FIELD

The invention relates to a method for producing a belt- or band-shaped component made of elastomer material.

BACKGROUND

Belt- or band-shaped components, for instance drive belts in capital-intensive machines and installations, require careful and damage-preventing maintenance. The drive belts used there are therefore currently replaced after a comparatively short use period in order to reduce the risk of damage to the machines or installations and thus costly downtimes. It has already been repeatedly proposed to equip such drive belts with electronics which are wirelessly connected to a remotely arranged monitoring system. The state data of the drive belt that are detected by sensors of said electronics are used to provide belt state-dependent maintenance of the machines or installations, whereby the number of downtimes for maintenance reasons is reduced as a result.

