Method and apparatus for the production of disposable wipes produced in this way, cleaning cloths and

摘要

A method and a system for making disposable wash cloths and comprising a section of raw material, said raw material being a block of polyurethane foam, preferably a moulded block, from which a web of material (5) is cut by means of a band knife (4). This material is fed to guide rollers (6) and from there further on to a rolling-up section. In the rolling-up section, the desired amount of material is rolled on to a cardboard tube (9). During rolling-up, the material is provided with tear-off markings, the distance between the markings corresponding to the length of a wash cloth. When the desired amount of material has been rolled-up, an ejector system (10) is activated and conveys the rolled-up material up through the packaging section and from there further on to a severing section. In association with the rolling-up section there is arranged a feed chute for cardboard tubes of such a type that, after the ejection of a wound cardboard tube, a new one is automatically fed for rolling-up. In the severing section, the rolled-up material is severed to consumer packages whose length corresponds to the width of a wash cloth.