HIGH BULK TISSUE WEB

摘要

A novel apparatus and method for processing high bulk tissue webs are disclosed for forming a wet web, drying the web, winding the dried web to form a plurality of parent rolls, and unwinding the parent rolls by transmitting torque through the roll center and/or ends. The partially unwound roll is moved for splicing with a subsequent parent roll, and the united web is rewound. The torque transmitting means include side clamping mechanisms engaging only the end surfaces of the parent rolls. In one aspect, an automated off-line apparatus and method splice tissue webs from different parent rolls in a finishing unit, and substantially continous impacts on each web during unwinding splice the webs together.