Material transport systems including a transport belt having resistance to laser radiation damage and methods of cutting substrates in material transport systems with laser radiation

A material transport system, comprising:

• a continuous transport belt entrained on at least a first roll and a second roll, the transport belt comprising at least a first layer and a second layer over the first layer, the first layer including an inner surface of the transport belt and the second layer including an outer surface of the transport belt, the second layer that resists degradation caused by laser radiation emitted by a laser cutting system, the second layer being comprised of a material selected from the group consisting of copper, copper-based alloys, aluminum, aluminum-based alloys and nickel, the laser cutting system comprising at least one of a carbon dioxide laser, a mid-long wavelength infrared laser, near infrared laser, and visible laser.