Patent ID: 8167229
Filing Date: 2012-05-01
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
1. A reel-up for forming successive reels of a fiber web which travels in a machine direction, comprising: a reeling drum; a web cutting device arranged for cutting the web during a reel change, the cutting device having at least one cutting head mounted for movement in a direction essentially transverse to the machine direction to cut the web as it extends in a free run of the web adjacent to and preceding the reeling drum; a contactless web support system in operational contact with the cutting device, provided to maintain the running of the web stable in a controlled manner during the cutting operation; wherein the web support system includes a blow box provided with air blow nozzles arranged to direct an air jet away from the web, the nozzles arranged to form the jet of air between the blow box and the reeling drum to create a suction effect between the reeling drum, the blow box and the web so that the web is stabilized to run along and over an upwardly facing support surface formed by the blow box; and wherein the web cutting device is in operational connection with the web support system.