THE PRESENT DISCLOSURE PERTAINS TO A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ABSORBENT ARTICLES (9), THE METHOD COMPRISING THE STEPS OF: FEEDING A LONGITUDINAL WEB (1) OF WEB MATERIAL, THE WEB HAVING TWO OPPOSING LONGITUDINAL EDGES (14), A FIRST SIDE (10) AND A SECOND SIDE (12), THE WEB FURTHERMORE HAVING OPENINGS (16) SITUATED BETWEEN THE TWO OPPOSING LONGITUDINAL EDGES, THE OPENINGS BEING SPACED APART FROM ONE ANOTHER IN THE LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION OF THE WEB SUCH THAT SPACED APART, OPPOSING MARGINS (18) OF WEB MATERIAL ARE FORMED BETWEEN THE RESPECTIVE OPENING AND THE OPPOSING LONGITUDINAL EDGES OF THE WEB MATERIAL CARRYING OUT A FIRST FOLDING ACTION (20) OF FOLDING THE WEB ABOUT ITSELF ALONG ITS LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION SUCH THAT PORTIONS OF THE FIRST SIDE OF THE WEB FACE EACH OTHER CARRYING OUT A SECOND (30) FOLDING ACTION OF FOLDING AT LEAST A PORTION OF THE WEB ALONG ITS LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION TO BRING TOGETHER THE OPPOSING MARGINS OF WEB MATERIAL SUCH THAT THEY FACE EACH OTHER ON THE SECOND SIDE OF THE WEB AFTER THE SECOND FOLDING ACTION, FORMING A JOINT (46) IN THE WEB, THE JOINT BEING FORMED AT LEAST IN A PART OF THE REGION IN WHICH THE OPPOSING MARGINS HAVE BEEN BROUGHT TOGETHER BY THE SECOND FOLDING ACTION, THE JOINT EXTENDING BETWEEN THE LONGITUDINAL EDGES AND THE OPENING IN THE WEB FINALLY SEPARATING (8) THE WEB THROUGH THE JOINT TO SEPARATE AN INDIVIDUAL ABSORBENT ARTICLE FROM THE END OF THE WEB. FIGURE 1
