Method for producing conveyor belts in a device having a vulcanizing press having an infeed side and an outfeed side, wherein the vulcanizing press comprises a press upper part and a press lower part, wherein the press upper part and the press lower part have in each case one press plate (4, 5) which can be fastened to the respective press part (4, 5) and are disposed so as to be mutually plane-parallel, wherein the press upper part and the press lower part by means of a lifting installation (2, 3) are to be mutually spaced apart perpendicularly to the plate plane, characterized in that the method comprises the following method steps: a) checking whether a conveyor belt blank (6, 7, 8, 9) for vulcanizing is present in the press, and transmitting the item of information to an evaluation and control unit; b) if no conveyor belt blank (6, 7, 8, 9) for vulcanizing is present in the press, the control unit controls the lifting installation (2, 3) such that the press is completely opened and a conveyor belt blank (6, 7, 8, 9) is able to be threaded in; c) if a conveyor belt blank (6, 7, 8, 9) for vulcanizing is present in the press, the control unit controls the lifting installation (2, 3) such that the press opens in a predetermined operational opening position, wherein the spacing of the press plates in the operational opening position is smaller than in the case of a completely opened press; d) drawing the conveyor belt (6, 7, 8, 9) into the press by a predetermined length; e) lowering the press upper part toward the lower part by means of the lifting installation (2, 3), the controller herein controls the displacement path as a function of the measured thickness of the conveyor belt blank; f) vulcanizing; g) checking whether a conveyor belt blank (6, 7, 8, 9) for vulcanizing is present in the press, and transmitting the item of information to the evaluation and control unit; h) if a conveyor belt blank (6, 7, 8, 9) for vulcanizing is present in the press, the method continues at step c); i) if no conveyor belt blank (6, 7, 8, 9) for vulcanizing is present in the press, the control unit controls the lifting installation (2, 3) such that the press is completely opened, the completely vulcanized conveyor belt is retrieved, and the method can begin again. a) checking whether a conveyor belt blank (6, 7, 8, 9) for vulcanizing is present in the press, and transmitting the item of information to an evaluation and control unit; b) if no conveyor belt blank (6, 7, 8, 9) for vulcanizing is present in the press, the control unit controls the lifting installation (2, 3) such that the press is completely opened and a conveyor belt blank (6, 7, 8, 9) is able to be threaded in; c) if a conveyor belt blank (6, 7, 8, 9) for vulcanizing is present in the press, the control unit controls the lifting installation (2, 3) such that the press opens in a predetermined operational opening position, wherein the spacing of the press plates in the operational opening position is smaller than in the case of a completely opened press; d) drawing the conveyor belt (6, 7, 8, 9) into the press by a predetermined length; e) lowering the press upper part toward the lower part by means of the lifting installation (2, 3), the controller herein controls the displacement path as a function of the measured thickness of the conveyor belt blank; f) vulcanizing; g) checking whether a conveyor belt blank (6, 7, 8, 9) for vulcanizing is present in the press, and transmitting the item of information to the evaluation and control unit; h) if a conveyor belt blank (6, 7, 8, 9) for vulcanizing is present in the press, the method continues at step c); i) if no conveyor belt blank (6, 7, 8, 9) for vulcanizing is present in the press, the control unit controls the lifting installation (2, 3) such that the press is completely opened, the completely vulcanized conveyor belt is retrieved, and the method can begin again.