Press felt and method for the production thereof

A method of producing a paper machine clothing having a length and a width, the method comprising the steps of:

• providing a longitudinal reinforcement module having a second length and a second width consistent with said length and width of said paper machine clothing;
• providing a transverse reinforcement module having a third length and a third width consistent with said length and width of said paper machine clothing;
• locating said longitudinal reinforcement module and said transverse reinforcement module on top of each other, said locating step including the steps of:
• providing a material segment of at least one warp knit fabric including at least one system of warp threads arranged parallel to each other in a longitudinal direction of said warp threads and providing a plurality of stitch-forming threads including at least one system of first sewing threads extending one of diagonally and transversely to said warp threads and integrating said warp threads with each other to form a textile fabric, said warp threads in said longitudinal direction of said warp threads having a greater flexural strength than said first sewing threads and said warp knit fabric having a fourth length consistent with at least said width of the clothing being produced;
• and
• arranging said material segment on said longitudinal reinforcement module so said warp threads of said warp knit fabric in said longitudinal direction of said warp knit threads extends in a cross direction of the paper machine clothing;
• and
• connecting said transverse reinforcement module with said longitudinal reinforcement module.