METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR HANDLING PARENT REELS

摘要

In this publication it is described a method and an arrangement for moving parent reels ( 1 ) between at least two handling stations with the aid of a parent reel cart ( 2, 3 ), wherein at least one of the stations a parent reel ( 1 ) is carried on carrier rails ( 15 ). At the first handling station, the parent reel is transferred to the parent reel cart ( 2, 3 ), the parent reel ( 1 ) is locked to the cart ( 2, 3 ), and the parent reel ( 1 ) is moved to the next handling station. The parent reel ( 1 ) is transferred to the next station and the parent reel ( 1 ) locking is released. According to the invention the parent reel is moved between the station and the cart by means of transfer carriages ( 8 ), which grip the ends of the parent reel and move independently over the junction between the carrier rails ( 15 ) of the station and the parent reel carts's means ( 13, 14 ) for carrying parent reels.