Abstract: An apparatus and a method for manufacturing an absorbent core for an absorbent product containing a first material and a second material dispersed throughout at least a portion of said first material. A rotating forming wheel produces the absorbent core in a mold provided on its circumferential surface and the forming wheel has a rotating air pervious belt along at least a part of the circumferential surface for keeping fibers and particles of the formed layer or layers in place on the wheel.