A device for removing filling material from a stripe-shaped band material, in particular from an artificial turf, having a transport system for conveying the band material comprising at least one transport means, and having a diverting means for widening and folding of the band material, so that the filling material can fall off the band material, as well as an emptying means for the band material arranged in a region of the band material being folded, wherein the device has at least one of a pressure roller arranged when viewed three-dimensionally underneath the transport system.
