application_number US 90120397 A description the particulars shown herein are by way of example and for purposes of illustrative discussion of the preferred embodiments of the present invention only and are presented in the cause of providing what is believed to be the most useful and readily understood description of the principles and conceptual aspects of the invention in this regard no attempt is made to show structural details of the invention in more detail than is necessary for the fundamental understanding of the invention the description taken with the drawing figure making apparent to those skilled in the art how the invention may be embodied in practice a calender 1 may include two roll stacks e g upper roll stack 2 and lower roll stack 3 which may be positioned one atop the other on a common stanchion or support bracket 4 upper roll stack 2 may include a top roll 5 formed by a deflection compensation roll having a deflection compensation device 6 acting in a downward direction and a bottom roll 7 likewise formed by a deflection compensation roll having a deflection compensation device 8 operating in an upward direction upper roll stack 2 may also include three intermediary rolls 9 10 and 11 positioned between top roll 5 and bottom roll 7 further intermediary rolls 9 and 11 may be heated e g via heating conduits located in the region of the roll circumference intermediary rolls 9 10 and 11 may be coupled to stanchion 4 via levers 12 13 and 14 respectively top roll 5 may be coupled e g in a stationary manner to stanchion 4 while bottom roll 7 may be coupled to a movable.