An apparatus (1) for transferring, at high speed and in a very effective and accurate manner, particulate material (100) from a feeder (30) into reservoirs (50) of a moving endless surface, e.g. a drum, by use of a pressure means, e.g. a specific three-dimensional plate (10), for applying pressure onto said particulate material (100) present between said plate (10) and said moving endless surface, and then transferring the particulate material (100) with said moving endless surface with reservoirs (50) to a substrate (110) the apparatus (1) and method being in particular useful for the production of absorbent structures for absorbent articles.
