Machine and method for the production of a cartridge for an electronic cigarette

A manufacturing machine for the production of a cartridge for an electronic cigarette;

• the cartridge comprises:
• a heating device provided with a wick, with an electrical coil wound in a spiral around the wick, and with a support, which has two “U”-shaped cavities housing, on the inside, the wick;
• two conductor elements, each having an inner end, which is connected to a corresponding end of the electrical coil;
• a tube, which is connected to the support of the heating device;
• a mouthpiece, where the tube ends;
• and at least one absorbent pad, which is housed in the mouthpiece;
• the manufacturing machine comprising:
• at least one movable plate, where there is at least one first seat, which is designed to house the support of the heating device, and at least one second seat, which is aligned with the first seat and is designed to house the mouthpiece;
• an assembling conveyor to cyclically move the movable plate along an annular assembling path;
• a first feeding station, which is arranged along the assembling path and in which the support of the heating device is fed into the first seat;
• a second feeding station, which is arranged along the assembling path and in which the mouthpiece is fed into the second seat;
• a transfer station, in which the support of the heating device and the mouthpiece are simultaneously removed from the movable plate;
• a third feeding station, which is arranged along the assembling path downstream of the first feeding station;
• in said third feeding station, the wick provided with the electrical coil is coupled to the support carried by the first seat;
• a first moving device, which moves, through the third feeding station, a first band provided with a plurality of first pockets housing respective wicks, each provided with an electrical coil;
• and
• a first feeding device, which is arranged in the third feeding station, picks up the wick provided with the electrical coil from the first band and inserts the wick provided with the electrical coil into the support carried by the first seat.