A DHESIVE BANDAGE PAD MODULE AND METHOD FOR MAKING AND APPLYING ADHESIVE BANDAGE PADS TO A WEB

摘要

The invention relates to an adhesive bandage pad module (10), comprising: an infeed assembly (14) which receives a continuous pad strip (12); a knife roll (16), having a plurality of blades (40) placed laterally thereon, which receives said continuous pad strip (12) from said infeed assembly (14); an anvil (18) which tangentially contacts said knife roll (16) at a tangency point (50), wherein said anvil (18) presses said continuous pad strip (12) into contact with said knife roll (16) at the tangency point (50); wherein said knife roll (16) carries a cut pad to a transfer roll (20) that contacts said knife roll (16), wherein said transfer roll (16) carries an adhesive backing (62) to accept the cut pad (12) from said knife roll (16); a gear aligner (22) which synchronizes transfer of the cut pad (12) from said knife roll (16) to said transfer roll (20); atleast one servo motor (24) is connected to said infeed assembly (14), said knife roll (16), and said transfer roll (20), and in that said atleast one servo motor (24) drives atleast one of said infeed assembly (14), said knife roll (16), and said transfer roll (20).