摘要 |
An apparatus for thermally bonding a cover material (200) onto an absorbent, fibrous web (105) has a substantially cylindrical, rotatable sealing roller (1) and a rotatable anvil roller (1) disposed adjacent the sealing roller (1) to provide a nip therebetween. The cover material (200) and fibrous web (105) can be sealed and calendered in the nip of this apparatus. The sealing roller (1) includes a sealing (10) element and an ironing (20) element, and both of these elements have thermally conductive material and a leading and a trailing end in the direction of rotation. The sealing roller (1) has at least one pair of sealing (10) and ironing (20) elements positioned sequentially on the circumferential surface of the sealing roller in the direction of rotation. At least one end of the ironing (20) element is thermally insulated from an adjacent end of an adjacent sealing (16) element. |