Patent ID: 8658073

Claim:
A method for manufacturing a crawler belt, the method comprising steps of: preparing a first mold having a plurality of mold projections arranged at even intervals on a molding surface thereof and a second mold having a plurality of lug mold recesses opening at a molding surface thereof; setting an endless high-tensile-strength belt on said first mold, said high-tensile-strength belt having engagement holes arranged at even intervals in a circumferential direction thereof; positioning said high-tensile-strength belt with respect to said first mold by fitting said plurality of mold projections of said first mold into said engagement holes of said high-tensile-strength belt; and molding an elastic material between said first mold and said second mold to obtain a belt main body or a part of said belt main body attached to an outer periphery of at least a part of said high-tensile-strength belt, at the same time forming escape recesses communicating with said engagement holes of said high-tensile-strength belt by allowing said molding projections of said first mold to press into said elastic material and forming tread lugs by allowing said elastic material to enter said lug mold recesses of said second mold.