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AssigneeVmi Holland B.V.
InventorsHendrik Jan Grolleman, Hans De Boer
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Disclosed is a dual tire component servicer and a method for supplying a first tire component and a second tire component to a tire building drum, wherein the dual tire component servicer includes a first conveyor and a second conveyor for conveying the first tire component and the second tire component, respectively, in a supply direction towards the tire building drum. The dual tire component servicer further includes a first pick-and-place unit and a second pick-and-place unit for transferring the first tire component and the second tire component, respectively, from their respective conveyors to the tire building drum. The first pick-and-place unit and the second pick-and-place unit are automatically and independently movable relative to each other in a lateral direction perpendicular to the supply direction.
A dual tire component servicer for supplying a first tire component and a second tire component to a tire building drum, wherein the dual tire component servicer comprises a first conveyor and a second conveyor for conveying the first tire component and the second tire component, respectively, in a supply direction towards the tire building drum, wherein the dual tire component servicer further comprises a first pick-and-place unit and a second pick-and-place unit for transferring the first tire component and the second tire component, respectively, from their respective conveyors to the tire building drum, wherein each pick-and-place unit comprises a gripper head and a retaining element for retaining the respective tire component to the gripper head, wherein the first pick-and-place unit and the second pick-and-place unit are automatically and independently movable relative to each other in a lateral direction perpendicular to the supply direction.
A dual tire component servicer for supplying a first tire component and a second tire component to a tire building drum, wherein the dual tire component servicer comprises a first conveyor and a second conveyor for conveying the first tire component and the second tire component, respectively, in a supply direction towards the tire building drum, wherein the dual tire component servicer further comprises a first pick-and-place unit and a second pick-and-place unit for transferring the first tire component and the second tire component, respectively, from their respective conveyors to the tire building drum, wherein each pick-and-place unit comprises a gripper head and a retaining element for retaining the respective tire component to the gripper head, wherein the first pick-and-place unit and the second pick-and-place unit are automatically and independently movable relative to each other in a lateral direction perpendicular to the supply direction, and wherein the dual tire component servicer further comprises a second sensor unit downstream of the first pick-and-place unit and the second pick-and-place unit relative to the supply direction for detecting lateral positions of the first tire component and the second tire component on the tire building drum.
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