Rotary press with cut off apparatus

A rotary apparatus comprising:

• a pair of co-operating rotating assemblies for forming a discontinuous workpiece cut from a continuous workpiece, while the workpiece is advancing in a feed direction in a forming plane, each said rotating assembly having;
• a rotor having a rotor axis parallel to said plane and perpendicular to said feed direction;
• a die mount for mounting a die, said die mount pivotally connected to said rotor and controlledly pivotable about a die mount axis parallel to said rotor axis for presenting the die to the workpiece at a controlled angular orientation;
• said rotor being driveable to engage the die with the workpiece, and
• said mount permitting translation of the die relative to said die mount axis in said feed direction during engagement of the die with the workpiece;
• a feed mechanism for feeding the workpiece to said roll units;
• a workpiece cut off apparatus located upstream of said roll units, said cut off apparatus being operable in timed relation to the operation of said roll units to cut said continuous workpiece to form said discontinuous workpiece, and to define a leading edge on said continuous workpiece;
• a workpiece stop operable to engage said leading edge and to interrupt movement of said workpiece towards said roll units, said stop being operable to release said workpiece in timed relation to the rotation of said roll units, whereby formations made by said dies in said workpiece are made at precise locations relative to the cut made by said workpiece cut off apparatus.