Patent ID: 6550713
Filing Date: 2003-04-22
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
A reel-up for a web comprising:a reeling means (C) mounted on a first bearing arrangement (7, 8) to guide a web (W) traveling in the reel-up on to a reeling axle (T1), a reeling axle (T1) mounted on a second bearing arrangement (7, 8) in the-reel-up to reel the web (W) around the reeling axle (T1), said reeling axle (T1) arranged to rotate around a direction transverse to the web (W), first control means (1, 3) for setting and controlling a distance between the reeling means (C) and the reeling axle (T1), second control means (1, 5) for effecting and maintaining a force effect (F1) between the reeling means (C) and the reeling axle (T1), the second control means (1, 5) comprising an elastic element(E) that stores energy, to effect and maintain the force effect (F1), in which element (E) a change in a dimension (D) is proportional to a change in the force effect (F1), and sensor means (6) which are arranged to measure said dimension (D).