An apparatus (500) for manufacturing an absorbent element (1; 2; 3) according to any one of the preceding claims, which apparatus comprises: - a first embossing roller (510), having a plurality of first protruding elements (511) and engaged by a first laminate material (11); - a suction roller (550) coupled to the first embossing roller (510), which suction roller (550) has a plurality of openings (551), each one suitable for receiving a protruding element (511) of the first roller (510), wherein, during a coordinated rotation of the first embossing roller (510) and of the suction roller (550), a protruding element (511) engages an opening (551 ) with interposition of the first material (11) so as to implement in the latter a respective first frusto-conical cavity (111), wherein the suction roller (550) has means for sucking super-absorbent material from a reservoir (560), which suction means exerts a suction through openings facing the reservoir, so that a super-absorbent material mass is sucked within a first cavity (111) of the first laminate material (11); - a second embossing roller (520), having a plurality of second protruding elements (521) and configured to be engaged, in use, by a second laminate material (12), which second embossing roller (520), too, is configured to be coupled to the suction roller (550) downstream of the suction action, and wherein, during a coordinated rotation of the second embossing roller (520) and of the suction roller (550), a second protruding element (521) engages an opening (551) with interposition of the first and second laminate material so as to form in the latter a second cavity (121).Selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, l'invention concerne un appareil (500) de fabrication d'un élément absorbant (1; 2; 3), cet appareil comprenant : ■ un premier rouleau de gaufrage (510) possédant une pluralité de premiers éléments saillants (511) et mis en prise avec un premier matériau stratifié (11); ■ un rouleau d'asp