Patent ID: 7338006

Claim:
A surface rewinding machine for producing logs of web material, with a winding cradle comprising at least one winding roller equipped with a moving axis to remain in contact with a log being formed in said cradle and allow a diameter of said log to increase, a control member to control action of said winding roller on the log being formed which is associated with said winding roller with moving axis, wherein said control member is provided with a stop position that can be set to be reached before the log has been completely wound, winding of the log being formed being completed substantially without moving the axis of the winding roller with moving axis, and wherein a first actuator and a second actuator are connected to each other end-to-end and are associated with said winding roller with moving axis, the first actuator controlling the action of the winding roller on the log being formed in said winding cradle during increase in the log, a stroke end position of said first actuator corresponding to a dimension of a final diameter of the log being formed; and the second actuator imparting a movement to the winding roller with moving axis to move the winding roller away from the completed log.