Patent ID: 7168651

Claim:
A method of reeling up a paper web in connection with the manufacture of a paper web, or in an off-line reeling up process, using a reel-up having a frame, the method comprising the steps of: bringing a reeling core up to a rotation speed which matches a rotation speed of a winding cylinder by transmitting power from a first motor fixed to the reel-up frame through a first articulated power transmission having an articulated joint, and the first articulated power transmission engaging in power coupling relation a first end of the reeling core; bringing the reeling core into nipping engagement with the winding cylinder and positioning the reeling core on a carriage mounted for linear motion on spaced apart rails; during the previous step beginning the winding of the paper web on to the reeling core; connecting a second motor fixed to the reel-up frame to a second end of the reeling core opposite the first end of the reeling core with a second articulated power transmission having an articulated joint; and transitioning between driving the reeling core with the first motor through the first articulated power transmission, to driving the reeling core with the second motor through the second articulated power transmission.