Patent ID: 7698876

Claim:
A method for packaging paper, pulp, or board reels, the method comprising: transporting a reel to a wrapping station by a conveyor along a transport path, the wrapping station comprising supporting elements for supporting the reel during wrapping and the conveyor running between the support elements, wherein the step of transporting is carried out without moving the reel laterally from the conveyor toward the wrapping station for wrapping; wrapping the reel with a wrapping material fed from at least one feeding device while the reel is supported on the supporting elements; winding the wrapping material around an entire surface of a jacket of the reel; bringing, from a storage location, end shields to ends of the reel, the storage location storing end shields of different sizes; and moving the reel away from the wrapping station by the conveyor, wherein the end shields are brought to the ends of the reel from the same side of the supporting elements as the wrapping material, and wherein the step of bringing end shields is carried out when the reel is supported on the supporting elements and in the transport path through which the conveyor extends.