U.S. patent application number 14/338724 was filed with the patent office on 2015-06-25 for winding device for winding up at least one material to be wound onto at least one exchangeable tube.
The applicant listed for this patent is Dietze & Schell Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG. Invention is credited to Peter SEIFERT.
Application Number | 20150175383 14/338724 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 50235749 |
Filed Date | 2015-06-25 |
United States Patent
Application |
20150175383 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
SEIFERT; Peter |
June 25, 2015 |
WINDING DEVICE FOR WINDING UP AT LEAST ONE MATERIAL TO BE WOUND
ONTO AT LEAST ONE EXCHANGEABLE TUBE
Abstract
A winding device for winding up at least one material to be
wound onto at least one exchangeable tube, having at least one
winding mandrel which, in at least one operating state, is provided
to receive the at least one tube and/or drive it in rotation about
a winding axis, comprising at least one mass-determining unit which
is provided to determine, in at least one instant of time during at
least one winding-up operation, at least one mass characteristic of
the at least one tube and/or of the at least one material to be
wound that has been wound up in this instant on the at least one
tube.
Inventors: |
SEIFERT; Peter; (Coburg,
DE) |
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Applicant: |
Name |
City |
State |
Country |
Type |
Dietze & Schell Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG |
Coburg |
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DE |
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Family ID: |
50235749 |
Appl. No.: |
14/338724 |
Filed: |
July 23, 2014 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
242/389 |
Current CPC
Class: |
B65H 54/02 20130101;
B65H 2515/10 20130101; B65H 23/063 20130101; B65H 2553/00 20130101;
B65H 2701/31 20130101; B65H 61/00 20130101; B65H 63/084 20130101;
B65H 18/10 20130101; B65H 2515/32 20130101; B65H 59/00 20130101;
B65H 59/40 20130101; B65H 59/38 20130101 |
International
Class: |
B65H 59/40 20060101
B65H059/40; B65H 54/02 20060101 B65H054/02 |
Foreign Application Data
Date |
Code |
Application Number |
Dec 19, 2013 |
DE |
20 2013 105 817 |
Claims
1. A winding device for winding up at least one material to be
wound onto at least one exchangeable tube, having at least one
winding mandrel which, in at least one operating state, is provided
to receive the at least one tube and/or drive it in rotation about
a winding axis, comprising at least one mass-determining unit which
is provided to determine, in at least one instant of time during at
least one winding-up operation, at least one mass characteristic of
the at least one tube and/or of the at least one material to be
wound that has been wound up in this instant on the at least one
tube.
2. The winding device according to claim 1, wherein the
mass-determining unit is provided to determine the at least one
mass characteristic at least substantially continuously during at
least a portion of the at least one winding-up operation.
3. The winding device according to claim 1, wherein the at least
one mass-determining unit is provided to indirectly determine at
least one mass of the at least one tube and/or of the at least one
material to be wound that has been wound up in this instant on the
at least one tube.
4. The winding device according to claim 1, wherein the at least
one mass characteristic is implemented as at least one length
and/or by at least one overall thickness of the at least one
material to be wound that has been wound up in this instant on the
at least one tube.
5. The winding device according to claim 1, further comprising at
least one control and/or regulation unit which is provided to set,
during the at least one winding-up operation, a tension that acts
in the at least one material to be wound, taking into account the
at least one mass characteristic and/or the at least one mass.
6. The winding device according to claim 5, wherein, in order to
set the tension that acts in the at least one material to be wound,
the at least one control and/or regulation unit is provided to
modify at least one torque of the at least one winding mandrel
and/or of the at least one tube.
7. The winding device according to claim 6, wherein the at least
one control and/or regulation unit is provided to increase the at
least one torque with increase of the mass characteristic and/or
the mass.
8. The winding device according to claim 5, wherein the at least
one control and/or regulation unit is provided to keep the tension
at least substantially constant during the at least one winding-up
operation.
9. The winding device according to claim 2, wherein the at least
one mass determining unit is provided to indirectly determine at
least one mass of the at least one tube and/or of the at least one
material to be wound that has been wound up in this instant on the
at least one tube.
10. The winding device according to claim 2, wherein the at least
one mass characteristic is implemented as at least one length
and/or by at least one overall thickness of the at least one
material to be wound that has been wound up in this instant on the
at least one tube.
