Pick-and-place system, tire manufacturing line and method for picking-up a tire component

A pick-and-place system for picking-up a first tire component, the pick-and-place system comprising:

• a support for supporting the first tire component in a support plane;
• and
• a pick-and-place gripper for picking-up the first tire component from the support,
• wherein the pick-and-place gripper comprises a base, a first gripper head and a drive unit for moving the first gripper head relative to the base in a pick-and-place direction towards the support plane,
• wherein the first gripper head is configured for retaining the first tire component in a gripper plane,
• wherein the first gripper head is tiltable about a tilt axis perpendicular to the pick-and-place direction between a first orientation and a second orientation, different from the first orientation,
• wherein the gripper plane is parallel to the support plane in one orientation of the first orientation and the second orientation, and
• wherein the pick-and-place system further comprises a first spacer for defining a minimum spacing distance between the gripper plane and the support plane when the first gripper head is in said one orientation.