Apparatus and method for making a pouch package

A dunnage conversion apparatus for converting an upper cover sheet material, a lower cover sheet material and an expanded slit-sheet material into a strip of expanded dunnage, the apparatus comprising:

• a feeder configured to feed an upper cover sheet material, a lower cover sheet material and an expanded slit-sheet material, each having parallel opposite side edges, in a longitudinal direction through the apparatus;
• a cross adhesive applicator configured to apply adhesive across the upper surface of the lower cover sheet material in a direction perpendicular to the parallel opposite side edges of the lower cover sheet material;
• a layering device downstream of the cross adhesive applicator that is configured to layer the upper cover sheet material upon the upper surface of the lower cover sheet material with the expanded slit-sheet material therebetween to form a layered product;
• and,
• a cross pressure applicator configured to apply a pressure to the layered product at the location of the adhesive applied across the upper surface of the lower cover sheet material to bond the lower surface of the upper cover sheet material to the upper surface of the lower cover sheet material;
• wherein the cross adhesive applicator includes an adhesive head configured to move across the lower cover sheet material along a linear path in a direction transverse to the longitudinal direction;
• and
• wherein the linear path is at a non-perpendicular angle relative to the longitudinal direction.