METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING ABSORBER

To provide a technique that allows water-absorbing polymers to be uniformly dispersed in a direction (CD) orthogonal to a flow direction (MD) in production of an absorber.SOLUTION: A method for producing an absorber includes the steps of supplying a water-absorbing polymer P into a duct 5 through a polymer supply pipe 7, which communicates between the inside and the outside the duct 5, making the water-absorbing polymer P merge with an airflow flowing in one direction AF inside the duct 5 while containing a fibrous material F, and causing the fibrous material F and the water-absorbing polymer P carried on the airflow to accumulate at an accumulation part 40 under conveyance in a predetermined conveyance direction MD. In order that the direction of supply PD of the water-absorbing polymer P into the duct 5 has an angle θ relative to the direction of conveyance FD of the fibrous material F at a merging position of the water-absorbing polymer P, the water-absorbing polymer P is conveyed to the merging position while carried on a circulating airflow SF that circulates inside the polymer supply pipe 7 around its axial direction.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3 【課題】吸収体製造時の流れ方向（ＭＤ）に直交する方向（ＣＤ）に吸水性ポリマーを均一に分散させることができる技術を提供すること。【解決手段】本発明の吸収体の製造方法は、ダクト５の内外を連通するポリマー供給管７を介してダクト５の内部に吸水性ポリマーＰを供給し、繊維材料Ｆを含んだ状態でダクト５の内部を一方向ＡＦに流れる空気流に合流させ、該空気流に載せて搬送した繊維材料Ｆ及び吸水性ポリマーＰを、所定の搬送方向ＭＤに搬送中の集積部４０に集積させる工程を有する。吸水性ポリマーＰのダクト５の内部への供給方向ＰＤが、吸水性ポリマーＰの合流位置での繊維材料Ｆの搬送方向ＦＤに対して角度θを有するように、吸水性ポリマーＰを、ポリマー供給管７の内部をその軸方向周りに旋回する旋回空気流ＳＦに載せて前記合流位置まで搬送する。【選択図】図３