Process and apparatus for manufacturing tyres for vehicle wheels
AssigneePirelli Tyre S.p.A.
InventorsMaurizio Marchini, Christian De Col
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Abstract
A process for manufacturing tyres for vehicle wheels includes associating at least one reinforcing structure with at least one surface portion of at least one tyre component laid on a forming support, wherein associating the at least one reinforcing structure includes bringing, through a handling and deposition member, at least one reinforcing element to the forming support and depositing, through said handling and deposition member, the reinforcing element on a respective deposition part defined on a surface portion of the component. The depositing includes gradually laying the reinforcing element on the deposition part following the profile of the deposition part in a circumferential direction.
Claims31
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A process for manufacturing a tyre for a vehicle wheel, comprising associating at least one reinforcing structure with at least one surface portion of at least one tyre component laid on a forming support, wherein associating said at least one reinforcing structure comprises:
- bringing, through a handling and deposition member, at least one reinforcing element to said forming support;
- and
- depositing, through said handling and deposition member, said at least one reinforcing element on a respective deposition part defined on at least one surface portion of said at least one tyre component, wherein said depositing comprises gradually laying said at least one reinforcing element on said deposition part following a profile of said deposition part in a circumferential direction.
An apparatus for manufacturing a tyre for a vehicle wheel, comprising:
- a forming support;
- and
- a handling and deposition member for handling at least one reinforcing element up to said forming support and depositing said at least one reinforcing element on a respective deposition part defined on at least one surface portion of at least one tyre component laid on said forming support, wherein said handling and deposition member comprises at least one thin plate element adapted to interact with said at least one reinforcing element, said at least one thin plate element being flexible at least in a circumferential direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.