CUTTING DEVICE, AND MANUFACTURING DEVICE FOR LAMINATED ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY

A cutting device includes a drum section that rotates to convey a continuous body, and a cutting section that cuts the continuous body into multiple individual works. The drum section includes multiple holding heads that move while holding the respective works. The cutting section includes a cutter unit that moves together with multiple holding heads and that is smaller in number than the holding heads, and a cutter drive unit that moves the cutter unit independently of multiple holding heads. The cutter unit moves alongside of the continuous body from a certain cutting start position to cut the continuous body. The cutter drive unit returns the cutter unit that has cut the continuous body, to the cutting start position.