11. The winding device according to claim 2, further comprising at
least one control and/or regulation unit which is provided to set,
during the at least one winding-up operation, a tension that acts
in the at least one material to be wound, taking into account the
at least one mass characteristic and/or the at least one mass.
12. The winding device according to claim 6, wherein the at least
one control and/or regulation unit is provided to keep the tension
at least substantially constant during the at least one winding-up
operation.
13. The winding device according to claim 3, wherein the at least
one mass characteristic is implemented as at least one length
and/or by at least one overall thickness of the at least one
material to be wound that has been wound up in this instant on the
at least one tube.
14. The winding device according to claim 3, further comprising at
least one control and/or regulation unit which is provided to set,
during the at least one winding-up operation, a tension that acts
in the at least one material to be wound, taking into account the
at least one mass characteristic and/or the at least one mass.
15. The winding device according to claim 7, wherein the at least
one control and/or regulation unit is provided to keep the tension
at least substantially constant during the at least one winding-up
operation.
16. The winding device according to claim 4, further comprising at
least one control and/or regulation unit which isprovided to set,
during the at least one winding-up operation, a tension that acts
in the at least one material to be wound, taking into account the
at least one mass characteristic and/or the at least one mass.
Description
PRIOR ART
[0001] The invention relates to a winding device according to the
preamble of claim 1.
[0002] A winding device for winding up a material to be wound onto
a tube is already known, wherein a diameter of the tube loaded at
least partially with material to be wound is recorded during a
winding-up operation and is taken into account when a drive unit
that drives a winding mandrel of the winding device is
controlled.
[0003] The object of the invention is in particular to provide a
generic device having improved properties with regard to regulating
a tension that acts on a material to be wound.
[0004] According to the invention, the object is achieved by way of
the features of claim 1, while advantageous embodiments and
developments of the invention can be gathered from the dependent
claims.
ADVANTAGES OF THE INVENTION
[0005] The invention proceeds from a winding device for winding up
at least one material to be wound onto at least one exchangeable
tube, having at least one winding mandrel which, in at least one
operating state, is provided to receive the at least one tube
and/or drive it in rotation about a winding axis.
[0006] It is proposed that the winding device has at least one
mass-determining unit which is provided to determine, in at least
one instant of time during at least one winding-up operation, at
least one mass characteristic of the at least one tube and/or of
the at least one material to be wound that has been wound up in
this instant on the at least one tube. A "material to be wound"
should be understood in this connection as meaning in particular a
material which is able to be wound up in particular for storage
and/or for transport. For example, the at least one material to be
wound can be at least one windable material made of plastics
material and/or metal and/or textile fiber and/or paper. A "tube"
should be understood in this connection as meaning in particular a
body which is provided to receive a material to be wound up, in
particular on an outer surface which is convexly curved preferably
at least partially and particularly advantageously entirely.
Preferably, the at least one tube is configured at least partially
as a hollow body, advantageously as a hollow cylinder, in
particular having an annular base surface. The term "provided"
should be understood as meaning in particular specifically
programmed and/or designed and/or equipped. The fact that an object
is provided for a particular function should be understood as
meaning in particular that the object fulfills and/or executes this
particular function in at least one use state and/or operating
state. The fact that the at least one tube is "exchangeable" should
be understood in this connection as meaning in particular that, in
particular after an in particular predetermined quantity of the at
least one material to be wound has been wound up, the at least one
tube is replaceable with a further empty tube that is different
from the at least one tube. A "winding mandrel" should be
understood in this connection as meaning in particular a rotatable
unit which is provided to transmit its rotary movement and/or a
torque to a tube located on the winding mandrel. Preferably, the at
least one winding mandrel is configured at least partially as a
clamping mandrel which engages in the at least one tube and
transmits a rotary movement and/or a torque to the at least one
tube by means of a cohesive connection and/or by means of a form
fit and/or preferably by means of a force fit, in particular by
means of at least one clamping jaw. Preferably, the winding device
has at least one drive unit which is provided to set the at least
one winding mandrel into a rotary movement in particular during a
winding-up operation. Preferably, the at least one drive unit is
configured as an electric motor. A "winding axis" should be
understood in this connection as meaning in particular an axis
about which a rotation of the at least one winding mandrel and/or
of the at least one tube is executable in particular in order to
wind up the at least one material to be wound. A "winding-up
operation" should be understood in this connection as meaning in
particular an operation during which the at least one material to
be wound is wound up onto the at least one tube by the winding
device. A "mass-determining unit" should be understood in this
connection as meaning in particular a unit which is provided to
record, in at least one instant of time and/or preferably at a
multiplicity of times during a winding-up operation, in each case
at least one mass characteristic of the at least one tube and/or of
the at least one material to be wound that has been wound up on the
at least one tube. To this end, the at least one mass-determining
unit preferably has at least one measuring unit and/or at least one
sensor unit. A "mass characteristic" should be understood in this
connection as meaning in particular a characteristic that defines a
mass. The mass characteristic can in this case be in particular
itself the mass or a characteristic from which the mass is
determinable and/or calculable indirectly, in particular by at
least one arithmetic operation. As a result of the configuration
according to the invention, a generic winding device having
improved properties with regard to regulation of a tension that
acts in a material to be wound, in particular during an ongoing
winding-up operation, can be provided. As a result, advantageously
precise monitoring of a winding-up operation is made possible.
