An apparatus for making an elastic laminate including a crosslinked
elastic layer formed of an elastic copolymer includes a die for extruding
a layer of crosslinkable elastic copolymer, at least one roll for
conveying the elastic layer, a supply source for providing at least one
nonwoven web, a lamination nip for laminating at least one nonwoven web
to the elastic layer, a processing unit for crosslinking the elastic
layer and a winder for collecting the elastic laminate. The crosslinkable
elastic copolymer may be a crosslinkable elastic styrenic block
copolymer, a crosslinkable semi-crystalline polyolefin plastomer, or a
crosslinkable propylene-ethylene copolymer. The crosslinkable elastic
layer may be extruded in the form of a plurality of parallel filaments
such as by a filament die. The processing unit may be positioned between
the at least one roll and the lamination nip or may be positioned between
the lamination nip and the winder. The processing unit may have an open
or a closed configuration and may be an electron beam processing unit.