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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2012
Metso Paper, Inc., Helsinki, FI;
Michael J. Daul, Appleton, WI (US);
Valmet Technologies, Inc., Espoo, FI;
Abstract
The invention relates to a winder guard in a two-drum winder which combines the web cutting and the winder guard functions to one device. The winder guard is movable in an arcuate path around the front (downstream) winding drum. The winder guard has an upstream edge on which a cutting blade is mounted so as to align with the winder guard, and pass between the two winding drums and then to be bent to engage the rear (upstream) winding drum so as to cut a plurality of partial fiber webs WP slit from a machine web W in a slitter and wrapped around the rear winding drum onto winding coresaround which customer rollsare wound. Adequate space beneath the winding drums for maintenance and broke cleanup is provided by winder guard movement along an arcuate path around the front winding drum.