Patent ID: 7832246

Claim:
An installation for processing material in strip form, comprising: a rotary head having an axial direction that is oriented according to a rotary axis, said rotary head being configured to grasp one end of the material in strip form, said rotary head being configured to wind said material in strip form thereon, and guide walls delimiting a chamber for guiding the material in strip form in a peripheral direction during winding, wherein at least two opposing said guide walls delimit the chamber externally when viewed from a radial direction which is transverse to said axial direction, and wherein the guide walls have a movable guide section configured to be shifted in said axial direction between an open and a closed position, respectively, such that in the closed position, said movable guide section forms one of the guide walls of the chamber and in the open position said movable guide section is moved away from all other guide walls such that said chamber is no longer delimited towards the bottom, and said movable guide section is positioned away from said chamber so that wound-up material in strip form can be removed from the chamber.