Bridge of a corrugating machine

A method of controlling one or more corrugated fiberboard webs feeding in from one or more single-face corrugating machines, using a bridge, comprising the steps of:

• feeding the bottom-most of the single-face webs into a stored web supply, the stored web supply is loosely-lying;
• passing the web from the stored web supply around a fixed guide element to introduce a first reversal of direction of web in the direction opposite a course of fabrication;
• passing the web along a fixed redirecting element;
• passing the web along a redirecting roller, the redirecting roller being mounted in a frame swivelable about a vertical axis, the fixed redirecting element cooperating with the redirecting roller to introduce a second reversal of direction of web back in the direction of the course of fabrication, wherein the redirecting roller is disposed above the fixed redirecting element such that a web course section is created running parallel to the swivel axis, the fixed redirecting element and redirecting roller further cooperating to generate a desired web tension load;
• and
• passing the web through a steering frame having a braking wheel, the braking wheel operating to feed the web in a braked fashion to a preheating station.