belt but good stability width wise in this regard it has been found that the high flexibility and strength characteristics are achieved when the width is expanded in the range of 20 to 60 the elongation of the fabric is also high enough to prevent any interference with strength members such as rubberized cords that are incorporated in a typical construction with particular reference to fig1 of the drawings fig1 depicts a block flow diagram of the basic process steps according to the invention a preferred embodiment utilizes a non woven polyester starting material that has been subjected to a conventional needle punch operation to incorporate and 34 entangle 34 the chopped fibers within the fabric matrix the 34 punched 34 fabric is then subjected to a first impregnation with a neoprene isocyanate solvent solution by emersing dipping the fabric into the solution it is then reimpregnated on both sides with a neoprene solvent composition using a standard textile pad the two impregnation steps place the chopped fibers in a 34 solvated 34 i e mobile state within the fabric structure the impregnated fabric is then overfed to a tentering frame where it is stretched and extended in a width wise direction in order to reorient the fibers in the cross machine direction finally the 34 reoriented 34 fabric is dried in a conventinal oven to remove any excess solvent with particular reference to fig2 an exemplary cut edge v belt construction in accordance with the present invention is.