[0007] In a preferred embodiment of the invention, it is proposed
that the mass-determining unit is provided to determine the at
least one mass characteristic at least substantially continuously
during at least a portion of the at least one winding-up operation
and preferably throughout the at least one winding-up operation.
The expression "at least substantially continuously" should be
understood in this connection as meaning in particular that the at
least one mass characteristic is determined, in particular between
a start time and an end time of the winding-up operation, in
particular at time intervals with a duration of at most 20 s, in
particular at most 10 s, preferably a maximum of 5 s and
particularly advantageously at most 1 s, wherein the duration of
the time intervals may be in particular at least substantially
constant. Particularly advantageously, the at least one mass
characteristic is determined in an uninterrupted manner at each
time between the start time and the end time. As a result,
advantageously reliable and in particular gap-free determination of
the at least one mass characteristic can be achieved over an entire
time course of a winding-up operation.
[0008] Preferably, the at least one mass-determining unit is
provided to indirectly determine at least one mass of the at least
one tube and/or of the at least one material to be wound that has
been wound up in this instant on the at least one tube. The fact
that the at least one mass is determined "indirectly" should be
understood in this connection as meaning in particular that the at
least one mass is calculated, in particular by at least one
arithmetic operation, from at least one recorded mass
characteristic. Advantageously, in order to calculate the at least
one mass, at least one further parameter which is in particular
known and/or recorded in addition to the at least one mass
characteristic, is included in the at least one arithmetic
operation. As a result, advantageously easy and/or precise
determination of the at least one mass of the at least one tube
and/or of the at least one material to be wound that has been wound
the at least one tube is made possible.
[0009] It is furthermore proposed that the at least one mass
characteristic is implemented as at least one length and/or by at
least one overall thickness of the at least one material to be
wound that has been wound up in this instant on the at least one
tube. In the event that the at least one mass characteristic is
implemented as at least one length, the at least one
mass-determining unit is provided to determine, during a winding-up
operation, the length of the at least one material to be wound that
has been wound thus far onto the at least one tube. In this case, a
length measurement takes place preferably continuously. A mass of
the material to be wound that has already been wound onto the at
least one tube can thus be calculated from the recorded length
value in combination with known geometric cross-sectional
properties, in particular a width and/or a thickness and/or a
diameter, and/or a known density, in particular including a length
density, of the at least one material to be wound. An "overall
thickness" should be understood in this connection to mean in
particular a product of a thickness of the at least one material to
be wound and the sum of all the layers of the at least one material
to be wound that have been wound up on top of one another. If the
at least one mass characteristic is implemented as at least one
overall thickness, the at least one mass-determining unit is
provided to measure, during a winding-up operation, the at least
one overall thickness of all of the layers of the at least one
material to be wound that have already been wound up onto the at
least one tube, starting from an outer surface of the at least one
tube. Alternatively, it is likewise conceivable to measure at least
one diameter of the tube and of the already wound-up material to be
wound. If the diameter of the at least one tube is known, the at
least one overall thickness of the already wound-up material to be
wound is calculable from the recorded diameter. Preferably, the at
least one overall thickness is measured and/or calculated
continuously. A mass of the material to be wound that has already
been wound onto the at least one tube can in this case be
calculated from the recorded and/or computed overall thickness in
combination with a known width of the at least one tube and/or a
known density of the at least one material to be wound. As a
result, advantageously exact determination of the mass of a
material to be wound that has already been wound onto the at least
one tube is made possible.
