Application and fastening of a defined number of individual elements to a substrate web

A method for applying and attaching a defined number n of individual elements to a defined number m of predefined positions on a surface of a moving substrate web, characterized by the following steps:

• a) supplying the substrate web,
• b) applying an adhesive to the surface of the substrate web at each of the predefined positions so that respectively at least one individual element can be attached at respectively one predefined position and no individual element can be attached outside the predefined positions,
• c) feeding a number n1 of individual elements onto the surface of the substrate web, the number n1 being greater than or equal to the number n, the individual elements, which come into contact with adhesive with one of the predefined positions, being attached at this predefined position by the adhesive,
• d) removing the individual elements which do not adhere to one of the predefined positions with adhesive from the surface of the substrate web.