Method and apparatus for shaping substantially flat continuous material

Apparatus according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein a further static shaping element is provided, which further static shaping element is constructed as at least one structured surface, wherein the structure has a longitudinal extension in a transport direction of the substantially flat continuous material.

Apparatus according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the shaping device comprises a dynamic shaping element capable of performing a movement in a transport direction of the substantially flat continuous material.

Apparatus for shaping substantially flat continuous material, the apparatus comprising:

• a shaping device for gathering substantially flat continuous material transverse to a longitudinal direction of the continuous material to form a gathered continuous material;
• a cooling device for cooling the gathered continuous material, wherein the shaping device and the cooling device are combined such as to immediately cool the gathered continuous material, wherein the shaping device comprises dynamic shaping elements capable of performing a movement in a transport direction of the substantially flat continuous material, wherein at least two different dynamic shaping elements are arranged subsequently and at a distance to each other along the transport direction of the substantially flat continuous material.

Apparatus according to any one of the preceding claims, further comprising a parting unit for creating an open channel in the gathered continuous material, the parting unit comprising a parting element, which is arranged relatively movable to a transport direction of the substantially flat continuous material and such as to extend at least partly into the gathered continuous material.

Method for shaping a substantially flat continuous material, the method comprising the steps of:

• providing a substantially flat continuous material;
• gathering the substantially flat continuous material by means of a static shaping element in a lateral direction to form a gathered continuous material;
• cooling the substantially flat continuous material immediately after gathering the substantially flat continuous material, thereby cooling the gathered continuous material by a cool contact surface in contact with the gathered continuous material arranged next to an outlet of the static shaping element.