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US 2026/0021989 A1Published application
Line for producing tubes made of web-like material
AssigneeValmet Tissue Converting S.p.A.
InventorsGraziano MAZZACCHERINI, Matteo GALOPPINI
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Abstract
The line for producing tubes made of web-like material, includes a core winder, an unwinder including a rotary device on which there are arranged a first spindle and a second spindle; and a robot adapted to load reels of web-like material onto the unwinder and remove exhausted reels from the unwinder.
Claims16
1-15. (canceled)
A line for producing tubes made of web-like material, the line comprising:
- a core winder;
- at least a first unwinder comprising a rotary device on which a first spindle and a second spindle are arranged, wherein the first unwinder is arranged up-stream of the core winder along a path for supplying a web-like material to the core winder, and wherein the rotary device of the first unwinder is adapted to rotate about an axis of rotation to exchange a position of the first spindle and of the second spindle;
- a robot adapted to load reels of web-like material onto the first unwinder and remove exhausted reels from the first unwinder, wherein the robot comprises a head adapted to engage waiting reels from a stack of waiting reels and transfer the waiting reels to the first spindle or to the second spindle and to pick up exhausted reels from the first spindle or from the second spindle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.