Abstract:
A device for securing an electronic unit to a tyre comprises a base formed by a layer of elastomeric material on which - by means of a structural adhesive - a module comprising the electronic unit is glued. The lower surface of the elastomeric material base, opposite to the surface the module is glued to, and which is intended for being glued to the tyre's surface, is instead coated by means of a pressure sensitive adhesive (PSA). It has also an area which is greater than the surface area of the module glued to the base.
Abstract:
Method for controlling the application of noise reducing elements to tyres, comprising: feeding a sequence of tyres to a working station (1); feeding to said working station, by means of a first conveyor (10), a first set (S1) of noise reducing elements; activating a detection system (30) for detecting one or more first images representative of at least one noise reducing element of said first set (S1); activating a processor for determining, as a function of said first images, first parameters (P1) indicative of coordinates in a first plane and an angle of orientation of said at least one noise reducing element; sending to a robotized arm (50) equipped with a terminal tool (51), a first movement command (MC1) for: positioning and orienting said terminal tool, so as to couple said terminal tool to said at least one noise reducing element of said first set and applying the same to the inner surface of a tyre.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a process and an apparatus for applying noise-reducing elements (100) to a tyre (500) for vehicle wheels that has a radially inner surface (501) comprising at least one service area (250) and having a predetermined circumferential dimension. The process comprises determining the position in circumferential direction of said at least one service area (250) on said radially inner surface (501) of the tyre (500), determining the position in circumferential direction of at least one target area (150) on said radially inner surface (501) of the tyre (500) based on the position in circumferential direction of said at least one service area (250), applying at least one noise-reducing element (100) at said at least one target area (150).
Abstract:
Method and relative station (1) for applying a sensing device (2) to a tyre (3) comprising: - advancing a tape-shaped support (7), on which are removably fixed to the sensing device (2), for feeding in sequence the sensing devices (2), wherein a first angular relation between a characteristic direction (B) of each sensing device (2) and a feeding direction (100) is equal for all the sensing devices; - rigidly coupling said handling device (4) to a sensing device (2) maintaining at least a portion (10) of an adhesion surface (8) of the sensing device (2) removably fixed to the support (7), with a predetermined second angular relation between a characteristic direction (A) of the handling device (4) and the feeding direction (100) to achieve a predetermined third angular relation between the characteristic direction (A) of the handling device (4) and the characteristic direction (B) of the sensing device (2); - maintaining the third angular relation, completely separating the sensing device (2) from the support (7), taking the sensing device (2) away by the handling device (4) and applying the sensing device (2) to an inner surface (16) of a tyre (3) by the handling device (4) arranged in order to achieve a predetermined fourth angular relation between the characteristic direction (A) of the handling device (4) and the equatorial plane (400) of the tyre.
Abstract:
Method, and relative station, for checking the formation of beads (44) of tyres (39), comprising : - arranging a carcass sleeve (3) with formed beads (44); - with the carcass sleeve in rotation, acquiring at least an image of a circumferential portion of external surface comprising the respective edges (6) of the end flaps turned up (50); - processing the image in order to determine a circumferential trend of the axial distance (sx, dx) of each edge from an axial reference plane (11); - detecting possible defects of the beads (44) as a function of said trend.
Abstract:
In a process for producing self-sealing tyres, a tyre (2), a support and a self-sealing sleeve (19) are arranged according to a sequence of actions a)-c). The support carrying the self-sealing sleeve (19) is introduced within the tyre (2) according to an action d) until it is arranged in a position coaxial with the crown portion (12) and radially internal with respect thereto. The support is radially expanded according to an action e) until the self-sealing sleeve (19) partially adheres to the radially inner crown surface (12a). The contracted support is extracted from the tyre (2) according to an action f). A rolling device (30) is introduced within the tyre (2) according to an action g) and a rolling action is executed according to an action h) up to reaching a final configuration in which the self-sealing sleeve (19) completely adheres to the radially inner crown surface (12a).
Abstract:
The present invention is relative to a method for building tyres for vehicle wheels and to a transfer device (16) of an apparatus for building tyres for vehicle wheels. The centring device (16) comprises: an annular support structure (18); gripping elements (19) arranged as a ring on the annular support structure (18) and having gripping surfaces (20) directed radially towards a longitudinal axis (Z-Z) of the transfer device (16); a measurement device (30) mounted on the annular support structure (18). The measurement device (30) is configured for detecting the centring between the transfer device (16) and a drum (12, 13) situated within the transfer device (16). The transfer device (16) is configured for picking up the tyre being processed (14, 15) from the drum (12, 13) on which the tyre being processed is arranged or for depositing a tyre being processed (14, 15) on the drum (12, 13).
Abstract:
The present invention is relative to a method for building tyres for vehicle wheels and to a transfer device (16) of an apparatus for building tyres for vehicle wheels. The centring device (16) comprises: an annular support structure (18); gripping elements (19) arranged as a ring on the annular support structure (18) and having gripping surfaces (20) directed radially towards a longitudinal axis (Z-Z) of the transfer device (16); a measurement device (30) mounted on the annular support structure (18). The measurement device (30) is configured for detecting the centring between the transfer device (16) and a drum (12, 13) situated within the transfer device (16). The transfer device (16) is configured for picking up the tyre being processed (14, 15) from the drum (12, 13) on which the tyre being processed is arranged or for depositing a tyre being processed (14, 15) on the drum (12, 13).
Abstract:
An apparatus (1) for building a tyre for vehicle wheels comprises a building drum (3) configured to support a carcass structure (100) of the tyre and a shaping device (12) configured to associate the carcass structure (100) with at least one belt structure (201) of the tyre, wherein the shaping device (12) comprises a thrusting ring (28) movable in an axial approaching relationship to the building drum (3) and at least one sealing ring (15) associated with said thrusting ring (28) and configured to act by thrusting against a bead (103c) of said carcass structure (100), wherein said thrusting ring (28) comprises a plurality of annular contact portions (29a-29d) with said at least one sealing ring (15) that are concentric and correspond to different fitting diameters of the tyre, said annular contact portions (29a-29d) defining a single continuous annular surface (30).
Abstract:
In a shaping station (13), a toroidal forming drum (23) is positioned within a carcass sleeve (12) comprising at least one carcass ply (3) associated with a pair of beads (6) in radially inner position. The carcass sleeve (12) is toroidally shaped by radial expansion of the forming drum (23). The forming drum (23) carrying the shaped carcass sleeve (12) is removed from the shaping station (13). Tyre components (7, 8, 9) are applied externally on the shaped carcass sleeve (12), carried by the forming drum (23). At the end of the shaping and during the application of the tyre components (7, 8, 9), axially inner sides of said beads (6) are arranged axially against respective circumferential axially outer portions (S1) of an abutment surface (S) carried by the expanded forming drum (23), having shape corresponding to an inner shape of the shaped carcass sleeve (12).