Abstract: Apparatus for manufacturing sleeves of fiber pulp by passing fiber pulp through a nozzle including a mandrel extending through the nozzle and a reciprocating piston mounted on the mandrel to exert pressure on the pulp. Screen members are located on the interior surface of the nozzle, the exterior surface of the mandrel, and the end surface of the piston in conjunction with suction means to provide for dewatering of the pulp.