Regulating temperature during tire vulcanization

A tire vulcanizing system for regulating a temperature of a heating medium, comprising an axially movable plate and a stationary plate connected by a bladder disposed inside a tire to be vulcanized and at least partially delineating a cavity in which a heating medium circulates, with a fan and a heater being immersed in the heating medium and the heater having one or more heating elements that provide energy to the heating medium traversing thereover before egress along an exit path,

• wherein at least one temperature sensor is disposed along the exit path and mounted on or near the stationary plate immediately proximate an egress from which the fan delivers the heating medium to the exit path, the at least one temperature sensor being configured to detect a temperature of the heating medium in the cavity and to generate one or more temperature signals indicative of detected heating medium temperature in the cavity;
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• wherein a monitoring system is provided and is configured to receive the one or more temperature signals and to send one or more commands to adjust the heating medium temperature in the cavity during a curing cycle.