[0010] Furthermore, it is proposed that the winding device has at
least one control and/or regulation unit which is provided to set,
during the at least one winding-up operation, a tension that acts
in the at least one material to be wound, taking into account the
at least one mass characteristic and/or the at least one mass. In
particular, the control and/or regulation unit is provided to
acquire and/or evaluate the at least one mass characteristic
recorded by the at least one mass-determining unit and/or the mass
recorded by the at least one mass-determining unit. In particular,
the at least one control and/or regulation unit is provided to
directly and/or indirectly set the at least one tension, in
particular during a winding-up operation, in particular taking into
consideration an increasing mass of the at least one tube, such
that the at least one tension corresponds at least substantially to
an in particular predetermined value. A "tension" should be
understood in this connection as meaning in particular a mechanical
stress which acts in the at least one material to be wound, in
particular during a winding-up operation. Preferably, the at least
one control and/or regulation electronics has at least one input
unit, via which at least one parameter can be input, in particular
manually by at least one operator. The at least one parameter may
be for example a minimum value and/or a maximum value and/or an
average value of a tension, and/or a parameter which is provided to
be included in an evaluation of the at least one mass
characteristic. As a result, a tension that acts in the at least
one material to be wound can be set in an advantageously simple
manner.
[0011] In a preferred configuration of the invention, it is
proposed that, in order to set the tension that acts in the at
least one material to be wound, the at least one control and/or
regulation unit is provided to modify at least one torque of the at
least one winding mandrel and/or of the at least one tube.
Preferably, the at least one control and/or regulation unit
modifies at least one torque of the at least one drive unit which
is provided to set the at least one winding mandrel into a rotary
movement, in particular during a winding-up operation. In
particular, the at least one torque can be set in a region of at
most 0.5 Nm, advantageously at most 0.2 Nm, and particularly
advantageously 0.1 Nm. As a result, an advantageously simple and/or
rapid influence on the at least one tension can be made
possible.
[0012] In a particularly preferred configuration of the invention,
it is proposed that the at least one control and/or regulation unit
is provided to increase the at least one torque with increase of
the mass characteristic and/or the mass. Preferably, the at least
one torque is increased at least substantially proportionally to an
increase in the at least one mass characteristic and/or the at
least one mass. As a result, advantageous adaptation of the at
least one torque and thus of the at least one tension to a mass
that increases as a result of the at least one material to be wound
being wound up onto the at least one tube can be achieved.
[0013] Furthermore, it is proposed that the at least one control
and/or regulation unit is provided to keep the tension at least
substantially constant during the at least one winding-up
operation. In particular, the tension that acts in the at least one
material to be wound fluctuates by a maximum of 10%, advantageously
by a maximum of 5% and particularly advantageously by a maximum of
1% about an in particular fixed value during a winding-up
operation. As a result, advantageously exact and/or damage-free
winding-up of the at least one material to be wound can be
achieved.
DRAWINGS
[0014] Further advantages can be gathered from the following
description of the drawings. An exemplary embodiment of the
invention is illustrated in the drawings. The drawings, the
description and the claims contain numerous features in
combination. A person skilled in the art will expediently also
consider the features individually and combine them to form
appropriate further combinations.
[0015] In the drawings:
[0016] FIG. 1 shows a winding device during a winding-up
operation,
[0017] FIG. 2 shows the winding device from FIG. 1 with a divided
winding mandrel, and
[0018] FIG. 3 shows a schematic plan view of a winding system
having three winding devices and one feed device.
DESCRIPTION OF THE EXEMPLARY EMBODIMENTS
[0019] FIG. 1 shows a winding device 10 for winding up a strip-form
material to be wound 12 onto an exchangeable tube 14. However, the
use of other materials to be wound having a geometry that differs
from a strip form likewise conceivable. In order to wind up the
material to be wound 12, the tube 14 is driven in rotation about a
winding axis 18 by means of a winding mandrel 16.
[0020] During the winding-up operation, a mass of the material to
be wound 12 that has already been wound up onto the tube 14 is
continuously determined. Instead of continuous determination,
time-discrete recording, in which the time intervals between
individual recording times should be selected depending on a
winding speed and/or an overall duration of a winding-up operation,
would also be conceivable. For this purpose, the winding device 10
has a mass-determining unit 20, which records a mass characteristic
of the already wound-up material to be wound 12. The mass
characteristic may be the mass of the already wound-up material to
be wound 12 itself, which is recorded for example directly by a
mass sensor. Preferably, however, the mass characteristic is a
characteristic by way of which the mass of the already wound-up
material to be wound 12 is recordable indirectly.
