PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an apparatus for producing an absorbent article capable of improving a production efficiency of the absorbent article that comprises an absorber in which water absorptive granular materials are arranged inside a plurality of fibers of a tow and capable of preventing returning of liquid in the absorbent article.SOLUTION: The apparatus 1 for producing an absorbent article comprises: a gas fiber-opening apparatus 9 that opens a plurality of fibers 60 of a conveyed tow with a gas in at least one fiber-opening chamber 43； an addition apparatus 10 that adds a water absorptive granular material to the tow at an upstream side in a conveyance direction relative to an exit of the fiber-opening chamber 43 at the most downstream side in the conveyance direction of the tow in the gas fiber-opening apparatus 9； and an attaching apparatus 11 that attaches a binder for combining the plurality of fibers on an upper surface of the tow at a downstream side in the conveyance direction relative to the gas fiber-opening apparatus 9.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1【課題】トウの複数本の繊維の内部に吸水性の粒状物が配置された吸収体を備える吸収性物品の製造効率を向上させ、吸収性物品の液戻りを防止できる吸収性物品を製造する吸収性物品製造装置の提供。【解決手段】搬送されるトウの複数本の繊維６０を、少なくとも１つの開繊室４３において、気体により開繊する気体開繊装置９と、気体開繊装置９のトウの搬送方向の最も下流側における開繊室４３の出口よりも搬送方向の上流側において、吸水性の粒状物をトウに添加する添加装置１０と、気体開繊装置９よりも搬送方向の下流側において、複数本の繊維を結合させるバインダを、トウの上面に添着する添着装置１１とを備える吸収性物品製造装置１。【選択図】図１
