Simply swap the tension chucks – and you can then process material on 6’’ cores using NEPATA rewinders.

6-inch cylindrical tension chuck made of black plastic with a blue clamping ring, centre bore and screws, for retrofitting NEPATA rewinders

The ‘thicker’ tension chuck can be fitted to the shaft instead of the standard 3-inch tension chucks:

It only takes a few minutes to change (installation video here).

Some media are only available from the manufacturer on 6-inch cores, such as magnetic foil or stone-chip protection film. To unroll these, we previously offered an adapter that slots onto our 3-inch tension chucks. Compared to the adapter, the new 6-inch tension chuck allows for higher speeds and, on some models, also enables rewinding.

By the way: for media that can be wound onto smaller diameters, we also offer 2-inch and 40 mm tension chucks and tension shafts.

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The NEPATA UA 1850 ADWS winds transparent stone-impact protection film from a large roll onto a smaller roll using a 6-inch tension chuck
Upright 6-inch cardboard tubes, some with green plastic inserts, on wooden platters in the NEPATA workshop in front of the rewinding machines