Conveyor belt

A method of manufacturing a belt which comprises:

• (1) impregnating a fabric material with a bonding agent in a plastisol to form coated fabric material, (2) applying a plastisol layer between two or more layers of coated fabric thereby creating a belt carcass, (3) continuously feeding the belt carcass into a double belt press which presses the impregnated fabric materials together with the plastisol layer(s) at a pressure of at least 5 psi to produce a preformed fabric carcass while (4) heating the preformed fabric carcass to a temperature which is within the range of about 360° F. to about 450° F. for a period of at least 6 minutes, (5) continuously withdrawing the fabric carcass from the double belt press, (6) scattering a thermoplastic elastomer resin composition onto the upper and lower surfaces of the fabric carcass, (7) pressing the thermoplastic elastomer resin composition onto the upper and lower surfaces of the fabric carcass by continuously feeding the fabric reinforcement into a second double belt press which is maintained at a temperature of at least 340° F. and at a pressure of at least 5 psi, and (8) continuously withdrawing the finished belt from the second double belt press.