Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc.

Preston O'Connor

James Leo Baggot

Kenneth Allen Pigsley

Robert James Seymour

John Hanson

Mike Daniels

Douglas C Thomas

Jeffrey Greiner

Edward Marksman

Randy LeValley

David Robert Gruber

Matt Storm

Steve Weiland

A system and process for unwinding rolls of material is disclosed. The system is particularly well suited for unwinding soft, high-bulk tissue webs. In one embodiment, the system includes the combination of a center unwind device and a surface unwind device to unwind the roll of material in a primary unwind location. Once the roll of material is partially unwound, the roll is then moved to a secondary unwind location while a new roll of material is moved into the primary unwind location. In this manner, multiple rolls of material can be continuously unwound without substantial downtime. The system of the present invention can be used to unwind a single roll of material or can be designed to unroll multiple rolls of material simultaneously.

System and method for simultaneously unwinding multiple rolls of material

A system and process for unwinding rolls of material is disclosed. The system is particularly well suited for unwinding soft, high-bulk tissue webs. In one embodiment, the system includes the combination of a center unwind device and a surface unwind device to unwind the roll of material in a primary unwind location. Once the roll of material is partially unwound, the roll is then moved to a secondary unwind location while a new roll of material is moved into the primary unwind location. In this manner, multiple rolls of material can be continuously unwound without substantial downtime.

System and method for unwinding tissue webs

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Appleton, WI, United States of America

Preston O'Connor