Process and plant for producing tyres for vehicle wheels

Abstract

A plant and a process for producing tyres wherein the process includes the steps of: a) building a green tyre on a toroidal support in a building line of a tyre production plant; b) transferring the green tyre and the relevant toroidal support from the building line of the production plant to a first holding unit; c) transferring the green tyre and the relevant toroidal support from the first holding unit to a vulcanization line of the production plant; d) moulding and vulcanization the green tyre in the vulcanization line of the production plant; e) separating the moulded and vulcanized tyre from the relevant toroidal support; f) transferring the toroidal support, separated from the relevant tyre, from the vulcanization line to the first holding unit; and g) transferring the toroidal support, separated from the relevant tyre, from the first holding unit to the building line of the production plant, wherein steps b) and g) are carried out through a first transfer device and steps c) and f) are carried out through a second transfer device different from the first transfer device.

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