Process for making absorbent component

A process for making an absorbent component, the process comprising the steps of:

• providing individual sheets of pulp, each sheet of pulp having a face;
• attaching a first individual pulp sheet to one or more second individual pulp sheets to form a strip of pulp, wherein the face of the first individual pulp sheet overlaps less than 30% of a surface area of the face of the second individual pulp sheet;
• feeding the strip of pulp into a defiberizer;
• defiberizing the strip of pulp to form defiberized fibers;
• and
• depositing the defiberized fibers onto a forming surface to form the absorbent component.