An apparatus for manufacturing an absorbent article includes a guide member that guides an elastic member fed on a web configuring a component of the absorbent article and being conveyed in a continuous state. The guide member includes: an arm member having a tip portion that is a feeding position of the elastic member to the web, and a base portion separated from the tip portion a first driving member that swings the arm member about the base portion of the arm member as a rotational axis and a second driving member that performs a back and forth movement of the arm member and the first driving member in a first direction in which the tip portion is close to a contact point where the elastic member is in contact with the web, and a second direction in which the tip portion is separated from the contact point.本發明之課題係在於提供既可確實地減輕臂構件的破損,又可因應各種的尺寸之吸收性物品的製造裝置及吸收性物品的製造方法。用以解決課題之手段為,吸收性物品的製造裝置係具有:對在構成吸收性物品之構成零件呈連續的狀態下被搬送之網(7)上,導引反復送出的彈性構件(6’)之導引構件(120)。導引構件(120)係具備:臂構件(121),其具有成為彈性構件(6’)之朝網反復送出位置之前端部(122)、和與前端部分離之基端部(123);使臂構件擺動之第1驅動構件(125);及第2驅動構件(128),其使臂構件朝前端部(122)接近彈性構件抵接於網之抵接點的第1方向(Ma)與前端部自抵接點分離之第2方向(Mb)往復移動。6a‧‧‧前方腳皺褶6b‧‧‧後方腳皺褶6c‧‧‧大環狀部6d‧‧‧小環狀部6a’、6b’‧‧‧彈性構件7‧‧‧複合網7a‧‧‧第1端部7b‧‧‧第2端部100‧‧‧彈性構件安裝裝置120‧‧‧導引構件120A‧‧‧第1導引構件121A‧‧‧第1臂構件121B‧‧‧第2臂構件122‧‧‧前端部123‧‧‧基端部124‧‧‧托架127‧‧‧連結桿129‧‧‧底板130B‧‧‧下側沖壓輥132‧‧‧導軌134‧‧‧曲柄圓板150A、150B‧‧‧供料滾子CD‧‧‧交叉方向Da‧‧‧第3方向Db‧‧‧第4方向D2‧‧‧位置偏移的長度Ma‧‧‧第1方向Mb‧‧‧第2方向MD‧‧‧搬送方向GL‧‧‧波浪狀中心線IL‧‧‧內側端線IP‧‧‧內側端部位置OL‧‧‧外側端線OP‧‧‧外側端部位置W1‧‧‧預定範圍
