The line winder builds mother rolls at full trim width, often several meters wide and many kilometers long, on steel shafts or heavy cores. Each mother roll gets an ID that links its quality data to every slit roll cut from it. Defects found later are traced back to the mother roll, the position across it and the time it was made.
Mother roll 2214 has a drip at 3,100 meters, so flag every lane from that section.
Also heard as
- jumbo roll
- master roll
- parent roll
- jumbo
Related terms
Slitting
Cutting a wide nonwoven roll lengthwise into narrower rolls on a slitter-rewinder.
Doff
To take a finished roll off a winder and start winding on a fresh core or shaft.
Roll goods
Nonwoven fabric sold in rolls to converters, as opposed to finished products made from it.
Butt roll
Leftover partial roll from the end of a mother roll or slitting set that is too short for a full order.