Relative positions of inspection and rewinding sections

The Combitrack web flow has been configured to maintain our most important design feature over the last 40 years — inspection and slitting/rewinding zones must always be within eyesight of the operator!

 

Processing ergonomics

We’ve also provided an access zone in the machine between rewind rolls and the inspection zone so that operators can easily access the rewind section in order to do unloading, core reloading, lead-end taping etc., without straining their backs.

 

Ergonomic and effective unwind roll loading

The Combitrack design can incorporate a band (or roll-wrapping sling) to distribute the roll lifting pressure. This design provides three specific advantages:  

• The operator never has to remove, lift or handle the unwind shaft. (Normally, the operator must take the shaft out of the machine, remove the spent roll core, push the shaft into the new roll, and then push the new roll into the machine.)  

• The unwind roll can be loaded from the normal operating zone, not from one end of the machine. Therefore, the total operating floor plan for Combitrack is smaller.  

• There is no need to put localized pressure on the outside diameter of the new, large unwind roll in order to load it. This is very important when processing the less dense, less expensive “cavitated” materials without locally breaking the air pockets in the material.