Process and apparatus for manufacturing tyres for vehicle wheels
AssigneePirelli Tyre S.p.A.
InventorsMaurizio Marchini, Christian De Col
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Abstract
A process for manufacturing tires for vehicle wheels includes associating at least one reinforcing structure with at least one surface portion of at least one tire component laid on a forming support, wherein associating the at least one reinforcing structure includes bringing, through a handling and deposition member, at least one reinforcing element to the forming support and depositing, through said handling and deposition member, the reinforcing element on a respective deposition part defined on a surface portion of the component. The depositing includes gradually laying the reinforcing element on the deposition part following the profile of the deposition part in a circumferential direction.
Claims17
An apparatus for manufacturing a tyre for a vehicle wheel, comprising:
- an annular forming support;
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- a handling and deposition member for handling at least one reinforcing element up to said annular forming support and depositing said at least one reinforcing element on a respective deposition part defined on at least one surface portion of at least one tyre component laid on said annular forming support, wherein said handling and deposition member comprises a holding device configured for engaging and holding said at least one reinforcing element at a central portion thereof, and two thin plate elements symmetrically arranged at opposite sides with respect to said holding device and adapted to interact with said at least one reinforcing element, each of said thin plate elements being flexible at least in a circumferential direction of the annular forming support, and each of said thin plate elements being coupled at a first free end to one of the opposite sides of the holding device such that no relative movement is allowed between the first free ends of the thin plate elements and the holding device, the handling and deposition member being configured so that the depositing comprises gradually laying said at least one reinforcing element on the respective deposition part starting from said central portion of said at least one reinforcing element held by said holding device.
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