Device for continuous reeling of a pulp web

Apparatus for continuous reeling of a pulp web, comprising:

• a machine frame;
• a reel drum on a shaft having opposite ends;
• respective vertical rocker arms, each having a lower end supported by the machine frame and an upper end supporting an end of the shaft, wherein each rocker arm has an attenuated region closer to the lower end than to the upper end whereby the rocker arm has a swinging motion about the attenuated region;
• a winding unit operatively associated with the reel drum to receive the pulp web onto a winding roll from the reel drum at a nip between the reel drum and the winding roll;
• means for imparting a pressing load between the reel drum and the winding roll at the nip during continuous reeling;
• a load sensing device between each rocker arm and a sensor mount that is fixed with respect to the machine frame, to measure the pressing load at the nip;
• a preloading element operatively connected to each rocker arm to establish and maintain a target preload force between the rocker arm and the load sensing device independent of the pressing load;
• and
• wherein the preloading element is remotely controllable to adjust the preload force to match a variable target preload force.