Method for manufacturing pneumatic tire

A method for manufacturing a pneumatic tire, the method comprising:

• a first step of pressure-bonding a bead filler to an outer peripheral portion of an annular bead core, the bead filler being thinned outward of the bead core in a radial direction, and fabricating an annular bead member;
• a second step of causing a separator to support the bead filler, and mounting the bead member so that the radial direction of the bead core goes along a horizontal direction, wherein the second step includes stacking and mounting a plurality of the bead members on a flat plate member by inserting a columnar member into openings of the plurality of the bead members, the columnar member extending upward from the flat plate member, and each of the plurality of bead members being supported by a respective separator;
• a third step of cooling the bead members in a state of mounting the bead members on the flat plate member;
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• a fourth step of erecting the bead members by rotating the flat plate member so that the radial direction of the bead core goes along a vertical direction.