THE PRESENT INVENTION RELATES TO A METHOD FOR FORMING AN ABSORBENT CORE. THE METHOD COMPRISES THE STEPS OF FORMING AND COMPRESSING AN ABSORBENT CORE, FOLLOWED BY A PASSING THE ABSORBENT CORE THROUGH A SUBSEQUENT NIP (16) BETWEEN TWO ROLLS (18,20), WHEREIN AT LEAST ONE OF THE ROLLS HAS A SURFACE COMPRISING AN ELASTIC MATERIAL, SUCH THAT THE HARD-SPOT NUMBER OF THE ABSORBENT CORE IS REDUCED. THE INVENTION ALSO RELATES TO A DEVICE FOR FORMING ABSORBENT CORES AS WELL AS ABSORBENTS CORES PRODUCED USING THE METHOD. FIGURE 1