PROCESS AND PLANT FOR PRODUCING TYRES FOR VEHICLE WHEELS

• Main Authors: MANCINI GIANNI, SANGIOVANNI STEFANO, MUSITELLI EZIO, MARCHINI MAURIZIO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Korean
• Published: 07.07.2010
• Subjects: PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PRODUCING PARTICULAR ARTICLES FROM PLASTICS OR FROM SUBSTANCESIN A PLASTIC STATE; TRANSPORTING; WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL

There are described a plant and a process for producing tyres for vehicle wheels, said process comprising the steps of: a) building a carcass structure of a green tyre on a first forming drum (6) in at least one carcass structure building line (2), said carcass structure comprising at least one carcass ply and a pair of annular anchoring structures; b) building a crown structure of a green tyre on at least one second forming drum (7) in at least one crown structure building line (3), said crown structure comprising at least one belt structure and a tread band; c) toroidally shaping said carcass structure assembling it to said crown structure in at least one assembling and shaping work station (4) for the tyre being processed, said assembling and shaping work station (4) being synchronised with said carcass structure building line (2) and with said crown structure building line (3); wherein each carcass structure is associated with the respective first forming drum (6) whereon it is built up to the end of step c) of shaping and assembling the tyre being processed; d) moulding and vulcanizing the green shaped tyre in at least one tyre moulding and vulcanizing line (5) separate from said assembling and shaping work station (4).