System and method for laser cleaning an innerliner of a tire
AssigneeThe Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
InventorsAndreas Frantzen, Adrian Florin Nicula, Jean-Claude Patrice Philippe Griffoin
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Abstract
The present disclosure involves preparing a preformed tire for the tire curing process and laser cleaning the innerliner of the cured tire. An additive having an extinction coefficient above a predefined threshold for electro-magnetic radiation having a predefined wavelength is added to a release agent. The release agent is disposed between a preformed tire and a curing bladder of the tire curing press. The preformed tire is cured in the tire curing press, thereby resulting in a cured tire. A laser cleaning of an innerliner of the cured tire is performed using a laser that generates a laser beam at the predefined wavelength.
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A method, comprising:
- disposing a release agent between a preformed tire and a curing bladder of a tire curing press, the release agent including an additive having an extinction coefficient above a predefined threshold for electro-magnetic radiation having a predefined wavelength;
- curing the preformed tire in the tire curing press, thereby resulting in a cured tire;
- and performing a laser cleaning of an innerliner of the cured tire using a laser that generates a laser beam at the predefined wavelength.
A system, comprising:
- a release agent that prevents a curing bladder of a tire curing press from adhering to an innerliner of a cured tire;
- an additive added to the release agent, wherein the additive has an extinction coefficient above a predefined threshold for electro-magnetic radiation having a predefined wavelength;
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- the additive promotes ablation of the release agent by application of a laser beam generated at the predefined wavelength.
An arrangement, comprising:
- a cured tire formed by curing a preformed tire in a tire curing press;
- an amount of a release agent disposed on an innerliner of the cured tire, the release agent including an additive having an extinction coefficient above a predefined threshold for electro-magnetic radiation having a predefined wavelength;
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- a laser directed at the innerliner of the cured tire, the laser generating a laser beam at the predefined wavelength.
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