1. C4S - Contour Product with Leg Hoops - Full Hoop Option 25.5.2011 Contour Articles with Leg Hoops For superior comfort and performance - Low Cost Backsheet -

2. C4S - Contour Product with Leg Hoops - Full Hoop Option 25.5.2011 Objectives: Improved wearer comfort Reliable product performance Consumer affordability

3. C4S - Contour Product with Leg Hoops - Full Hoop Option 25.5.2011 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!

4. C4S - Contour Product with Leg Hoops - Full Hoop Option 25.5.2011 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?

5. C4S - Contour Product with Leg Hoops - Full Hoop Option 25.5.2011 CONTOUR products - low cost making: designed to use 100% of their raw materials; no trimmed off pieces; made of low cost materials; the backsheet can be a low cost PE backsheet smaller number of different materials, compared to conventional products

6. C4S - Contour Product with Leg Hoops - Full Hoop Option 25.5.2011 Assembly - backsheet side - 2. Apply continuous Leg Hoops with short precuts 1. Apply Sipepanels 3. Connect HOOPS to Panels via FLEXIBOND 4. Apply glues (spray in SP areas, beads in hoop areas) 5. Put on backsheet

7. C4S - Contour Product with Leg Hoops - Full Hoop Option 25.5.2011 -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

8. C4S - Contour Product with Leg Hoops - Full Hoop Option 25.5.2011 Leg hoops and sidepanels positioned flat on centre piece core View from backside, „in process“ condition

9. C4S - Contour Product with Leg Hoops - Full Hoop Option 25.5.2011 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

10. C4S - Contour Product with Leg Hoops - Full Hoop Option 25.5.2011 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

11. C4S - Contour Product with Leg Hoops - Full Hoop Option 25.5.2011 -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)

12. C4S - Contour Product with Leg Hoops - Full Hoop Option 25.5.2011 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 GB2475589(A) and GB2475572 for referenceGB2475589(A) GB2475572

13. C4S - Contour Product with Leg Hoops - Full Hoop Option 25.5.2011 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

14. C4S - Contour Product with Leg Hoops - Full Hoop Option 25.5.2011 w conv w new w D Width w is saved in process. This allows to multiply line capacity! D Assembly - Impact on line capacity -

15. C4S - Contour Product with Leg Hoops - Full Hoop Option 25.5.2011 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