In order to form absorbents accurately into a previously established shape the absorbent production device is equipped with: a fiber depositing unit that successively forms multiple fiber deposits (S) and discharges said fiber deposits at intervals in the direction of conveyance wherein the patterning plates each have a deep groove towards the back end of the fiber deposit in the conveyance direction so as to form a thick region a wrapping unit that wraps the fiber deposits discharged successively from the fiber depositing unit with a continuous wrapping material thereby forming a continuous wrapped product a conveying unit that conveys the continuous wrapped product in the conveyance direction a pressing unit that presses the conveyed continuous wrapped product to elongate the fiber deposits (S) thereby forming connecting regions (C) that connect adjacent fiber deposits to each other and a cutting unit that cuts the continuous wrapped product in the connecting regions (C) thereby forming absorbents of the previously established shape.
