LATERALLY INDEPENDENTLY OPERATED COLUMN-EQUIPPED VULCANIZER

• Main Authors: AIKAWA KATSUHIDE, KATAYAMA HIDEAKI, FUKUDA HIDEKI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Korean
• Published: 02.04.2010
• Subjects: AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING; INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASS B29C, RELATING TO PARTICULARARTICLES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PRODUCING PARTICULAR ARTICLES FROM PLASTICS OR FROM SUBSTANCESIN A PLASTIC STATE; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR; SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; TRANSPORTING; WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL

In a right/left independent action column type vulcanization machine where right/left die opening/closing devices (12A, 12B) supporting upper die fixing members (17a, 17b) corresponding to lower die fixing members (13a, 13b) arranged on a base plate (11) are supported movably up and down by a pair of right/left columns (18a, 18b) standing on the base plate, the pair of right/left columns are arranged in V-shape in plan view between the right/left die opening/closing devices, loaders (22a, 22b) for carrying a green tire (GT) in each die opening/closing device are arranged on the side of columns arranged in V-shape and having a narrow right/left interval, and unloaders (23a, 23b) for carrying a vulcanized tire (T) out of each die opening/closing device are arranged on the side of columns having a wide right/left interval thus making the whole vulcanization machine more compact.