Tire vulcanizing system and tire manufacturing method to be used therefor
AssigneeBridgestone Corporation
InventorsTaizo Ito, Akio Obayashi, Masayuki Ichinose, Toshiyuki Horie
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Abstract
A vulcanizing system including a tire transferring apparatus or a mold opening/closing station arranged equidistantly to a plurality of vulcanizing stations, thereby achieving a reduced equipment cost and a reduced installation space with a higher manufacturing efficiency.
Claims12
A tire vulcanizing system comprising a plurality of vulcanizing stations arranged on an arc within a plane and each including a vulcanizing mold and a local mold opening/closing apparatus, and one set of common vulcanizing-station-aimed tire transferring apparatus disposed at a central location of the arc and including a swiveling arm for loading a green tire into each vulcanizing mold and for unloading a vulcanized tire from each vulcanizing mold.
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