Abstract: A device for winding web-shaped material on winding sleeves into winding rolls and for unwinding winding rolls with a beam, which floats in a frame and can be rotated around a horizontal axis and at which at least two winding shafts, which are provided with drives and can be rotated around vertical axes, are mounted so as to float. To provide simple access to the winding shafts when said winding shafts are mounted so as not to oscillate, traverses are attached to the beam, said traverses supporting bearings, which can be moved between their fixable position bearing the free ends of the winding shafts and their position releasing them.