US20120255666A1 - Process and plant for building green tyres for vehicle wheels - Google Patents

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US20120255666A1
US20120255666A1 US13/515,593 US201013515593A US2012255666A1 US 20120255666 A1 US20120255666 A1 US 20120255666A1 US 201013515593 A US201013515593 A US 201013515593A US 2012255666 A1 US2012255666 A1 US 2012255666A1
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  • the present invention relates to a process and a method for building green tyres for vehicle wheels.
  • the present invention relates to a process and a method for building green tyres by using elementary semi-finished products.
  • the present invention also relates to a plant for building green tyres for vehicle wheels, usable for carrying out the above mentioned building process.
  • Tyre production cycles envisage that, after a building process wherein the various components of the tyre itself are made and/or assembled in one or more building lines, a moulding and vulcanization process is carried out in a suitable vulcanization line, adapted to define the tyre structure according to desired tread geometry and design.
  • a tyre generally comprises a toroidally ring-shaped carcass structure including one or more carcass plies, strengthened with reinforcing cords lying in substantially radial planes (a radial plane contains the rotation axis of the tyre).
  • Each carcass ply has its ends integrally associated with at least one metal reinforcing annular structure, known as bead core, constituting the reinforcing of the beads, i.e. the radially inner ends of the tyre having the function of enabling the assembling of the tyre with a corresponding mounting rim.
  • a reinforcing structure is arranged between the carcass and the tread band.
  • Such structure usually comprises, in the case of tyres for cars, at least two radially overlapped strips of rubber fabric provided with reinforcing cords, usually of metal, arranged parallel to each other in each strip and crossed with the cords of the adjacent strip, preferably symmetrical to the equatorial plane of the tyre.
  • the belt structure further comprises in radially outer position, at least on the ends of the underlying belt strips, also a third layer of textile or metal cords, arranged circumferentially (at 0 degrees).
  • a radially inner layer called liner, which has imperviousness features for ensuring the air-tightness of the tyre itself.
  • elastomeric material it is intended a composition comprising at least one elastomeric polymer and at least one reinforcing filler.
  • such composition further comprises additives such as cross-linking and/or plasticizing agents.
  • cross-linking agents such material may be cross-linked by heating, so as to form the final manufactured article.
  • green tyre it is meant a tyre obtained by the building process and not yet vulcanized.
  • semi-finished products continuous elongated elements of elastomeric material having at least one textile or metal reinforcing cord therein, and/or strips of elastomeric material generally called “strip-like elements” obtained by cutting said continuous elongated elements to size.
  • semi-finished products are laid reciprocally side by side, especially in the case of strip-like elements that for example contribute to forming carcass plies, belt strips, and some types of reinforcements.
  • side by side reciprocal laying takes place on a substantially cylindrical and/or substantially toroidal and/or substantially flat laying surface.
  • structural component of the tyre it is meant any component adapted to carry out a function in the tyre, for example selected among: liner, sub-liner, carcass ply/plies, under-belt insert, belt strips either crossed or at zero degrees, connecting skim coat for the tread band, tread band, bead core, bead filler, reinforcing inserts made of textile or metal or elastomeric material only, abrasion-proof insert, sidewall inserts.
  • the term “size” of the tyre means the set of geometrical features that characterises a tyre, that is, at least tread band width, sidewall height, fitting diameter.
  • type of tyre it is meant the set of structural features (such as for example one- or two-ply structure, radial or with crossed carcass plies, with or without belt structure, type of belt structure—with crossed belts, zero degrees, crossed belts and zero degrees-, type of tread band with one or more layers etc.), and technological features (such as for example mixture of the various structural components, materials constituting the textile or metal reinforcing cords, type of formation of the reinforcing cords, etcetera).
  • structural features such as for example one- or two-ply structure, radial or with crossed carcass plies, with or without belt structure, type of belt structure—with crossed belts, zero degrees, crossed belts and zero degrees-, type of tread band with one or more layers etc.
  • technological features such as for example mixture of the various structural components, materials constituting the textile or metal reinforcing cords, type of formation of the reinforcing cords, etcetera).
