Apparatus for controlling the heating and cooling of a roll

A temperature-controllable roll for treating webs of material comprising:

• a rotatable hollow cylinder having an inner circumference and an outer circumference;
• a stationary crosshead extending lengthwise through the hollow cylinder;
• a surrounding clearance space formed between the inner circumference of the hollow cylinder and the crosshead;
• a support device for supporting the hollow cylinder on the crosshead;
• an outer working surface disposed at the outer circumference of the roll;
• an inner temperature adjusting device disposed inside the roll for adjusting the temperature of the inner circumference;
• an outer temperature adjusting device disposed outside the roll for adjusting the temperature of the outer working surface;
• a thermostatic control and regulating device coupled to at least one of said inner temperature adjusting device and said outer temperature adjusting device, said thermostatic control and regulating device including an inner sensor disposed at the inner circumference of the hollow cylinder for sensing the temperature at the inner circumference and an outer sensor disposed at the outer circumference of the hollow cylinder for sensing the temperature at the outer working surface wherein said thermostatic control and regulating device maintains the temperature of the inner circumference and the temperature of said outer working surface at the same level during a first temperature adjustment phase in which said inner and outer temperature adjusting devices change the temperatures of the inner circumference and outer surface, respectively, from a first predetermined value to a second predetermined value.