Method of manufacturing tire, forming system for tire, and tire

A forming system for a pneumatic tire, the forming system comprising a forming drum around which a reinforcing cord is continuously wound a plurality of times in a circumferential direction or wound in the circumferential direction while continuously extending in a width direction, a feeding unit in which the reinforcing cord is stocked and paid out and fed toward the forming drum, and an arrangement unit placing the reinforcing cord on an outer surface of the forming drum,

• the forming system comprising a plurality of the feeding units, the reinforcing cord stocked in one of the feeding units being fed in advance toward the forming drum as a preceding reinforcing cord and used to form a reinforcing member, the reinforcing cord stocked in another of the feeding units being fed toward the forming drum as a next reinforcing cord after the preceding reinforcing cord and used to form the reinforcing member,
• the forming system comprising a trailing edge portion holding machine holding a trailing edge portion of the preceding reinforcing cord, a leading edge portion holding machine holding a leading edge portion of the next reinforcing cord in advance, a splice mechanism joining the trailing edge portion to the leading edge portion to make the trailing edge portion continuous with the leading edge portion, and a control unit causing the leading edge portion to be placed on the splice mechanism and causing the trailing edge portion of the preceding reinforcing cord fed by a predetermined length to be held by the trailing edge portion holding machine and placed on the splice mechanism.