A method for manufacturing sanitary products, comprising: providing a first core material comprising a first web material, providing a second core material comprising a second web material, providing a carrier material comprising a third web material, - feeding each of the first core material, the second core material and the carrier material in a machine direction, - cutting the first core material into a first pattern comprising pairs of oppositely tapering figures (F1, F2), each pair of oppositely tapering figures comprising a first tapering figure and a second tapering figure adjacent in the machine direction and staggered in a cross direction transverse to the machine direction, - spacing the first tapering figure from the second tapering figure in the machine direction, - laying the first tapering figure and the second tapering figure spaced in the machine direction and staggered in the cross direction onto the carrier material, - cutting the second core material into a second pattern comprising pairs of oppositely tapering figures (F3, F4), each pair of oppositely tapering figures comprising a third tapering figure and a fourth tapering figure adjacent in the machine direction and staggered in the cross direction, the third tapering figure and the fourth tapering figure having a reverse tapering with respect to the first tapering figure and the second tapering figure, respectively, - spacing the third tapering figure from the fourth tapering figure in the machine direction, - laying the third tapering figure and the fourth tapering figure spaced in the machine direction and staggered in the cross direction onto the carrier material to overlap a portion of the third tapering figure with a portion of the first tapering figure into a first hourglass shape, and a portion of the fourth tapering figure with a portion of the second tapering figure into a second hourglass shape. providing a first core material comprising a first web material, providing a second core material comprising a second web material, providing a carrier material comprising a third web material, - feeding each of the first core material, the second core material and the carrier material in a machine direction, - cutting the first core material into a first pattern comprising pairs of oppositely tapering figures (F1, F2), each pair of oppositely tapering figures comprising a first tapering figure and a second tapering figure adjacent in the machine direction and staggered in a cross direction transverse to the machine direction, - spacing the first tapering figure from the second tapering figure in the machine direction, - laying the first tapering figure and the second tapering figure spaced in the machine direction and staggered in the cross direction onto the carrier material, - cutting the second core material into a second pattern comprising pairs of oppositely tapering figures (F3, F4), each pair of oppositely tapering figures comprising a third tapering figure and a fourth tapering figure adjacent in the machine direction and staggered in the cross direction, the third tapering figure and the fourth tapering figure having a reverse tapering with respect to the first tapering figure and the second tapering figure, respectively, - spacing the third tapering figure from the fourth tapering figure in the machine direction, - laying the third tapering figure and the fourth tapering figure spaced in the machine direction and staggered in the cross direction onto the carrier material to overlap a portion of the third tapering figure with a portion of the first tapering figure into a first hourglass shape, and a portion of the fourth tapering figure with a portion of the second tapering figure into a second hourglass shape.