Patent ID: 7713371

Claim:
A method for applying a flat material web section onto a first flat material web, the first web moving at a first web speeds the method using a cut and place procedure to produce a hygiene or medical article, the flat web sections being shorter, in a machine direction, that an overall length of the produced articles, the method comprising the steps of: a) transporting, at a second web speed, an endless web towards a cutting roller of a cutting station, the endless web bearing a succession of flat material web sections; b) disposing a front section of the endless web against a surface section of an anvil roller cooperating with the cutting roller, the surface section having a radius of curvature of 50 to 250 mm, the radius of curvature of the surface section also being at least 1.5 times a radius of curvature of a periphery of the anvil roller; c) cutting-off the front section from the endless web to form the flat material web section; d) accelerating, using the anvil roller, the flat material web section, without slippage, towards the first web; and e) disposing the web section on the first web.