METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTINUOUSLY WINDING A STRAND SHAPED WINDING MATERIAL

摘要

The invention relates to a method and to a device for continuously winding a strand shaped winding material (34) into spools (6). The spools (6) are alternately wound on two winding spindles (3.1 3.2) retained on a winding revolver (2) wherein the winding spindles (3.1 3.2) are driven by two separate spindle drives (19.1 19.2). In order to maintain a constant winding speed during the winding of the spools a movable jockey arm (14) of a jockey arm apparatus (13) is provided which jockey arm produces a loop having a slack (35) on the fed winding material (34). The slack of the loop of the winding material is used to control a spindle rotational speed of one of the winding spindles. The winding spindles are arranged on a winding revolver that by means of a rotational motion guides the winding spindles alternately between a changing position and an operating position for transferring the winding material. According to the invention in order to ensure an even acceptance of the fed winding material during a changing phase a rotational motion or a rotational speed of the winding revolver is controlled according to the slack of the loop of the winding material. For that purpose the revolver drive (21) of the winding revolver (2) is coupled to a rotational speed control unit (17) of the jockey arm apparatus (13).