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Used for virtually any material including film, laminates, non-wovens, paper, pressure sensitives and more. Two rewind shafts allow for cut separation and excellent tension control. A specialty of Benick.

Used mainly for paper or other similar material which do not stretch and have little gauge variation. Very productive because only one shaft must be unloaded each set. Benick has considerable expertise running these machines.

Typically used to rewind and/or inspect rolls of paper, film, or other substrates. Often equipped with slitting and cantilevered shafts for ease of operation. Usually limited to 12" to 30" in width.

Designed specifically for the high production of small diameter rolls such as those used in adding machines. Also useful for a wide variety of other products, however, where a rewind diameter of 12" to 16" is acceptable.

Winds the rebuilding roll not only form the center but also assists the building roll by driving the surface. Allows for winding larder diameter rolls and allows for "minimum gap" winding in some cases. Often used for larger rolls of film and pressure sensitive applications.

High production machines typically used for specific applications such as producing gift wrap. Almost synonomous with the brand names Shultze and Elsner.

Like the Duplex winder this machine used two rewind shafts. However at the end of a set the rewinds "turret" allowing the next set to begin while the first is being taken off the machine. Typically used for applications such as tape. 

Two Drum Surface Slitter

1960's Jagenberg 33-12 rebuilt by Benick Machineworks.

Two drum surface slitters are commonly used to slit and rewind paper and board products. They wind the material by driving the surface of the roll with the drums while pressure is placed on top of the rewinding roll with a so called "rider roll". The material is typically slit either with a score method or a shear method. They can slit from very narrow widths, about 2 inches, to very wide widths, in excess of 150 inches. And they can slit and rewind a broad range of products from tissue to very dense board. There are many variables involved in choosing the best machine for an application. Feel free to ask for our advice.

Duplex Center Slitter

Dusenbery 635 Slitter Rebuilt by Benick Machineworks

These very versatile slitter/rewinders were invented in order to slit certain substrates which cannot be wound on a single shaft. These materials, such as most films, will interweave or create other problems unless the slit cuts are alternated up and down on two rewind shafts. Often each slit cut is affixed to the rewind shaft through a series of spacers which act as clutches, allowing each roll to wind correctly. These winders can use score slitting, shear slitting, or razor slitting methods.

Simplex Slitter

A Simplex Center Slitter/Rewinder winds a roll on a single shaft in a similar way to a Two Drum Winder. Unlike the two drum, however, the Simplex rewind shaft grabs the core or cores usually by inflating the rewind shaft with air. The air causes an internal bladder to expand thereby pressing buttons or the leaves of the shaft itself inside the core. The secured core is then driven to wind the roll from the center. Usually the roll runs against a nip roller which helps remove entrapped air and induce tension. Sometimes this nip roll can be driven, or a small gap between this roll and the material being rewound can be maintained, creating the so called minimum gap. Normally these winders are used for paper or other materials which are not extensible and have a good profile. A great advantage over any type of duplex winder is the ease with which the shaft can be unloaded and restarted.

Doctor/Inspection Slitter

Duplex Center Surface Slitter

The Duplex Center Surface Winder winds a roll both from the center as well as the surface. The center is wound either in a lock core mode or in the slip differential mode while the surface is resting on a driven winding drum with controlled nip pressure. This driven winding drum assists winding the roll by driving the surface which can be helpful with certain substrates such as silicone coated papers. The surface assist also can allow a roll to be rewound beyond the diameter limitations of a Duplex Center Winder. Normally these machines are limited to a rewind diameter of about 24” whereas the surface assist can extend this winding diameter up to 60”. These winders can also be configured with a minimum gap mode whereby the rewound roll is always kept slightly away from the driven center drum. This can allow this type of winder to handle materials with gauge variation. Slitting is usually shear but razor or score can also be used.

Add Roll  or "Small Roll" Slitter

Continuous Winder

Single Knife Cutter

These machines are used to cut small diameter rolls of material (12" to 18") without having to unwind and rewind the substrate. The log of material is placed on a mandrel matching the inside core diameter. The log is then rotated while a rotating blade is inserted into the log at the appropriate widths.

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Duplex Turret Slitter

These machines have duplex winding capabilities coupled with the functionality of a turret rewind system. They are ideal for high speed automated winding of small diameter rolls.