LAMINATED ENDLESS BELT
The present invention relates to a fabric for a papermaking machine, wherein the fabric (10) is configured in the form of an endless belt (1) which is closed in the circulating direction (LR) and has a first layer (20) and a second layer (30) which is arranged on the first layer, of which each is formed by one or by a plurality of film-shaped tapes (22, 32) which adjoin one another and are arranged next to one another in the direction transversely with respect to the circulating direction. The side edges (23, 33), which adjoin one another, of two film-shaped tapes of one of the two layers (20, 30) are arranged between the side edges (33, 23) of a film-shaped tape of the other of the two layers (30, 20), and adjoining end edges (24, 34) of film-shaped tapes (22, 32) of one of the two layers (20, 30) are arranged between the end edges (34, 24) of adjoining film-shaped tapes (32, 22) of the other of the two layers (30, 20). The film-shaped tapes (22, 32) of one of the two layers (20, 30) are connected over their full area to the film-shaped tapes (32, 22) of the other of the two layers (30, 20).