PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a manufacturing method of an absorbent article having a single fiber-stacking absorber selectively including a functional component in a specific layer, and an absorbent article.SOLUTION: The absorbent article manufacturing method for manufacturing absorbers 56 includes: a chemical application step of applying chemical solution including a functional component to one area R2 out of a plurality of areas R1-R3 in CD direction in a staple sheet 56s and applying no chemical solution to the other areas R1 and R3 a fibrillation step of fibrillating the staple sheet 56s by a fiberizer 101 to acquire fibrillated objects in the respective areas R1-R3 of the staple sheet 56s and a fiber stacking step of supplying the fibrillated objects in the respective areas R1-R3, via supply chambers 102a and 102b independently provided corresponding to the respective areas R1-R3, to different positions in a circumferential direction in an outer peripheral surface of a fiber-stacking drum 102, and stacking a fiber layer including the fibrillated objects in the respective areas R1-R3 in absorber molds 102m to form the absorbers 56.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 14COPYRIGHT: (C)2017,JPO&INPIT【課題】特定の層に機能性成分が選択的に含有された単一の積繊吸収体を有する吸収性物品の製造方法及び吸収性物品を提供する。【解決手段】短繊維シート56sにおけるCD方向の複数の領域R1~R3のうち、一つの領域R2に機能性成分を含有する薬液を付与し、他の領域R1,R3に薬液を付与しない、薬液付与工程と、解繊機101により短繊維シート56sを解繊し、短繊維シート56sの各領域R1~R3の解繊物を得る解繊工程と、各領域R1~R3の解繊物を、各領域R1~R3に対応して独立に設けられた供給チャンバー102a,102bを介して、積繊ドラム102の外周面における周方向の異なる位置に供給し、吸収体型102m内に各領域R1~R3の解繊物を含む繊維層を積層して吸収体56を形成する、積繊工程と、を経て吸収体56を製造する、ことを特徴とする吸収性物品の製造方法である。【選択図】図14
