The machine according to the invention, for making absorbent sanitary articles, comprises a device (8) for forming inside the absorbent article (2) a pad (3) composed of a plurality of superposed layers (6,7) of absorbent material, a transfer roller (13) located downstream of the device (8) and having a cylindrical lateral surface (13a), and a wrapping unit (14) which is located downstream of the transfer roller (13) and by which the pad (3) is placed between a first sheet (4) of impermeable or permeable material and a second sheet (5) of permeable material the transfer roller (13) transfers the internal pad (3) from the forming device (8) to the wrapping unit (14), the forming device (8) also comprises, for each layer (6,7) of absorbent material, a respective forming unit (15,16) for cutting into lengths (11,12) a continuous web (9,10) of absorbent material fed into the selfsame unit (15,16) and for transferring the lengths (11,12) to the transfer roller (13) the lengths (11,12) of material fed by each unit (15,16) are mutually superposed on the lateral surface (13a) of the transfer roller (13) so as to form the layers (6,7) of the pad (3) and the pad (3) itself.La machine selon linvention, pour fabriquer des articles sanitaires absorbants, comprend un dispositif (8) pour former, à lintérieur de larticle absorbant (2), un tampon (3) composé dune pluralité de couches superposées (6, 7) de matériau absorbant, un rouleau de transfert (13) placé en aval du dispositif (8) et ayant une surface latérale cylindrique (13a), et une unité demballage (14) qui est placée en aval du rouleau de transfert (13), et par laquelle le tampon (3) est placé entre une première feuille (4) de matériau imperméable ou perméable et une seconde feuille (5) de matériau perméable le rouleau de transfert (13) transfère le tampon interne (3) du dispositif de formation (8) à lunité demballage (14), le dispositif de formation (8) comprend également, pour chaque couche (6, 7) de matériau absorbant,
