Illinois Tool Works Inc.
IN-LINE PROCESS OF PRODUCING A POLYMER FILM FOR DISPOSABLE HYGIENE PRODUCTS

Abstract:

A method of forming a disposable hygiene product includes providing a manufacturing line (10) having a back sheet station (12), a core layer station (14) and a top sheet station (16) connected by a conveying system (18), providing a back sheet (20) at the back sheet station, providing a core layer (22) at the core layer station, applying the core layer on the back sheet, providing a top sheet (24) at the top sheet station, and applying the top sheet on the back sheet and core layer. The back sheet station includes a fluid application device (28) configured to discharge a curtain of material to form a polymer film (201), and the back sheet includes the polymer film. A method of forming a back sheet of disposable hygiene product includes positioning a back sheet station in a disposable hygiene product manufacturing line, the back sheet station having a fluid application device and discharging, from the fluid application device, a curtain of material to form a polymer film. A disposable hygiene product manufacturing line includes a back sheet station having a fluid application device configured to discharge a curtain of material to form a polymer film.