Method for providing a localized dwell in an advancing web

A method for producing a localized dwell in a portion of a web, the method comprising:

• conveying one or more webs at a first velocity in a machine direction, wherein the one or more webs are conveyed by an apparatus comprising a traversing assembly and at least one processing station adjacent to the traversing assembly, wherein the traversing assembly is moveable from a start position in a substantially linear path, and wherein the traversing assembly returns to the start position after an operation cycle in a cycle time, and wherein the one or more webs comprise a second section in the area of the at least one processing station;
• moving the traversing assembly at a second velocity sufficient to dwell the second section of the one or more webs for a dwell time;
• bonding layers of the one or more webs, wherein the bonding is performed at the one or more processing stations;
• accelerating and decelerating the traversing assembly in a second direction opposite the first direction until the traversing assembly is returned to the start position in a return time, wherein the return time equal to the difference between the cycle time and the dwell time, and wherein the dwell time is greater than the return time.

A method for producing a localized dwell in a portion of a web, the method comprising:

• conveying one or more webs at a first velocity in a machine direction, wherein the one or more webs are conveyed by an apparatus comprising a traversing assembly and at least one processing station adjacent to the traversing assembly, wherein the traversing assembly is moveable from a start position in a substantially linear path, and wherein the traversing assembly returns to the start position after an operation cycle in a cycle time, and wherein the one or more webs comprise a second section in the area of the at least one processing station;
• moving the traversing assembly at a second velocity sufficient to dwell the second section of the one or more webs for a dwell time;
• bonding at least two layers of the one or more webs, wherein the bonding is performed at the one or more processing stations;
• decelerating the traversing assembly from the second velocity to a third velocity, wherein the third velocity is equal to zero, and wherein the one or more webs travels at a first velocity when the traversing assembly is at the third velocity;
• accelerating the traversing assembly in a second direction opposite the first direction, and wherein the one or more webs reach a velocity of greater than at least two times the first velocity;
• decelerating the traversing assembly moving in the second direction until the traversing assembly reaches the third velocity, and wherein the one or more webs travel at a first velocity when the traversing assembly is at the third velocity;
• accelerate the traversing assembly in the first direction to the second velocity until the traversing assembly reaches the start position, and
• wherein the traversing assembly returns to the start position in a return time, wherein the return time is equal to the difference between the cycle time and the dwell time, and wherein the dwell time is greater than one product period.