Patent ID: 6427940
Filing Date: 2002-08-06
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
A device in winding of the web, which device is fitted to be used when a web (w) is wound onto a spool (14) when supported by the roll (16) and passing through a nip (N) formed between the roll (16) and the roll (15) that is being produced, which spool is at least partly supported by means of a support member placed in the center of the spool (14), which device is composed of at least one rider roll unit (24;40) in order to support the spool (14) and to load the roll (15), which rider roll unit (24;40) comprisesat least two rolls (22;42), wherein the winding head of the rider roll unit (24;40) is provided with a detector or detectors (31 . . . 365), by whose means the force applied by the rider roll unit (24;40) to the roll (15) face in the radial direction and distribution of said force between the rolls (22;42) in the rider roll unit is measured.