Rigid core for forming tire

A rigid core for forming a tire comprising:

• a core body provided on an outer surface thereof with a tire forming surface configured to form thereon a green tire by sequentially sticking tire structural members, the rigid core being configured to be loaded together with the green tire formed on the tire forming surface into a vulcanization mold so as to subject the green tire to vulcanization molding between the vulcanization mold and the core body,
• wherein the core body comprises a plurality of divided core pieces configured to be divided inward and outward in a tire radial direction at a tire radial position P including a maximum width position P0 at which the tire forming surface bulges most outward in a tire axial direction,
• wherein an outward divided core piece disposed more outward in the tire radial direction than the maximum width position P0, and an inward divided core piece disposed more inward in the tire radial direction than the maximum width position P0 are respectively formed of metal materials different from each other in coefficient of thermal expansion, and
• wherein a coefficient of thermal expansion of the inward divided core piece is higher than a coefficient of thermal expansion of the outward divided core piece.