Abstract: A method processes a belt with a belt body that has a first surface and a second surface connected to each other by side surfaces. Each side surface is smaller than each surface. At least one of the surfaces of the belt is coated with a coating having at least one layer. In a step i) the coating is interrupted or left out in a region of the belt to be processed, and a recess, in particular a gap-shaped or hole-shaped recess, interrupting the coating is produced in the region to be processed, which recess is at least partially delimited by opposite sections of the at least one coating. In a step ii) directly thereafter or after further intermediate steps, the recess is at least partially filled up with at least one material of the same type as that of the at least one layer of the coating.