The present invention relates to a method of guiding a web with a shifting path of the web to a substantially constant centration point. It comprises the steps of providing a web with a shifting path of the web from a source of the web, measuring upstream of said centration point, the position and/or orientation of said web by a sensor arrangement, and guiding said web to said centration point in accordance to the measurement results. The present invention advantageously relates to operations in the manufacturing of absorbent articles such as unwinding web rolls that are wound in a shifted manner, in particular spirally wound web rolls, and removing web from containers of loose web material. The invention also relates to a device for the execution of the method.

A medium stacking device on which a medium discharged from a processing device is stacked includes a stacking unit on which a medium is stacked, the stacking unit extending in a first direction, wherein the stacking unit includes a supporting member configured to support a medium, and a first protruding member and a second protruding member each positioned on a respective side of the supporting member in a second direction different from the first direction, the supporting member includes a supporting surface that supports a medium, the first protruding member includes a first protruding surface that supports a medium, the second protruding member includes a second protruding surface that supports a medium, and the first protruding surface and the second protruding surface are positioned above the supporting surface.