Abstract: A method and an apparatus for handling further processing a continuously produced, unstretched honeycomb band is disclosed. To facilitate handling and further processing of the unstretched honeycomb band, the following process steps are used:a) the honeycomb band is reeled and temporarily stored as a reel or marketed as a separate commercial product;b) for further processing, the unstretched honeycomb band is unwound from the reel and stretched into the desired final shape; andc) the desired partial lengths are cut off from the continuous, stretched honeycomb band.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process and an apparatus for the production of an endless honeycomb band, consisting of flatly adjacent, partially bonded strips, which band can be drawn out by stretching in band longitudinal direction to form a honeycomb. Film sheets are continuously drawn off from a plurality of coils, provided on one side with equally spaced glue strips running mutually parallel in the sheet longitudinal direction and subsequently being laid one on top of another. The gluing is performed with a hotmelt adhesive, which is sprayed onto each film sheet in the form of a plurality of strips. The glue strips of the one film sheet are arranged offset with respect to the above-lying or below-lying film sheet by half a strip spacing in each case.