Machine for forming boxes

A machine for forming boxes which have at least a main body and the possibility of having a lid hinged to it, starting with flat blanks, comprising:

• a carousel which rotates about its own axis of rotation,
• a plurality of pick up and transfer arms mounted radially on the carousel and rotating with it about the axis of rotation,
• a plurality of operating stations positioned along a circular path described by the arms;
• the plurality of stations comprising at least a pick up station for the blanks to be folded, a gumming station, a folding station and a station for releasing the at least partly formed boxes;
• wherein each arm comprises a pick up element able to slide radially away from the carousel to pick up the blank directly from the pick up station and to accompany the box as far as a supporting surface at the releasing station;
• each arm comprising, at a free end, a die against which the blank rests during the transfer from the pick up station to the releasing station;
• wherein the folding station comprises a matrix, shaped to match the die, radially movable relative to the arm for coupling with the die and folding the blank around the die.