Process and apparatus for threading a material web onto a reel

Abstract

Process and apparatus for threading a material web onto a reel. The process includes guiding a leader strip of the material web over at least a part of a circumference of a support drum, guiding the leader strip through an effective region of a guide device toward a waste receptacle, widening the leader strip to a desired width of the material web, placing a reel against the support drum, thereby forming a nip, cutting the material web, and winding the material web onto the reel, thereby forming a wound roll. The apparatus includes a support drum adapted to be at least partially wound around by at least a leader strip of the material web, one of a reel and a wound roll positionable against said support drum to form a nip during a winding process, a waste receptacle positioned after the support drum in a web travel direction, and at least one guide device positioned between the support drum and the waste receptacle.

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