Tire preparation ply manufacturing apparatus and method

An apparatus for forming a continuous preparation ply of the type used to make vehicle tires from preparation ply sections having nonmetallic cords. An infeed conveyor successively feeds the preparation ply sections to a butt splicing machine that joins the ends of the two preparation ply sections t...

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Main Authors EDWARDS FRANK A, DYRLUND CHRISTOPHER DAVID, KUBINSKI DONALD CHESTER, BULL JEFFREY FORD
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 01.04.2014
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Summary:An apparatus for forming a continuous preparation ply of the type used to make vehicle tires from preparation ply sections having nonmetallic cords. An infeed conveyor successively feeds the preparation ply sections to a butt splicing machine that joins the ends of the two preparation ply sections to form a butt joint. A gum strip applier receives the continuous preparation ply from an outfeed conveyor and applies a gum strip over the butt joint. A method is provided for forming a continuous preparation ply by first automatically forming a butt joint, and thereafter automatically placing a gum strip on the butt joint.
Bibliography:Application Number: US20060424048