Strip applicator, strip-winding station and method for applying a strip to a strip-winding drum

A strip applicator for applying a strip to a strip-winding drum for forming a tire component, wherein the strip applicator comprises an applicator member for applying the strip to the strip-winding drum at an application position and a supply section for receiving the strip in an input direction at a supply position and for supplying the strip to the applicator member in an output direction, wherein the applicator member is movable in an offset direction transverse to the output direction to offset the application position relative to the supply position, wherein the supply section comprises an input member at the supply position for receiving the strip in the input direction and an output member for outputting the strip to the applicator member in the output direction, wherein the output member is movable relative to the input member from a start position towards an offset position with at least a vector component in the offset direction, wherein the supply section defines a supply path for the strip, wherein the supply path, between the input member and the output member, comprises a transition segment that extends in a start orientation transverse to the output direction and the offset direction when the output member is in the start position and that is tilted into an offset orientation oblique to the start orientation when the output member is in the offset position, wherein the transition segment is tiltable about a first twist axis parallel to the input direction, wherein the input member and the output member are tiltable as a whole about the first twist axis.