Absorbent articles with refastenably connected waist regions and methods and apparatuses for making absorbent articles

A method of assembling absorbent articles, the method comprising steps of:

• providing a discrete part comprising a first surface and an opposing second surface, the discrete part further comprising a first side region and a second side region separated from the first side region in a cross direction by a central region;
• providing at least one stripe of adhesive on the first surface of the central region of the discrete part;
• advancing the discrete part in a machine direction on a first roll such that the at least one stripe of adhesive extends in the machine direction, and wherein the first surface of the discrete part is facing radially outward;
• transferring the discrete part from the first roll to a rotatable transfer device, wherein the first surface of the discrete part is facing radially inward;
• turning the discrete part such that the at least one stripe of adhesive extends in the cross direction while rotating the transfer device;
• transferring the discrete part from the transfer device to a second roll, wherein the first surface of the discrete part is facing radially outward;
• advancing a carrier substrate adjacent the second roll, the carrier substrate comprising a first outer region separated from a second outer region in the cross direction by a central region;
• advancing the discrete part between the second roll and the carrier substrate such that the at least one stripe of adhesive extends in the cross direction across the first outer region of the carrier substrate;
• adhesively bonding the central region of the discrete part with the carrier substrate with the at least one stripe of adhesive;
• folding the central region of the carrier substrate to position the second outer region of the carrier substate into a facing relationship with the first outer region of the carrier substrate and the second surface of the discrete part;
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• refastenably connecting the second outer region of the carrier substrate with the discrete part.