Method for manufacturing a tyre and apparatus for laying a reinforcing element on a forming support

An apparatus for the deposition of at least one reinforcing element on a forming support, comprising:

• at least one feeding unit of at least one reinforcing element at a forming support;
• at least one deposition unit of said at least one reinforcing element on said forming support, said at least one deposition unit comprising at least one presser member;
• a control unit of said at least one deposition unit;
• at least one detection device of the deviations between an actual deposition profile and a theoretical deposition profile along a first deposition path defined based upon said theoretical profile;
• and
• a processing unit to define, based upon said deviations, an actual deposition path of said at least one reinforcing element on said forming support;
• wherein the control units controls the at least one presser member to move with respect to the forming support along the first deposition path to carry out an initial setting cycle of the apparatus prior to commencing deposition of the at least one reinforcing element and along the actual deposition path for depositing the at least one reinforcing element.