Disclosed is a device with a drive source that drives and rotates a drum around a rotatory shaft in synchronization with other devices based on a synchronization signal that is repeatedly output and uses the unit movement amount for other devices that corresponds to the product pitch as one unit. The device supplies a raw material for an absorbing body from a duct disposed at a predetermined position in the rotation direction on the outer peripheral surface of the drum to a plurality of depressions provided intermittently at a predetermined placement pitch in the rotation direction thereby depositing the raw material for the absorbing body in the depressions to produce the absorbing body. The device comprises a first pitch setting member that sets the placement pitch as a first pitch a second pitch setting member that sets the placement pitch at a second pitch that differs from the first pitch a first signal generating unit that repeatedly generates a first rotation angle signal using the rotation angle of the drum that corresponds to the first pitch as one unit based on the drum rotation a second signal generating unit that repeatedly generates a second rotation angle signal using the aforementioned rotation angle of the drum that corresponds to the second pitch as one unit based on the drum rotation and a controller that controls the drive and rotation of the drive source. When the placement pitch is set at the first pitch the controller controls the drive and rotation of the drive source based on the first rotation angle signal and the synchronization signal. When the placement pitch is set at the second pitch the controller controls the drive and rotation of the drive source based on the second rotation angle signal and the synchronization signal.