[0021] Thus, for example during the winding-up operation, an
overall thickness 22 of the material to be wound 12 that has
already been wound up on the tube 14 can be recorded by the
mass-determining unit 20. This may take place for example such that
the mass-determining unit 20 undergoes a change in position on
account of the overall thickness 22 increasing during the
winding-up operation, wherein a displacement travel of the
mass-determining unit 20 corresponds to the overall thickness 22 of
the already wound-up material to be wound 12. When the width of the
tube 14 and the density of the material to be wound 12 are known,
the mass of the already wound-up material to be wound 12 is
calculable exactly on the basis of the recorded overall thickness
22 of the material to be wound 12 that has already been wound up.
Alternatively, it would likewise be conceivable for a length of an
already wound-up material to be wound to be recorded by a
mass-determining unit. When the cross-sectional geometry and
density of a material to be wound is known, the mass of the already
wound-up material to be wound is calculable on the basis of the
recorded length. Furthermore, it is likewise possible to weigh a
tube loaded with a predetermined quantity of a material to be wound
and to use the recorded values as reference values for determining
the mass during a winding-up operation.
[0022] Furthermore, the winding device 10 has an control and/or
regulation unit 70, which is illustrated merely in an indicated
manner here. The control and/or regulation unit 70 is provided to
set, during a winding-up operation, a tension 72 that acts in the
material to be wound 12 to a fixed value, coordinated in particular
with the material to be wound 12, taking into account the mass
characteristic. To this end, the control and/or regulation unit 70
acquires the at least one mass characteristic recorded by the at
least one mass-determining unit 20 and evaluates said mass
characteristic, in particular on the basis of parameters and/or
calculation formulas stored in the control and/or regulation unit
70. The tension 72 is set by the control and/or regulation unit 70
during a winding-up operation by way of a change in the torque of
the winding mandrel 16 and/or of a drive unit (not illustrated
here) which is provided to set the winding mandrel 16 into a rotary
movement. In the process, the control and/or regulation unit 70
increases the torque as the mass and/or the mass characteristic
increases. The increase in the torque takes place proportionally to
an increase in the mass characteristic and/or of the mass, with the
result that the tension 72 is kept constant throughout the
winding-up operation.
[0023] FIG. 2 shows the winding device 10 from FIG. 1 between two
winding-up operations. It can be seen that the winding mandrel 16
has a first mandrel unit 24 and a second mandrel unit 26. The first
mandrel unit 24 and the second mandrel unit 26 are designed such
that they are introducible from opposite sides into a tube 14 onto
which the material to be wound 12 is provided to be wound up.
Preferably, the first mandrel unit 24 and the second mandrel unit
26 each have a plurality of clamping jaws (not illustrated here) by
way of which a force-fitting connection with an inner surface of
the tube 14 is producible.
[0024] In order to insert and/or remove the tube 14, a distance
between the first mandrel unit 24 and the second mandrel unit 26 is
variable. To this end, the second mandrel unit 26 is on an arm 58
mounted on rails 56, such that the second mandrel unit 26 is
displaceable parallel to and/or along the winding axis 18. In
addition, the arm 58 is mounted so as to be pivotable about an axis
34 extending parallel to the winding axis 18, with the result that
a distance between the second mandrel unit 26 and the first mandrel
unit 24 is also variable perpendicularly to the winding axis 18. If
the first mandrel unit 24 and the second mandrel unit 26 have been
introduced fully into a tube, these together form the winding
mandrel 16. During a winding-up operation, the first mandrel unit
24 and the second mandrel unit 26 are in a state in which they have
been introduced fully into the tube 14. In this case, the first
mandrel unit 24 and the second mandrel unit 26 are designed such
that, in the state in which they have been introduced fully into
the tube, there is a distance of 10 mm between an end side of the
first mandrel unit 24 and an end side of the second mandrel unit
26. Depending on a width of a respectively used tube, a distance
between a first mandrel unit and a second mandrel unit can vary,
although the distance is never zero.
