Process and plant for building tyres for vehicle wheels

A method for selecting work stations in a tyre building line for different models of tyres, wherein the building line comprises carcass structure building work stations and belt building work stations, and each work station is adapted for building at least one structural component of the different models of tyres, the method comprising:

• selecting a first belt building work station of the belt building work stations based on a first model of tyre;
• selecting a second belt building work station of the belt building work stations based on a second model of tyre different from the first model of tyre;
• transferring and releasing, by a robotized arm, a first forming support holding the first model of tyre from a first carcass structure building work station to the first belt building work station, wherein the transfer and release of the first forming support occurs at the same time as the building of a second carcass structure of the second model of tyre held by a second forming support in a second carcass structure building work station;
• transferring and releasing, by the robotized arm, the second forming support holding the second model of tyre from the second carcass structure building work station to the second belt building work station, wherein the transfer and release of the second forming support occurs at the same time as the building of a first belt structure on the first forming support in the first belt building work station;
• wherein during the transfer of the first and second forming supports, the first and second forming supports follow different first and second paths, respectively.