Winding device for winding up at least one material to be wound onto at least one exchangeable tube

Abstract

A winding device for winding up at least one material to be wound onto at least one exchangeable tube, having at least one winding mandrel which, in at least one operating state, is provided to receive the at least one tube and/or drive it in rotation about a winding axis, comprising at least one mass-determining unit which is provided to determine, in at least one instant of time during at least one winding-up operation, at least one mass characteristic of the at least one tube and/or of the at least one material to be wound that has been wound up in this instant on the at least one tube.

1 . A winding device for winding up at least one material to be wound onto at least one exchangeable tube, having at least one winding mandrel which, in at least one operating state, is provided to receive the at least one tube and/or drive it in rotation about a winding axis, comprising at least one mass-determining unit which is provided to determine, in at least one instant of time during at least one winding-up operation, at least one mass characteristic of the at least one tube and/or of the at least one material to be wound that has been wound up in this instant on the at least one tube. 
     
     
         2 . The winding device according to  claim 1 , wherein the mass-determining unit is provided to determine the at least one mass characteristic at least substantially continuously during at least a portion of the at least one winding-up operation. 
     
     
         3 . The winding device according to  claim 1 , wherein the at least one mass-determining unit is provided to indirectly determine at least one mass of the at least one tube and/or of the at least one material to be wound that has been wound up in this instant on the at least one tube. 
     
     
         4 . The winding device according to  claim 1 , wherein the at least one mass characteristic is implemented as at least one length and/or by at least one overall thickness of the at least one material to be wound that has been wound up in this instant on the at least one tube. 
     
     
         5 . The winding device according to  claim 1 , further comprising at least one control and/or regulation unit which is provided to set, during the at least one winding-up operation, a tension that acts in the at least one material to be wound, taking into account the at least one mass characteristic and/or the at least one mass. 
     
     
         6 . The winding device according to  claim 5 , wherein, in order to set the tension that acts in the at least one material to be wound, the at least one control and/or regulation unit is provided to modify at least one torque of the at least one winding mandrel and/or of the at least one tube. 
     
     
         7 . The winding device according to  claim 6 , wherein the at least one control and/or regulation unit is provided to increase the at least one torque with increase of the mass characteristic and/or the mass. 
     
     
         8 . The winding device according to  claim 5 , wherein the at least one control and/or regulation unit is provided to keep the tension at least substantially constant during the at least one winding-up operation. 
     
     
         9 . The winding device according to  claim 2 , wherein the at least one mass determining unit is provided to indirectly determine at least one mass of the at least one tube and/or of the at least one material to be wound that has been wound up in this instant on the at least one tube. 
     
     
         10 . The winding device according to  claim 2 , wherein the at least one mass characteristic is implemented as at least one length and/or by at least one overall thickness of the at least one material to be wound that has been wound up in this instant on the at least one tube. 
     
     
         11 . The winding device according to  claim 2 , further comprising at least one control and/or regulation unit which is provided to set, during the at least one winding-up operation, a tension that acts in the at least one material to be wound, taking into account the at least one mass characteristic and/or the at least one mass. 
     
     
         12 . The winding device according to  claim 6 , wherein the at least one control and/or regulation unit is provided to keep the tension at least substantially constant during the at least one winding-up operation. 
     
     
         13 . The winding device according to  claim 3 , wherein the at least one mass characteristic is implemented as at least one length and/or by at least one overall thickness of the at least one material to be wound that has been wound up in this instant on the at least one tube. 
     
     
         14 . The winding device according to  claim 3 , further comprising at least one control and/or regulation unit which is provided to set, during the at least one winding-up operation, a tension that acts in the at least one material to be wound, taking into account the at least one mass characteristic and/or the at least one mass. 
     
     
         15 . The winding device according to  claim 7 , wherein the at least one control and/or regulation unit is provided to keep the tension at least substantially constant during the at least one winding-up operation. 
     
     
         16 . The winding device according to  claim 4 , further comprising at least one control and/or regulation unit which isprovided to set, during the at least one winding-up operation, a tension that acts in the at least one material to be wound, taking into account the at least one mass characteristic and/or the at least one mass.