Patent ID: 6588696
Filing Date: 2003-07-08
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
A method for unwinding a paper web, in which a first paper web is discharged at a discharged point from an emptying reel that is becoming empty and a second paper web from a new full reel having an attachment point of a leading end of said second paper web is spliced to said first paper web at the discharge speed of the first paper web, comprising the steps of:storing in a readable memory a position of a terminal end point of said first paper web in a longitudinal direction of said first paper web; determining a distance traveled by said first web during said discharge; comparing said distance traveled to said position of said terminal end memory; and generating a splicing command for splicing the leading end of said second paper web of said full reel to said first paper web being discharged when there is a predetermined length of said first paper web remaining reeled on said emptying reel prior to said terminal end of said first paper web.