Guiding device

A guiding device for guiding a flexible strip comprising a guide roller that is rotatable about a roller axis and that has an exterior guide surface extending in a circumferential direction about the roller axis for guiding the flexible strip, wherein the guiding device further comprises a support for supporting the guide roller relative to a guide path for the flexible strip, wherein the guide roller comprises a plurality of roller segments juxtaposed in an axial direction along the roller axis for forming the exterior guide surface, wherein the plurality of roller segments are movable relative to each other to enable the guide roller to be positioned in a first bend state in which the roller axis extends along an arc, wherein the plurality of roller segments are interlocked to rotate together about the roller axis in said first bend state, wherein the plurality of roller segments extend over an arc length along the arc of the roller axis, wherein said arc length is at least ninety degrees in the first bend state.