Cutting station for a tire building machine

A tire building machine comprising a cutting station for cutting off a first tire component from a strip of rubber material, wherein the cutting station comprises a cutting device and a feeding device for feeding the strip of rubber material into the cutting device, wherein the cutting device comprises a cutting table for supporting the strip of rubber material in a support plane and a cutting element for cutting the strip of rubber material along a cutting line that extends parallel to the support plane, wherein the support plane extends at a support angle with respect to a first vertical plane in a range of five to thirty degrees and wherein the feeding device is arranged for feeding the strip of rubber material onto the cutting table in a downward feeding direction parallel to the support plane, wherein the first tire component has a main surface that directly after cutting extends parallel to the support plane, wherein the tire building machine is further provided with a first conveyor for conveying the first tire component from the cutting station towards a downstream station or a tire building drum in a first plane of conveyance different from the support plane, wherein the tire building machine comprises a first transfer unit for transferring the first tire component from the cutting station to the first conveyor while repositioning the first tire component from a first orientation to a second orientation, respectively, wherein the main surface of the first tire component in the first orientation extends parallel to the support plane and in the second orientation extends parallel to the first plane of conveyance, wherein the cutting station is arranged for alternatingly cutting off the first tire component and a second tire component from the strip of rubber material, wherein the second tire component has a main surface that directly after cutting extends parallel to the support plane, wherein the tire building machine is further provided with a second conveyor for conveying the second tire component from the cutting station towards a downstream station or a tire building drum in a second plane of conveyance different from the support plane, wherein the tire building machine comprises a second transfer unit for transferring the second tire component from the cutting station to the second conveyor while repositioning the second tire component from a third orientation to a fourth orientation, respectively, wherein the main surface of the second tire component in the third orientation extends parallel to the support plane and in the fourth orientation extends parallel to the second plane of conveyance.