Surface winder with recycled mandrels and method

摘要

A surface winder and method employing recycled mandrels wherein a frame provides a winding path, a first winding drum for continuously advancing a web in the path and positioned on one side of the path, a mandrel inserter for introducing mandrels sequentially into the path for contact with the web, a second winding drum on the frame on the other side the path for coacting with the first winding drum in developing a log and a stripper on the frame for stripping each mandrel sequentially out of its associated log.