Process and apparatus for manufacturing tyres for vehicle wheels
AssigneePirelli Tyre S.p.A.
InventorsMaurizio Marchini, Christian De Col
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Abstract
A process for manufacturing tyres for vehicle wheels includes associating at least one reinforcing structure with at least one surface portion of at least one tyre component laid on a forming support, wherein associating the at least one reinforcing structure includes bringing, through a handling and deposition member, at least one reinforcing element to the forming support and depositing, through said handling and deposition member, the reinforcing element on a respective deposition part defined on a surface portion of the component. The depositing includes gradually laying the reinforcing element on the deposition part following the profile of the deposition part in a circumferential direction.
Claims11
A process for manufacturing a tyre for a vehicle wheel, comprising associating at least one reinforcing structure with at least one surface portion of at least one tyre component laid on an annular forming support, wherein associating said at least one reinforcing structure comprises:
- bringing, through a handling and deposition member, at least one reinforcing element to said annular forming support, said handling and deposition member comprising a holding device configured for engaging and holding said at least one reinforcing element, and two thin plate elements symmetrically arranged at opposite sides with respect to said holding device and adapted to interact with said at least one reinforcing element, each of said thin plate elements being flexible at least in a circumferential direction of the annular forming support, and each of said thin plate elements being coupled at a first free end to one of the opposite sides of the holding device such that no relative movement is allowed between the first free ends of the thin plate elements and the holding device;
- engaging and holding said at least one reinforcing element at a central portion thereof with said holding device of said handling and deposition member;
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- depositing, through said handling and deposition member, said at least one reinforcing element on a respective deposition part defined on at least one surface portion of said at least one tyre component, wherein said depositing comprises gradually laying said at least one reinforcing element on said respective deposition part starting from said central portion and following a profile of said respective deposition part in a circumferential direction.
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