A machine for making absorbent sanitary articles (2) comprises a feed conveyor (8) on which a continuous web (10) of material for making the absorbent articles (2) is advanced along a feed line (9) in a first direction (D1), a forming and application unit (14) by which at least one pair (13) of accessory elements (7) for each absorbent article (2) are formed and applied the forming and application unit (14) comprises a device (16) for feeding a continuous succession (17) of accessory elements (7) and a conveying unit (18) the conveying unit (18) comprises a conveyor roller (21) for the continuous succession (17) of accessory elements (7), a separating device (22) defined by a first and a second spacer roller (2324) which are substantially tangent to the conveyor roller (21) at a first and a second pickup station (2526), respectively the first and the second spacer roller (2324) have retaining and alternate movement means (35) comprising respective pickup pads (38) which are slidable along the second direction (D2) and which are driven by a respective linear electric motor (39).La présente invention concerne une machine pour la fabrication darticles sanitaires absorbants (2) comportant un distributeur à courroie (8) sur lequel une bande continue (10) de matériau pour la fabrication des articles absorbants (2) est transportée vers lavant le long dune ligne dalimentation (9) dans une première direction (D1), une unité de formation et dapplication (14) grâce à laquelle au moins une paire (13) déléments accessoires (7) pour chaque article absorbant (2) sont formés et appliqués lunité de formation et dapplication (14) comporte un dispositif (16) pour alimenter une succession continue (17) déléments accessoires (7) et une unité de transport (18) lunité de transport (18) comporte un rouleau de transporteur (21) pour la succession continue (17) déléments accessoires (7), un dispositif de séparation (22) défini par un premier et un second rouleaux despacement (23 24) qui s