[0025] The first mandrel unit 24 is operatively connected to a
drive unit (not illustrated). The drive unit is in the form for
example of an electric motor. During a winding-up operation, the
drive unit sets the first mandrel unit 24 into a rotary movement
about the winding axis 18. The rotary movement is transmitted via
the tube 14 to the second mandrel unit 26, with the result that the
second mandrel unit 26 rotates about the winding axis 18 in the
same direction and at the same speed as the first mandrel unit
24.
[0026] Furthermore, the winding device 10 comprises a tube-changing
unit 28 which feeds the tubes 14 to the first mandrel unit 24 and
transports said tubes 14 away from the first mandrel unit 24
following the completion of the winding-up operation. In this case,
the tube-changing unit 28 has a first handling unit 30 and a second
handling unit 32. The first handling unit 30 feeds empty tubes 14
to the first mandrel unit 24. To this end, the first handling unit
30 is in the form of an arm 60 which is movable parallel to the
winding axis 18 and is pivotable about an axis 62 extending
parallel to the winding axis 18. This makes it possible for the
first handling unit 30 to place empty tubes 14 on the first mandrel
unit 24.
[0027] The second handling unit 32 is formed from the second
mandrel unit 26 and the arm 58, on which the second mandrel unit 26
is mounted. The second handling unit 32 removes the loaded tube 14
from the first mandrel unit 26 following the completion of a
winding-up operation. In this case, the second mandrel unit 26
transmits a tensile force produced by a movement of the arm 58
along the rails 56 to the loaded tube 14 to be removed, with the
result that the latter is removed from the first mandrel unit 24.
The loaded tube 14 removed from the first mandrel unit 24 is set
down for further transport by way of a pivoting movement of the arm
58 about the axis 34 extending parallel to the winding axis 18.
[0028] FIG. 3 shows a schematic plan view of a winding system 36.
The winding system 36 comprises a feed device 38 and for example
three winding devices 10a, 10b, 10c, as are shown in detail in
FIGS. 1 and 2. The feed device 38 is for example an extruder which
produces a material to be wound 12a, 12b, 12c, or a device in which
a store of the material to be wound 12a, 12b, 12c is available. The
winding devices 10a, 10b, 10c are oriented parallel to one another.
The winding axis 18 has an identical orientation for the three
winding devices 10a, 10b, 10c.
[0029] Each winding device 10a, 10b, 10c is assigned a deflecting
unit 40a, 40b, 40c which deflects the material to be wound 12a,
12b, 12c coming from the feed device 38 at an angle 64a, 64b, 64c
of 90.degree. about an axis 68a, 68b, 68c which extends parallel to
the direction of gravitational force 44, as said material to be
wound 12a, 12b, 12c travels to the winding devices 10a, 10b, 10c.
Alternatively, a deflection of a material to be wound about an axis
which extends parallel to the direction of gravitational force can
also take place about an angle of less than 90.degree., although
the angle is at least 10.degree.. In this case, the deflection
takes place in a direction 42 which extends perpendicularly to the
direction of gravitational force 44 (cf. FIGS. 1 and 2). Depending
on the particular application case, a deflection can also take
place in a direction which encloses an angle of less than
90.degree. with the direction of gravitational force, although the
angle is at least 30.degree.. A feed direction 66 of the material
to be wound 12a, 12b, 12c extends here between the feed unit 38 and
the deflecting units 40a, 40b, 40c for example parallel to the
winding axis 18 of the winding devices 10a, 10b, 10c. The
deflecting units 40a, 40b, 40c each comprise a deflecting roller 48
having a lateral guide (not illustrated in more detail) which
prevents a material to be wound 12a, 12b, 12c from jumping down
from the particular deflecting roller 48. During deflection by the
deflecting unit 40a, 40b, 40c, the material to be wound 12a, 12b,
12c is rotated first of all from a horizontal orientation to a
vertical orientation by the deflecting units 40a, 40b, 40c and
returns to a horizontal orientation following deflection, with the
result that damage-free deflection of the material to be wound 12a,
12b, 12c is achieved.
[0030] A transporting device 50 which transports away loaded tubes
14a, 14b, 14c is arranged downstream of the winding devices 10a,
10b, 10c. A transporting direction 52 of the transporting device 50
extends parallel to the winding axis 18. The loaded tubes 14a, 14b,
14c are in this case transferred to the transporting device 50 by a
handling unit 32 of the particular winding device 10a, 10b, 10c. In
this case, a transfer direction 54a, 54b, 54c extends
perpendicularly to the winding axis 18, with the result that a
directed material flow within the winding system 36 is
achieved.
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