Multi-layered absorbent bodies and methods of manufacture are disclosed. An absorbent body may comprise a top, liquid permeable covering material, a bottom covering material, a reinforcing material disposed between the top covering material and the bottom covering material, the reinforcing material bonded directly to the top covering material by a first adhesive layer and bonded directly to the bottom covering material by a second adhesive layer, and superabsorbent material disposed between the top covering material and the bottom covering material, wherein between about 30% and about 85%, by weight, of the total amount of superabsorbent material disposed between the top covering material and the bottom covering material is stabilized within the reinforcing material, as determined according to the SAM Stabilization Location Test Method.

Multi-layered absorbent bodies and methods of manufacture are disclosed. An absorbent body may comprise a top, liquid permeable covering material, a bottom covering material, a reinforcing material disposed between the top covering material and the bottom covering material, the reinforcing material bonded directly to the top covering material by a first adhesive layer and bonded directly to the bottom covering material by a second adhesive layer, and superabsorbent material disposed between the top covering material and the bottom covering material, wherein between about 30% and about 85%, by weight, of the total amount of superabsorbent material disposed between the top covering material and the bottom covering material is stabilized within the reinforcing material, as determined according to the SAM Stabilization Location Test Method.

A plant for automated packaging of items in cardboard boxes includes a forming station of open sheet boxes starting from a cardboard web, an item introduction system, a box closing station, and a feeding system. A cutting and creasing system at the forming station produces a longitudinal elongate element defining the bottom and top walls and a first pair of side walls of the box, and transverse panels providing the second pair of side walls. A first gluing system bonds the transverse panels to the elongate element by applying hot-melt strips on the side edges of the elongate element, and a pair of suction-cup manipulators applies the transverse panels on the elongate element at the glue strips to obtain a cross-shaped blank. The closing station includes a folding and automatic gluing system that folds and bonds the side walls and the top wall of the box to produce finished packages.

The invention relates to a litho laminating machine (10) having a frame (18), an accelerator table (20) mounted to the frame (18) so as to be pivotable around a pivot axis (P), a plurality of accelerator rollers (24) mounted on the table (20), and a motor (42) for driving the accelerator rollers (24), characterized in that the motor (42) is mounted to the frame (18), with a rotatable transmission element (30, 36) being mounted so as to have an axis of rotation which coincides with the pivot axis (P), both the motor (42) and the accelerator rollers (24) being connected to the transmission element (30, 36).

A method for dielectrically heating foamable composition to foam and set the composition is described. In particular, radio frequency (RF) heating is used to heat the foamable composition to provide insulation in the manufacture of an article.

A method for dielectrically heating foamable composition to foam and set the composition is described. In particular, radio frequency (RF) heating is used to heat the foamable composition to provide insulation in the manufacture of an article.

A litho laminating machine has an accelerator table (20), the table (20) being moveable between an operating position and a raised maintenance position, the table (20) being supported on a frame (24) with a bearing (22) defining a pivot axis (P), a lifting device (30, 40) being provided which comprises a spring element (30) biasing the table (20) towards the maintenance position, and an actuator (40) for moving the table (20) from the operating position towards the maintenance position.

A corrugated cardboard plant comprises at least one device for producing a respective corrugated cardboard web laminated on one side; a lamination web dispensing device; a lamination web printing device disposed downstream of the lamination web dispensing device; and a device, disposed downstream of the lamination web printing assembly, for producing a corrugated cardboard web laminated on two sides from the at least one corrugated cardboard web laminated on one side and from a lamination web. The at least one device for producing a respective corrugated cardboard web laminated on one side is configured and/or disposed in such a manner that the at least one corrugated cardboard web laminated on one side, at least in a manner adjacent upstream of the device for producing a corrugated cardboard web laminated on both sides, has a respective upwardly directed corrugation. The lamination web in the device for producing a corrugated cardboard web laminated on two sides is guided in such a manner that said lamination web therein runs above the at least one corrugated cardboard web laminated on one side.

A corrugated cardboard plant comprises at least one device for producing a respective corrugated cardboard web laminated on one side; a lamination web dispensing device; a lamination web printing device disposed downstream of the lamination web dispensing device; and a device, disposed downstream of the lamination web printing assembly, for producing a corrugated cardboard web laminated on two sides from the at least one corrugated cardboard web laminated on one side and from a lamination web. The at least one device for producing a respective corrugated cardboard web laminated on one side is configured and/or disposed in such a manner that the at least one corrugated cardboard web laminated on one side, at least in a manner adjacent upstream of the device for producing a corrugated cardboard web laminated on both sides, has a respective upwardly directed corrugation. The lamination web in the device for producing a corrugated cardboard web laminated on two sides is guided in such a manner that said lamination web therein runs above the at least one corrugated cardboard web laminated on one side.

An embossing system including: an embossing unit with at least one embossing roller arranged to emboss a web of paper intended to be joined with a further web by gluing; and a gluing unit associated with the embossing unit, with a tank containing the glue used to perform the gluing and a glue dispensing device including a cliche roller adapted to distribute by contact the glue contained in the tank on one of the webs while the embossing is performed, the cliche roller rotating with a pre-fixed angular velocity around an axis parallel to said at least one embossing roller. The system further includes: a sensor to produce electrical signals having amplitude and/or frequency related to the vibrations at which the cliche roll is instantaneously subject.