Provided are an absorbent article production device and an absorbent article production method that are capable of handling a variety of sizes while reliably reducing damage to arm members. The absorbent article production device comprises a guiding member (120) that guides elastic members (6) that are dispensed onto a web (7), which is constituent parts that configure the absorbent article conveyed in a continuous form. The guiding member (120) comprises: arm members (121) that have leading ends (122) that are the positions for dispensing the elastic members (6) onto the web and base ends (123) that are at a distance from the leading ends first driving members (125) that cause the arm members to oscillate and second driving members (128) that cause the arm members and first driving members to reciprocate in a direction that is orthogonal to the direction in which the web is conveyed.
