APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MAKING PRESSED/CUT ARTICLES

摘要

An apparatus for making pressed nonwoven articles, which apparatus has first and second die members that are arranged to move towards each other. The fir st die has a support surface for supporting a blank material, and the second di e has a press surface for pressing the blank material. The pressing step occur s when the two dies are disposed in an operation position. The support surface has a support surface material that has a first hardness, and the press surface has a press surface material that has a second hardness. The first a nd second hardnesses are different from each other. The apparatus and method of the invention enable blank articles to pressed and/or cut as intended withou t risk of having unpressed or uncut portions.