Method and apparatus for taping lead and tail ends of web during winding onto a core

摘要

A method and apparatus are disclosed for taping the lead (10) and tail (20) ends of a web (12) during winding of the web onto a core (14), in which a vacuum drum (72) advances tape (66) past a cutter (126) to provide tape strips (16,22) to be applied when the drum initially is lowered into contact with the empty core and subsequently is raised and lowered again by a cylinder (36) into contact with the fully wound core.