It is known that in the deep-drawing of sheets, particularly relatively thin sheets, the frictional situation between the holding down device and the pull part is important, since this influences the continuity of flow of the workpiece into the die. In order to obtain workpieces free from wrinkles and cracks, in addition to the friction other parameters have to be adapted such as the material, drawing part shape, drawing slot, hold-down pressure and the like. For example, wrinkle formation at the drawing part cannot be prevented by unlimited increase of the hold-down pressure, since increased frictional forces result in crack formation in the drawing part. Also the use of lubricants does not result in the desired success, if the usual smooth or directed surface structures are employed. The film of the lubricant in this case is squeezed away from the hold-down device such that the friction at this place of highest load rapidly reaches an impermissible level and results in a tearing of the drawing part. It is also known that an improvement of the frictional situation at the drawing slot and at the hold-down device results if in place of the usual rolled-bright, matte, brushed, ground or with foil-covered flat surface a roughened surface is employed, which allows at the contact surface the production of a high lubricant pressure. Thus it is known to employ work rollers with corrugated valleys, which are generated by grinding, to produce a roughened surface (Austrian patent disclosure No. AT-PS 325,236), or trough shaped impressions which are generated by sand blasting (Austrian patent disclosure No. AT-PS 347,387), for aluminum and aluminum alloys for rolling, since the impressions keep the lubricant in place during the rolling. A sheet produced in this way does not show advantageous properties in the subsequent deep-drawing process, since the valleys are pulled by the rolling operation in longitudinal direction with a large longitudinal elongation and are thereby directed, so that the lubricant can escape in this direction during the drawing process.