Roll Change Automation Makes Tobacco Packaging Company More Efficient

Unlike conventional turret winders, the rewind spindles of the RMAP traverse horizontally. This linear design minimizes roll travel as well as the tension upsets and web shifting associated with turret rotation. When the specified web length or diameter is reached, or upon a signal from the process or the operator, the printed web is transferred from the full roll to the empty core. The RMAP automatically unloads the full roll and lowers it to the floor or other roll handling equipment. The operator removes the shaft, prepares it with an empty core and returns it to the transfer position.