PRODUCTION AND PACKAGING INSTALLATION FOR HYGIENE PRODUCTS, AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME

摘要

The invention relates to a method for operating a production and packaging installation (16) for hygiene products (11), such as nappies, sanitary towels or the like, in the case of which the hygiene products (11) are produced by a unit for producing the same - production machine (F) - and the hygiene products (11) produced are packaged by at least two units which are assigned to the production machine (F) and are intended for packaging the hygiene products in particular so that they are ready for dispatch - packaging machine (A-D). The invention is characterized in that at least two packaging machines (A-D) assigned to a grouping conveyor (16) form a machine group, wherein the performances of the packaging machines (A-D) of the machine group are adapted automatically in each case in accordance with the performance of the production machine (F) and/or in accordance with the individual performances available for the packaging machines (A-D) of the machine group, and/or wherein the number of hygiene products (11) with which the individual holders of the grouping conveyor (16) are filled in each case is selected automatically for each holder in dependence on which of the packaging machines (A-D) of the machine group the hygiene product (11)/the hygiene-product group of the respective holder is intended for.