A brake shoe assembly comprising a brake shoe to which brake plates are assembled. The operating material which is introduced via the inlet in the filling chamber, in the open position of the transition element, can be transferred in the conveying section by means of a gaseous transport medium, and the operating material can be discharged from the outlet from the conveying section by means of a gaseous transport medium. The method also comprises establishing a first virtual input area based on the location, wherein a boundary associated with first virtual input area is contained within a boundary defined by the touch interface. Methods for both anisotropic and quasi-isotropic laminates are disclosed.