Infrared irradiation device for drying a material for irradiation that is moved through a process chamber in a transportation direction and in a transportation plane, wherein the transportation plane divides the process chamber into an irradiation space and into a reflector space, having a radiator unit with at least one infrared radiator for emitting infrared radiation into the irradiation space, and having a counter-reflector with a reflector wall facing the transportation plane, wherein the reflector wall has a plurality of inlet openings for admitting cooling gas into the reflector space, wherein the reflector wall has at least one outlet opening for conducting waste air out of the reflector space through the reflector wall.