Apparatus and method for manufacturing at least one drive belt

An apparatus for manufacturing at least one drive belt, comprising:

• a tubular shaping body having a first inner cavity which extends in the longitudinal direction of the shaping body over the entire or predominant length of the shaping body and is surrounded circumferentially by a wall of the shaping body, wherein the inner side of the wall of the shaping body facing the first inner cavity has a shaping surface for abutment and shaping of the drive belt to be produced during the manufacturing process, wherein at least one of:
• i) the shaping body is divided in the longitudinal direction into at least two individual parts which form respective sectors of the shaping body, or
• ii) the apparatus has
• a)—an outer tube formed as a tubular body with a second inner cavity adapted to receive the tubular shaping body, or
• b)—another outer part outside the tubular shaping body, wherein the outer part forms with the shaping body two radially interengaging components of the apparatus.