Patent ID: 6129304
Filing Date: 2000-10-10
Classification: B26D,B26F,B65H

Abstract:
A rewinder machine for producing reels of weblike material, comprising: a pair of winding rolls (1, 3) defining a winding cradle (5); feed means (13) for feeding a weblike material (N) toward said cradle (5); slitter means (14) for slitting said weblike material (N) lengthwise; insertion means (55) for inserting a plurality of axially aligned tubular winding cores (A) into said winding cradle (5); and a slitting station (49, 51) situated upstream of said winding rolls (1, 3), with a plurality of tools (67) for dividing, at right angles to the axis, a tube (T) of great length into tubular cores (A) each of limited length; characterized in that said slitting station (49, 51) includes a mandrel (71) with means for inserting said mandrel (71) into said tube (T) and for withdrawing the mandrel from the tubular cores obtained by dividing up said tube.