Patent ID: 7326320

Claim:
A machine for the manufacture of a fiber material web, comprising: a shoe pressing unit; a cylinder comprising one of a drying and tissue cylinder, wherein said shoe pressing unit and said cylinder are arranged to form at least one press nip; a water absorbent carrier band; a water-impermeable pressing band, wherein said water absorbent carrier band and said water-impermeable pressing band are guided through said at least one press nip, and the fiber material web is adapted to pass through said at least one press nip with said water absorbent carrier band and said water-impermeable pressing band; and said at least one press nip having a length in a web travel direction of less than or equal to approximately 60 mm, wherein a pressure profile which results over said press nip length has a maximum pressing pressure which is greater than or equal to approximately 3.3 MPa, and wherein an angle between a tangent at the end of the at least one press nip and the water absorbent carrier band is greater than 10°.