impairs the release far less than is the case when provision is made for a uniform web material contact surface or a web material contact surface constructed from one material at the same time the material layers 20 22 24 providing the various regions of the web material contact surface 26 provide a very smooth essentially unstructured surface which accordingly reduces the risk of making marks on the finished web material the shape or orientation of the various surface regions of the web material contact surface 26 can be varied by corresponding processing of the transport belt blank also in some embodiments various strip patterns or various surface patterns can be generated in various regions of the transport belt dot or island type variations can also be created furthermore in some embodiments the surface properties can be influenced further by the type and manner of surface processing for example the surface roughness and or the variation of surface roughness on the web material contact surface can be influenced by the choice of grinding material or by the way in which the grinding operation is performed it is noted that the foregoing examples have been provided merely for the purpose of explanation and are in no way to be construed as limiting of the present invention while the present invention has been described with reference to a preferred embodiment it is understood that the words which have been used herein are words of description and illustration rather than words of limitation changes may be made within the purview of the appended claims as presently stated and as amended without departing from the scope and spirit of the present invention in its aspects although the present invention.