Method for producing an adhesive tape, according to which a web-like textile carrier equipped with an adhesive coating is fed from a storage unit, further according to which the web-like carrier is cut longitudinally into the individual adhesive tapes using a laser unit (4, 5), and according to which a plurality of laser units (4 1, 5 1; 4 2, 5 2; 4 3, 5 3) are provided, which create the respective adhesive tapes in individual longitudinal segments (8 1, 8 2, 8 3) of the web-like carrier, characterized in that a central control unit is used to enable all of the laser units (4 1, 5 1; 4 2, 5 2; 4 3, 5 3) to be actuated therewith in such a way that multiple adhesive tapes are cut in each longitudinal segment (8 1, 8 2, 8 3) with the aid of the associated laser unit (4 1, 5 1; 4 2, 5 2; 4 3, 5 3), and for this purpose the respective laser unit (4 1, 5 1; 4 2, 5 2; 4 3, 5 3) is equipped with a laser source and a beam deflection unit, wherein the beam deflection unit deflects the laser beam emitted by the laser unit for producing the individual adhesive tapes in the associated longitudinal segment (8 1, 8 2, 8 3), each in the longitudinal direction to create multiple cut edges of predefined length, wherein further the speed of the web-like carrier and that of the beam deflection unit are matched with one another, and a sensor for speed measurement is assigned to the web-like carrier that is fed from the storage unit in order to detect the speed of the web-like carrier, and wherein a speed signal from the sensor is processed by the central control unit and synchronised with the speed in order to actuate the beam deflection unit. a web-like textile carrier equipped with an adhesive coating is fed from a storage unit, further according to which the web-like carrier is cut longitudinally into the individual adhesive tapes using a laser unit (4, 5), and according to which a plurality of laser units (4 1, 5 1; 4 2, 5 2; 4 3, 5 3) are provided, which create the respective adhesive tapes in individual longitudinal segments (8 1, 8 2, 8 3) of the web-like carrier, characterized in that a central control unit is used to enable all of the laser units (4 1, 5 1; 4 2, 5 2; 4 3, 5 3) to be actuated therewith in such a way that multiple adhesive tapes are cut in each longitudinal segment (8 1, 8 2, 8 3) with the aid of the associated laser unit (4 1, 5 1; 4 2, 5 2; 4 3, 5 3), and for this purpose the respective laser unit (4 1, 5 1; 4 2, 5 2; 4 3, 5 3) is equipped with a laser source and a beam deflection unit, wherein the beam deflection unit deflects the laser beam emitted by the laser unit for producing the individual adhesive tapes in the associated longitudinal segment (8 1, 8 2, 8 3), each in the longitudinal direction to create multiple cut edges of predefined length, wherein further the speed of the web-like carrier and that of the beam deflection unit are matched with one another, and a sensor for speed measurement is assigned to the web-like carrier that is fed from the storage unit in order to detect the speed of the web-like carrier, and wherein a speed signal from the sensor is processed by the central control unit and synchronised with the speed in order to actuate the beam deflection unit.