Patent ID: 7392961

Claim:
A winder for winding a web material into rolls, the winder comprising: first and second rollers, said first and second rollers each having a longitudinal axis associated thereto, said longitudinal axis of said first roller and said longitudinal axis of said second roller being generally parallel; a continuous belt having a machine direction, a cross-machine direction coplanar and orthogonal thereto, and a Z-direction orthogonal to both said machine direction and said cross-machine direction, said continuous belt being disposed about said first and second rollers, said web material being disposed upon at least a portion of said continuous belt; a winding spindle provided with an adjustable rotational speed profile arranged to be rotatably driven about an axis generally parallel to said longitudinal axes of said first and second rollers, said winding spindle being adapted to receive said web material when said spindle is proximate said web material disposed upon said continuous belt; and, wherein at least one of said longitudinal axis of said first roller and said longitudinal axis of said second roller is adjustable relative to said winding spindle to provide a compressive force to the surface of said winding spindle.