Roll changer for an apparatus for producing hygienic products
AssigneeWinkler + Duennebier AG
InventorsWolfgang Stein, Reiner Seger
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Abstract
A roll changer for splicing starting piece and end pieces of material webs to each other in an apparatus for producing hygienic products, includes carriers for web rolls, holding and guiding elements, severing elements and embossing rolls. The starting piece of a new material web can be fixed to an embossing roll. At least one embossing roll can be driven and at least one embossing roll can be moved selectively toward and away from the other embossing roll.
Claims15
A roll changer for splicing starting pieces (2) and end pieces (4) of material webs (3, 5) to each other in an apparatus (6) for producing hygienic products, comprising carriers (7, 8) for web rolls (9, 10), holding and guiding elements (30, 31), severing elements (45) and embossing rolls (11, 12), wherein the starting piece (2) of a new material web (3) can be fixed to an embossing roll (11 or 12), wherein at least one embossing roll (12) can be driven and at least one embossing roll (11) can be moved toward the other embossing roll (12) and away from it, and wherein the holding and guiding elements (30, 31) each have a guide face (39) and can be moved into a position in which the guide face (39) lies in a plane that is tangential to the two embossing rolls (11, 12).
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