When machines start thinking in products, not in meters, efficiency becomes intelligence.

Most industrial lines still follow a logic inherited from textile production: a continuous web of material that is later cut, folded, and adjusted into discrete products. But what if this logic were reversed?

In the case of underpads, each item is used and sold individually—so why should it be born as part of an endless roll? Producing discrete pieces directly on the line turns a mechanical process into a cognitive one. The machine no longer “makes material” but “makes products.”

This shift simplifies logistics, reduces waste, shortens lead times, and improves product consistency. More importantly, it changes the way we think about machinery design: a smart machine is not the one that works faster, but the one that makes the next machine unnecessary.