Abstract: Carrier-roller winder having at least two winding stations, in which in the first winding station, a web is wound onto a core, whilst a second winding station is connected upstream from the first such that, at least at the moment the strip is cut, this is led over a cutting and guide roller (1') of the second station, the cutting and guide roller (1') being configured as a suction roller, such that, once the cut is completed, on the one hand the web end is wound over a cutting and guide roller (1) of the first winding station, which is likewise designed as a suction roller, and on the other hand the web beginning is led from the cutting and guide roller (1') of the second station to its wind-up zone, whereupon the first winding station is removed from its position and the second winding station is brought, as it continues winding, into the position of the first winding station, and an empty winding station, which is prepared for winding and which can also once again be the first emptied winding station, is br