Abstract: Disclosure is made of an apparatus for winding strips, preferably in longitudinal cutting of a tape of separating material for storage battery electrodes, wherein at least two drawing rollers are connected to a drive for their rotation so as to provide for the tape movement through a cutting mechanism; at least two receiving shafts are coupled to said drive by means of a friction clutch, the shaft axes running in parallel with the axes of said drawing rollers; said receiving shafts are provided with a set of spools for winding adjacent strips on said spools of different receiving shafts; said receiving shafts are also provided with longitudinal slots extending along the entire length thereof, and spool is provided with a stop received in the longitudinal slots of the receiving shafts to provide for tensioning of the tape upon slacking.