APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PREPARING WINDING MANDRELS AND CORES FOR REWINDING MACHINES

摘要

A description is given of a device for preparing winding mandrels for winding machines or the like, comprising, in combination: an extraction station (9) with an extractor mechanism for extracting a mandrel from one or more rolls of web material and for inserting the extracted mandrel into a tube (T); a cutting station (11) with cutting means (71) for cutting the tube (T) fitted on the mandrel into a set of tubular cores aligned on said mandrel; an insertion station (13) with insertion members (127) for inserting the mandrel with the tubular cores into a winding machine or the like.