There is provided a passing apparatus of a workpiece associated with an absorbent article thatreceives at a receiving position a first sheet-like workpiece being transported in a transporting direction,changes a longitudinal direction of the first sheet-like workpiece to a direction that intersects the longitudinal direction of the timing when the first sheet-like workpiece is received at the receiving position, anddischarges at a discharge position the first sheet-like workpiece whose longitudinal direction is changed. The passing apparatus includes: a plurality of holding pads having a plane section that is in contact with a surface of the first sheet-like workpiece and holds the first sheet-like workpiece a revolution mechanism that causes the holding pad to revolve about a revolution axis parallel to a normal direction of the plane section and a spin mechanism that causes the holding pad to spin about a spin axis parallel to the normal direction of the plane section. On an orbit of the holding pad determined by the revolution mechanism, the receiving position and the discharge position are set.
