Abstract: Method of preparing for a splice, characterized in that a reel (1) is rotatably mounted in a reel holder (2) and a pressure roll (3) is pressed against the reel (1), underneath or at the side of the reel holder (2) and parallel to the axis (4) of the reel (1), by means of a pressure system (5), and separates the upper layers of the reel (1) with a transverse cut (A), whereupon the cut ends (6-10) of the web slip off the circumference of the reel (1) to the left and right as a result of gravity or as a result of slight assistance, so that they now hang down to the right and left of the pressure roll (3).

Abstract: Adhesive tape for the flying splice in paper finishing machines or the like having a paper backing and a water-soluble self-adhesive composition, the paper backing (2) being coated on both sides with a water-soluble self-adhesive composition (3, 3a), and an edge region of the reverse face of the adhesive tape (1) being equipped with a single-sided adhesive tape (6) which in turn has a readily splicing paper backing (7) which is equipped in turn with water-soluble self-adhesive composition (9).