COMPACT MOLDING APPARATUS AND COMPACT MOLDING METHOD

A compact molding apparatus includes: a roll stretching mechanism in which three or more stretching rolls are arranged and which stretches a compact, produced by compressing a powder into a sheet shape, at two or more locations; and a plurality of cutting mechanisms that are provided in two or more of the stretching rolls supporting and conveying the compact, as stretched, on a circumferential surface and that cut an end of the compact, supported by the stretching roll, in a width direction.