Patent ID: 8038924

Claim:
A method of controllably conveying or intermittently conveying a web of packaging laminate provided with holes to at least one application station which is disposed to cover said holes with opening arrangements, comprising the following sequential steps: determining a single intended conveying or indexing distance of the web; on the basis of a predefined profile for a second section of the indexing, dividing up the single intended indexing distance of the web into a first section and a second section; conveying the web the first section; conveying the web the second section; and during the second section of the indexing of the web, registering an actual position of a pre-made hole in the web and adapting, on the basis of the registered actual position of the hole, the second section of the indexing of the web so that said hole arrives at a correct position in relation to an application station for applying an opening arrangement over said hole at a predetermined acceleration, thereby providing similar conditions each time an opening arrangement is applied.