Device for reducing a moisture content of a moist, fiber-containing material

A device (1) for reducing a moisture content of a moist, fiber-containing material (2), wherein the device has a double-belt press with a first endless belt (3) and a second endless belt (4), wherein a pressing zone (5) for pressing liquid out of the fiber-containing material (2) is configured between the first endless belt (3) and the of the second endless belt (4), wherein, further, a belt (6) of a liquid-absorbing material that is guided between the two endless belts (3, 4) and through the pressing zone (5) is arranged, wherein a surface of the belt (6) of liquid-absorbing material that faces the first endless belt (3) forms a contact surface for the fiber-containing material (2), wherein an outer side of the belt (13) of the second endless belt (3) that faces the belt (6) of liquid-absorbing material has channels (14) for discharging the liquid that run in a circumferential direction of the second endless belt (3), or diagonally to the circumferential direction of the second endless belt (3), preferably circumferential channels (14) that run in a closed loop in a circumferential direction of the second endless belt (3), wherein the channels (14) preferably have a depth between 50 μm and 1000 μm, in particular between 70 μm and 300 μm.