Feeding station for a printing press, corresponding printing press and method

A feeding station for a splicer of a rotary offset printing press comprising:

• a feeding device for feeding a paper reel into a splicer, the feeding device including a feeding carriage having a reel support supporting a new prepared paper reel;
• an unpack station for unpacking a paper reel;
• a first buffer station for storing an unpacked and prepared paper reel;
• a core container holding at least two residual reels or reel cores;
• an unpack conveyor leading from the unpack station to the feeding device;
• and
• a first buffer conveyor leading from the first buffer station to the feeding device;
• the feeding carriage including a core container support holding the core container, the core container support arranged offset with respect to the reel support;
• the feeding carriage being mobile between:
• a feeding position, in which the reel support is adapted to feed a new paper reel to the splicer;
• an unpack position, in which the reel support is adapted to be loaded with a prepared paper reel from the unpack conveyor;
• and
• a first buffer position in which the reel support is adapted to unload a prepared paper reel to the first buffer conveyor or to receive a prepared paper reel from the first buffer conveyor;
• wherein the feeding carriage includes a base, the reel support being pivotable with respect to the base around a vertical axis of reel support.