Device for processing and applying pieces for making absorbent articles

A device for processing and applying pieces for making absorbent articles comprising:

• a supporting shaft rotating about an axis of rotation;
• a plurality of anvils rotating about the axis of rotation of the shaft each of the anvils including a respective contact surface;
• a cutting unit including at least one cutting edge operating in conjunction with each respective contact surface for defining a cutting station for cutting a continuous web into single pieces for making absorbent articles;
• a plurality of pads, each including a respective retaining surface for a respective one of the pieces, which are moved about the axis of rotation of the shaft for conveying the respective one of the pieces from the cutting station to a releasing station for releasing the respective one of the pieces onto a receiving substrate;
• each of the pads being provided with a rotating movement about a pad axis thereof for varying a respective orientation of each of the pads from the cutting station, where a larger side of the each of the pads is parallel to a first line of feed of the continuous web, to the releasing station, where the larger side of each of the pads is transversal to a second line of feed of the receiving substrate, and vice versa;
• each of the pads being provided with a translating movement, along a line parallel to the respective pad axis, away from and towards the axis of rotation of the shaft;
• each of the pads being provided with an oscillating movement about a respective axis of oscillation thereof;
• the respective axis of oscillation being eccentric relative to the axis of rotation of the shaft and having a line of extension parallel to the axis of rotation of the shaft;
• the pad axis being oriented radially relative to the axis of oscillation;
• for each of the pads, a connected respective movement unit comprising a respective kinematic device configured for transmitting to each of the pads the translating movement, away from and towards the axis of rotation of the shaft, and the rotating movement of each of the pads about the respective pad axis;
• each movement unit oscillating about the respective axis of oscillation.