Device and method for measuring absorbent hygiene products

A device for measuring absorbent bodies that are spaced from each other on a continuous web, the device comprising:

• at least two microwave resonators configured to measure values of a shift of a resonance frequency and a spreading of a resonance frequency, wherein the continuous web moves through the at least two microwave resonators and the at least two microwave resonators are positioned at an offset with respect to each other in the transverse and transport direction relative to a direction of transport of the continuous web in order to measure a width of the continuous web,
• wherein at least one of a moisture and a density of the absorbent bodies is determined using the at least two microwave resonators to continuously determine the measured values of the shift of the resonance frequency and the spreading of the resonance frequency, and
• wherein each of the at least two microwave resonators has a measuring range with a homogeneous field distribution, and wherein the at least two microwave resonators are positioned transverse to the transport direction such that the continuous web is covered by measuring ranges with a homogeneous field distribution.