Method for the production of a brous absorption body

A method of manufacturing a fibrous absorption body for use in disposable products such as diapers, sanitary napkins or wound dressings, comprising at least one type of absorbing fibers and a thermoplastic binding agent that has a binding temperature, comprising forming of the absorption fibers and the binding agent a homogeneous intermixture in the form of a substantially non-compressed web, heating said web above said binding temperature throughout the thickness of the web to activate the binding agent thereby to interconnect the absorption fibers by the binding agent throughout the thickness of the web, cooling the web below the binding temperature of the binding agent, and subsequently compressing the web between rollers of which a roller on one side of the web is at a temperature below the binding temperature of the binding agent and a roller on the opposite side of the web is at a temperature above said binding temperature, thereby to obtain a binding effect decreasing in a direction away from said opposite side of the web so as to produce a continuous density gradient in the web after its passage between said rollers.