Method for the final shaping of a tampon

Method for a shaping step completing a process for producing a tampon (1) which is produced of an absorbent material, wherein at least one groove (12, 13) is embossed onto the peripheral surface by radially compressing at least one region of the tampon (1) extending along a peripheral surface of the tampon (1), the groove plane substantially extending normal to the longitudinal extension of the tampon, wherein a peripheral surface of the tampon (1) is sectional spanned by at least one first press mold (2) with pressing sections (5, 6) that are moveable in opposite directions, concavely embodied each and in their course less curved than the peripheral surface of the tampon, with said pressing sections being arranged such a way that a pressing of the tampon (1) by means of the pressing sections (5, 6) results in a convex surface shape of a pressed region of the tampon (1), and wherein said peripheral surface is compressed by means of a movement of the pressing sections (5, 6) towards each other, whereby a compressed region after removal of the pressing sections essentially provides a contour corresponding to the course of the contour of the pressing sections (5, 6).