C4S - Contour Product with Leg Hoops Contour Articles with Leg Hoops For superior comfort and performance
C4S - Contour Product with Leg Hoops Objectives: Improved wearer comfort Reliable product performance Consumer affordability
C4S - Contour Product with Leg Hoops How contoured pants or diapers can help: Excellent sealing: intimate contact between leg hoops and upper thighs Excellent body fit: product components connected by „darting“- type connections Lean product and process design: 100% material usage and multi - lane manufacturing options allow affordable pricing Skin friendly design: there are No elastic components needed!
C4S - Contour Product with Leg Hoops Key technical questions: 1.How can Contour articles be assembled cost efficiently? 2.How do they fit the wearer? 3.What is the impact of the new assembly technology on the manufacturing system, particularly on line capacity?
C4S - Contour Product with Leg Hoops CONTOUR products - low cost making: designed to use 100% of their raw materials; no trimmed off pieces; made of low cost materials smaller number of different materials, compared to conventional products
C4S - Contour Product with Leg Hoops with another FLEXIBOND connection, the backsheet is connected to hoops and sidepanels, whereby the backsheet side is completed -as a next component, the backsheet is provided -in a further step, leg hoops and side panels are connected to each other where they overlap, via „FLEXIBOND“ bonding technology -in a second step, left and right sidepanels are provided such that they slightly overlay the leg hoops -in a first step, the leg hoops are fed by a „cut and space“ unit
C4S - Contour Product with Leg Hoops next, the topsheet is completely or partly covered with glue Assembly - topsheet side - -the topsheet comes in as first component of the topsheet side -the core is laid down onto the glued topsheet -finally, some glue on the core makes the topsheet side assembly ready to be combined with the backsheet side
C4S - Contour Product with Leg Hoops Leg hoops and sidepanels positioned flat on centre piece core View from backside, „in process“ condition
C4S - Contour Product with Leg Hoops Contour products are easy to put on: by unfolding the product and closing the fasteners, the leg hoops are placed around the wearer‘s legs Contour products fit perfectly even when loaded: „belt-like fit“ around waist and legs keeps product up and close to the body
C4S - Contour Product with Leg Hoops erected leg hoops, by unfolding the side panels, the leg hoops are errected and stretched, such that they form reliable seals around the legs Contour Article, ready to be put on a Wearer - backside view of open product - unfolded sidepanels
C4S - Contour Product with Leg Hoops force lines between front and rear leg hoop and the back waist ensure that the product seals and stays up without effecting wearer‘s flexibility -over the buttocks, forces are very low, to avoid slippage caused by sitting down and standing up View on a standing wearer sidepanels, leg hoop (right leg)
C4S - Contour Product with Leg Hoops CONTOUR products can be made „Side by Side“ more than one product of a size can be made side by side simultaneously products with different waist circumferences can be made side by side simutaneously see also GB (A) and GB for referenceGB (A) GB
C4S - Contour Product with Leg Hoops Assembly - Impact on line capacity - CONTOUR product: narrow while in process w new Conventional product: side panels and ears in an open position until the product is completely assembled i. e. it is wider while in process w conv
C4S - Contour Product with Leg Hoops w conv w new w D Width w is saved in process. This allows to multiply line capacity! D Assembly - Impact on line capacity -
C4S - Contour Product with Leg Hoops Assembly - Impact on line capacity - make more than one of the products at a time, thereby multiplying line capacity by a factor of 2 or 3 or more
C4S - Contour Product with Leg Hoops Back and front view of a CONTOUR product