Process and device for producing a fibrous material web

The present application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. §119 of German Patent Application No. 199 35 481.2, filed on Jul. 28, 1999, the disclosure of which is expressly incorporated by reference herein in its entirety. Process and apparatus for influencing web characteristic in a machine for producing a fibrous web. The process includes guiding the fibrous material web in a still-wet state and stretching the still-wet state fibrous material web in a crosswise direction. The apparatus includes a stretching device arranged to stretch the fibrous material web in a still-wet state in a direction crosswise to a travel direction.