rotation of drum 3 towards an unload point fig7 this unload point is changeable via a parameter in the software for operating the apparatus the rotation of drum 3 may be done with a higher speed than the speed during the load process because there is no risk of damaging film 2 it can be clockwise or counter clockwise depending on the shortest distance to get drum 3 in the unload position upper roll 21 and table 22 move towards drum 3 one after another or both at the same time fig8 upper roll 21 touches film 2 with a low force the purpose is to get enough friction between upper roll 21 and film 2 without any chance that film 2 deforms one edge of unload table 22 extending substantially parallel to the width of drum 3 is disposed closely adjacent to drum 3 unload table 22 does not touch drum 3 but leaves a small space between its edge and film 2 it can be seen from fig8 that the leading edge of film 2 is in front of unload table 22 when the high vacuum is turned off it is done rapidly within 1 second in the preferred embodiment fig9 this means that the suction force is gone and film 2 will no longer stick to drum 3 the fact of turning the high vacuum off rapidly gives a kind of shock reaction which increases the chance that film 2 is released from drum 3 because upper roll 21 touches film 2 it is prevented from falling completely the trailing edge of film 2 can fall and when it does it hits unload bottom plate 23 at a.