Method and arrangement for handling narrow rolls
AssigneeUpm Raflatac Oy
InventorsJuha Jäppi, Ari Veikkola, Juho Kantanen, Ari Hakala, Jukka Piitulainen
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Abstract
An arrangement in a warehouse and a method for forming narrow rolls are disclosed. The narrow rolls are formed from a jumbo reel. At least two slitting machines are used for forming the narrow rolls. The jumbo reel has an axial direction when positioned on the slitting machine. The narrow rolls are transferred to the warehouse in the axial direction. The at least two slitting machines are positioned overlapping.
Claims15
An arrangement comprising a first slitting machine for forming first plurality of narrow rolls from a first jumbo reel, and a second slitting machine for forming second plurality of narrow rolls from a second jumbo reel, the first jumbo reel having a longitudinal axis direction when positioned on the first slitting machine, the first plurality of narrow rolls being arranged to be transferred to an inlet end of a warehouse in the longitudinal axis direction, the first slitting machine and the second slitting machine are positioned overlapping whereby seen from the inlet end of the warehouse in said longitudinal axis direction a body of the second slitting machine is behind a body of the first slitting machine,
- wherein the first slitting machine has a first transfer line for transferring the narrow rolls from the first slitting machine to the inlet end of the warehouse, and
- wherein the second slitting machine has a second transfer line for transferring the narrow rolls from the second slitting machine to the inlet end of the warehouse.
A method for forming narrow rolls, the method comprising:
- forming a first plurality of narrow rolls from a first jumbo reel by using a first slitting machine;
- forming a second plurality of narrow rolls from a second jumbo reel by using a second slitting machine, the first jumbo reel having a longitudinal axis direction when positioned on the first slitting machine;
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- transferring the narrow rolls to an inlet end of a warehouse in the longitudinal axis direction;
- wherein the first slitting machine and the second slitting machine are positioned overlapping whereby seen from the inlet end of the warehouse in said longitudinal axis direction a body of the second slitting machine is behind a body of the first slitting machine,
- wherein the first slitting machine has a first transfer line for transferring the narrow rolls from the first slitting machine to the inlet end of the warehouse, and
- wherein the second slitting machine has a second transfer line for transferring the narrow rolls from the second slitting machine to the inlet end of the warehouse.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.