the embossed point size is tailored in such a way that perforation still leads to approximately circular holes if the embossed point size is too large in relation to the size of the perforation 2 there is the danger that the holes will have notches instead of circular perforations 2 oval holes or holes having another shape could also arise it has been shown to be especially advantageous if a longest axis of an embossed point is smaller than a height of a perforation edge 4 which arises through deformation of the nonwoven during the perforation the relatively strong embossed point is otherwise deformed through the deformation of the nonwoven in such a way that indentations arise at the edge of the perforation hole fig3 shows a nonwoven perforation device 5 having a needle roller 6 and a counter roller 7 needles 8 are positioned on the needle roller 6 the needles 8 engage in the surface 9 of the counter roller 7 the surface 9 is preferably yielding to the needles 8 in particular the surface 9 may have a felt material furthermore the nonwoven perforation device 5 has an unwinder 10 a prebonded nonwoven 14 which is provided with embossed points is guided from the unwinder 10 to the counter roller 7 via rolls 12 the rolls 12 preferably have a tension measuring roller 13 the tension measuring roller allows a tensile force which acts on the nonwoven 14 to be perforated to be checked the.