Abstract: An apparatus and method is provided for threading a continuous web into a device arrangement having a first module and a second module connectable to and detachable from one another. First and second traction units are provided in the first and second modules. A gripper device grips a beginning section of the continuous web and is detachable to the traction units. The continuous web is pulled with the assistance of the gripper device from an input section to an output section of the respective module given movement of the traction units. A connector device connects the two traction units of the two modules to each other.

Abstract: Disclosed is a device for inserting a continuous tape. A system comprises a first module (60) and a second module (62). Two traction means (66, 68) can be connected to one another on the intersection (64) and can be detached again. A gripper device (78) transports a continuous tape from the input section (70) of the first module (60) to the output section (72) of the second module (62) when the traction means (66, 68) are connected. The invention also relates to a combined monitoring device.