Cutting device and method for cutting a strip and production line for applying an apex to a bead
AssigneeVmi Holland B.V.
InventorWillem Marinus Van Beek
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Abstract
Disclosed is a cutting device for cutting a continuous length of a strip, in particular an apex for tire building, wherein the cutting device has a conveyor for conveying the strip in a transport direction in a support plane and a knife for cutting through the strip along a cutting line transverse to the transport direction. The cutting device further includes a positioning device for pushing the strip in a positioning direction up to a longitudinal reference line at or near the cutting line.
Claims29
A cutting device for cutting a continuous length of an apex strip for tire building, wherein the cutting device comprises a conveyor for conveying the apex strip in a transport direction in a support plane and a knife for cutting through the apex strip along a cutting line transverse to the transport direction, wherein the cutting device further comprises a positioning device for pushing the apex strip in a positioning direction transverse or perpendicular to the transport direction towards a longitudinal reference line at the cutting line.
A method for cutting an apex strip, wherein the method comprises the steps of:
- a) transporting the apex strip in a transport direction in a support plane;
- b) cutting the apex strip along a cutting line transverse or perpendicular to the transport direction;
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- c) before step b), pushing a first lateral side of the apex strip in a positioning direction transverse or perpendicular to the transport direction up to a longitudinal reference line.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.