Patent ID: 8097109

Claim:
A method for converting multiple web materials, the method comprising the steps of: a) providing a first unwind station, b) unwinding a first web material comprising a first width from a roll of the first web material via the first unwind station, c) slitting the first web material with a first converting operation, d) providing a second unwind station, e) unwinding a second web material comprising a second width from a roll of the second web material via the second unwind station, f) slitting the second web material with a second converting operation, g) providing a web processing station, h) routing the first web material to the web processing station, i) routing the second web material to the web processing station, j) folding the first and second web materials with a third converting operation at the web processing station, k) winding the first web material into a first wound product, and l) winding the second web material into a second wound product different from the first wound product, the first wound product and second wound product being disposed upon a common winding axis, and, wherein at least a portion of the first web material in the web processing station is disposed less than twice the greater of the first width and the second width from at least a portion of the second web material in the web processing station.