A rolled sheet-material supply handling-system that comprises a drawing device that can be configured to draw sheet material from a supply station and a stabilizer at the supply station. The stabilizer can define a generally tubular roll-receiving space in which a roll of the sheet material can be received and can have a support surface that can define an axial opening leading from the roll-receiving space to receive the sheet material drawn therefrom by the drawing device. The support surface can be sufficiently extensive to stabilize the outer layer of a roll against collapsing when the remainder of the roll has been extracted from the axial opening.

A rolled material storage apparatus configured to receive a plurality of rolls of material and further provide improved loading and unloading thereof. The rolled material storage apparatus includes a frame having a first row of receiving platforms and second row of receiving platforms superposed thereto and further being parallel. A first support rod and a second support rod are coupled to the first row of receiving platforms and a second row of receiving platforms respectively. The receiving platforms are tiltably movable intermediate a first position and a second position. Secured to the receiving platforms is a mounting post configured to engage a portion of a roll of material. A locking member is present on each receiving platform and is operable to lock each platform into its first position. The frame includes wheels and a push member is further included to assist in moving the rolled material storage apparatus.

The roll tilter supports a palleted roll of sheet or thin plate material and re-positions the roll for mounting to an unrolling fixture. The roll tilter received the roll resting on a pallet in a vertical centerline position and rotates the palleted roll from the vertical position to a position with the roll centerline in a horizontal position to facilitate mounting the roll on an unrolling fixture.

A vinyl roll storage and dispensing apparatus that is operable to receive and store a plurality of vinyl rolls wherein at least two of the vinyl rolls are oriented in axial alignment and vertically stacked. The vinyl roll storage and dispensing apparatus further includes a base platform having a first support member and a second support member being planar in manner wherein the second support member is superposed the first support member and rotatably mounted thereto. A central post member is mounted to the second support member and extends upwards therefrom. A plurality of channels are formed within the central post member. At least two vinyl roll engagement members are present and are operable to receive and retain a vinyl rolls therein. The vinyl roll engagement members are configured to stack at least two vinyl rolls in a vertical orientation.

An apparatus (un-interleaver) for unwinding a roll of material interleaved with another material, and for separating the materials, includes a first platform, a second platform, a tension-sensor, an edge-sensor, and a controller. The controller monitors signals generated by the tension sensor and the edge sensor, and in response to the signals: a) causes the speed at which the second platform rotates to change to maintain a predetermined tension in the second material as the second material travels from the first platform toward the second platform, and b) causes the second platform to move relative to the first platform to align the edge of the second material traveling toward the roll of second material with the edge of the second material in the roll.

The present invention provides a long separator roll. A method according to the present invention for producing a battery separator roll includes a connecting step of connecting two or more separators (12b and 12c) to each other along a lengthwise direction so that the battery separator roll is produced.

In an automated machine that forms a vertically positioned and horizontally traversing web of plastic film into bags and fills the bags with material, the apparatus maintains tension in the plastic film web and supports and maintains the web horizontally aligned as it traverses through the machine. The apparatus includes upstream and downstream guide rollers. The upstream roller is mounted on an arm which is rotatably biased about a vertical axis and is thereby moveable. The upstream roller has an outer concave perimeter surface and the downstream roller has an outer convex perimeter surface. A longitudinal edge portion of the web extends horizontally from an upstream location, around the upstream roller, to and around the downstream roller and to a downstream location. The web extends vertically below the longitudinal edge portion. A rotational sensor coupled to the arm provides an output signal representative of the location of the arm.

Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a coil-wrapping system (30) that simultaneously employs separate multiple film rolls (FR1, FR2) to simultaneously wrap separate films around a single coil while the coil is rotated about its longitudinal axis.

A fort lift tool holder apparatus. The fork lift tool holder includes a spindle with a cutting component for storing and dispensing a roll of materials for wrapping a pallet of goods, storing for plural types of cups and/or bottles and plural types of writing utensils. The fork lift tool holder includes connection components usable on plural different types of fork lifts with plural different types of structural components (e.g. round, square, rectangular, etc.).

Described is a web feeding system for feeding a web of labelling material to a labelling module that includes a splicing device. The feeding system includes a positioning device for automatically positioning the web leading portion of the web in a splicing position with respect to the splicing device.