Method for controlling paper web reel-up

A method for controlling a paper web reeling operation in reeling apparatus including a reeling drum around which a paper web reel is wound and a reeling cylinder for transmitting power required for reeling to the paper web reel mainly through a nip formed between the periphery of said reeling cylinder and the periphery of the paper web reel being formed, and wherein the reeling operation is begun with said reeling drum supported in primary forks from which said reeling drum and an inner section of the paper web reel wound therearound are transferred to secondary forks in which the reeling operation is completed, and wherein power equipment is coupled to said primary and secondary forks for loading the nip between said reeling cylinder and the paper web reel, comprising the steps of:

• generating a first control signal determined by the position of the primary forks;
• generating a second control signal determined by the position of the secondary forks;
• transmitting said control signals to control means for said power equipment;
• and
• controlling said power equipment by said control means based on said first and second control signals transmitted thereto so that the load distribution of the nip with respect to time is substantially linear during the reeling operation including an exchange step wherein said reeling drum and inner section of the paper web reel wound therearound are transferred from the support of said primary forks to be supported and loaded by said secondary forks.