Patent ID: 7776185

Claim:
A machine for the production and/or further processing of a fibrous web with a press section and a drying section, wherein the press section comprises solely one single press-nip, the fibrous web being led through the single press-nip in the form of a sandwich between an upper and a lower felt, and wherein the drying section comprises at least two air-flow drying units arranged so that in one of the at least two air-flow drying units one side of the fibrous web faces a flow of air and in the other of the at least two air-flow drying units the other side of the fibrous web faces a flow of air, wherein the fibrous web is led from the forming section to the end of a second drying group of the drying section without the use of a free draw, and wherein the fibrous web is transferred from the lower felt of the press nip to a transfer belt which does not run through a drying unit, and from the transfer belt to a dryer fabric of the drying section.