Roll handling assembly and method

A roll handling assembly for a roll used on a machine in a converting line, the roll handling assembly comprising:

• a storage assembly, the storage assembly comprising a storage structure, the storage structure extending above the machine that uses the roll, the storage assembly comprising a rack adapted and configured to support the roll to be used in the machine, the rack having a roll mover, the roll mover being adapted and configured to move horizontally between a stored position and an extended position;
• and
• a transfer assembly, the transfer assembly having first and second supports on laterally opposite sides of the converting line, the first and second supports being adjacent to and extending above the machine that uses the roll, the transfer assembly having a lifter, the lifter being operatively connected to and supported by the first and second supports, the lifter being adapted and configured to move vertically relative to the first and second supports between the storage assembly and the machine, the lifter being movable relative to the first and second supports in only a vertical plane path of motion that intersects the roll mover when the roll mover is in the extended position, the transfer assembly being configured to transfer the roll to be used in the machine between the rack in the storage structure and the machine.