---
publication_id: "OT-2026-000000890"
title: "Surface rewinder with center assist and belt and winding drum forming a winding nest"
published_at: "2026-09-15T19:03:32.896498Z"
canonical_url: "https://opentechnical.org/p/OT-2026-000000890"
categories:
  - "material-handling/package-handling"
keywords:
  - "b65h18/10"
  - "b65h18/20"
  - "b65h18/26"
  - "b65h19/2269"
  - "b65h2301/41447"
  - "b65h2301/41822"
---

# Surface rewinder with center assist and belt and winding drum forming a winding nest

## Abstract

A rewinding machine winds a web material into a log about a core. The web material to be wound is directed about a rotating winding drum. A continuous loop is spaced from the winding drum and with the winding drum defines a nip through which the core is inserted and through which the web material is directed. A surface of the continuous loop opposite the winding drum across the nip is configured to move in a direction generally opposite of the winding drum for winding the web material about the core. A rider roll defines a winding space with the winding drum and the continuous loop. The rider roll is movable relative to the continuous loop and the winding drum to allow for an increase in a diameter of the log in the winding space during winding of the web material about the core.