying the adhesive tape, wherein the adhesive tape head is configured to move toward the outer end layer by a linear motion prior to application to the outer end layer, wherein the adhesive tape dispensed by the adhesive tape dispensing device is applied to the outer end layer in response to the outer end layer being wound around the winding center, and wherein the adhesive tape head is brought to, based on a linear movement of the carriage towards the outer layer, the outer end layer via the carriage to bring the adhesive tape towards the outer end layer and into engagement with the outer end layer, a linear movement of the adhesive tape head being stopped by contact of the adhesive tape head with the outer end layer, while the carriage continues its linear movement, so that a relative movement is produced between the carriage and the adhesive tape head.