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US 11,130,303 B2Granted
Method for retreading a tire using a dual heating effect
AssigneesCompagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin, Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.
InventorGregory Marcet
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Abstract
The method includes the step of passing an electric current through at least one wire that is situated between a carcass of a tire casing and a tread. The method also includes the step of calculating a value of a temperature of the wire as a function of a relative value of the current. The method proceeds with the step of controlling the current as a function of the temperature value calculated.
Claims2
A method of retreading a tire, comprising the steps of:
- preparing a tire which includes at least one wire situated in a bonding layer between a carcass of a tire casing and a tread of a first tire;
- to determine a predetermined period, experimentally passing an electric current through the at least one wire and varying a power supplied to the at least one wire while simultaneously
- monitoring a resistance of the at least one wire,
- monitoring temperatures at different locations on the bonding layer,
- monitoring a calculated temperature of the at least one wire, and
- monitoring a difference between the temperature of the bonding layer and the calculated temperature of the at least one wire;
- passing an electric current through at least one wire that is situated between a carcass of a tire casing and a tread of a second tire,
- calculating a value of a temperature of the wire as a function of a relative value of the current,
- controlling the current as a function of the calculated temperature value, and
- wherein the current is controlled such that the temperature value undergoes a positive variation exceeding a predetermined temperature variation threshold during the predetermined period such that a predetermined threshold temperature is not exceeded and a rubber of the tire tread is not damaged.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.