Patent ID: 7399381

Claim:
A machine for producing and treating a fiber web, comprising: a material web forming device forming a material web continuously from a supplied fibrous suspension; a dewatering and drying section arranged along a material web path after said material web forming device, said dewatering and drying section extracting water from the web by way of at least one of thermal and mechanical action, said dewatering and drying section drying the web at least down to a residual moisture content; at least one application apparatus arranged along said material web path after said dewatering and drying section, said application apparatus applying one of a liquid and a pasty application medium to both sides of the web, said at least one application apparatus including a first contactless application unit and a second contactless application unit each discharging said application medium in at least one of an application medium curtain and an application medium veil, said at least one contactless application unit applying said application medium to said material web on the basis of at least one of forces imparted to said application medium, movement impulses imparted to said application medium and movement of said application medium induced by the force of gravity; a drying device arranged along said material web path after said application apparatus, said drying device drying the moving material web to a final drying state; a processing device arranged along said material web path after said drying device, said processing device at least one of processing, picking up and discharging the web; an air guide arrangement following said second contactless application unit; and a contactless dryer arrangement following said air guide arrangement, the web not being contacted with anything but air from said second contactless application unit through said contactless dryer arrangement.