  • EP 0 776 756 A1 describes an apparatus for manufacturing tyres for vehicle wheels having a carcass assembly with an inner layer, at least one carcass ply, two side portions and two beads having a crown structure with at least one belt strip and a tread band layer, wherein at least one carcass manufacturing station and/or a belt manufacturing station is provided with at least two connection devices, which may be controlled independently of one another for the connection with the materials, which are identical in nature, and at least one feeding device for feeding identical components, associated with each connection device.
  • WO 01/32409 in the name of the same Applicant, describes a tyre building line provided with working stations, each arranged to make and assemble at least one structural component of the tyre being processed, wherein at least one series of tyres is treated at the same time, comprising at least one first and a second type of tyres differing from each other, and wherein the tyre transfer to the vulcanization line is carried out through robotized arms and according to a transferring rate equal to the transferring rate of the tyres to each of said working stations.
  • WO 09/040,59 in the name of the same Applicant, describes a process for producing tyres for vehicle wheels comprising the steps of: a) building a carcass structure of a green tyre on a first forming drum; b) building a crown structure of a green tyre on at least one second forming drum; c) toroidally shaping said carcass structure assembling it to said crown structure in at least one station for shaping and assembling the tyre being processed, wherein said assembly and shaping station is synchronised with the building line of the carcass structure and with the building line of the crown structure and wherein each carcass structure is associated with the respective first forming drum whereon it is built until the end of step c) of shaping and assembling the tyre being processed; d) moulding and curing the green shaped tyre.
  • US 2007/0175567 describes an apparatus for building tyres comprising a movement system for sequentially moving conveyors along an assembly path; and a plurality of stations for applying components spaced along the path for applying green tyre components to each conveyor, each station comprising: at least one moving conveyor having second positioning structures releasably coupled to first positioning structures, means for feeding a green tyre component, a feeding mechanism for unwinding the green tyre component from the coil and feeding it towards a conveyor arranged at the respective station, and a cutting mechanism for cutting the green tyre component once a selected length has been unwound.
  • WO 01/32409 The methods of the type described in WO 01/32409 are aimed at increasing productivity in manufacturing processes of tyres built on a toroidal forming support and using elementary semi-finished products for building by automated, standardised steps, synchronised with each other.
  • such methods do not allow obtaining high technological flexibility.
  • such methods are suitable for producing tyres that differ in limited features, such as dimensions, presence or not of some structural components of the tyre—such as one or two carcass plies, reinforcing elements in bead zone-, arrangement of the coils of rubber metal wires forming the bead cores in the bead zone, more or less extended belt layer at zero degrees, presence of layer and sub-layer in the tread band.
  • the Applicant has noted that in the building tyres plants that use elementary semi-finished products of the type illustrated above, the management of a large number of materials and/or semi-finished products causes problems in synchronising the production steps of the various portions of the tyre and thereby problems in the general management of the production plant with negative consequences on productivity.
  • the Applicant has then perceived that by applying a process for building green tyres that provides for feeding a plurality of elementary semi-finished products in each one of a plurality of work stations, it is possible to obtain a large variety of tyres with a high technological flexibility while keeping productivity high as well.
  • the Applicant has found that with a building process and plant wherein at least two work stations, adapted to build structural components of the tyre, are provided with a plurality of feeding units of elementary semi-finished products, wherein the elementary semi-finished products are different from one another and are preferably arranged and/or stored in advance, it is possible to build tyres differing not only by size, but also by type and in particular by type of elementary semi-finished products.
  • the invention relates to a process for building different types of green tyres for vehicle wheels for each tyre size, through the use of elementary semi-finished products, in a building plant comprising a plurality of work stations, the process comprising:
  • the process according to the present invention therefore is technologically flexible and efficient.
  • the Applicant has then found that with a plant for building green tyres comprising at least two stations adapted to build structural components of the tyre by the use of elementary semi-finished products selected among a plurality of semi-finished products fed in each one of the same stations, it is possible to build tyres much different from each other with a high productivity.
  • the invention relates to a plant for building different types of green tyres for vehicle wheels for each tyre size, through the use of elementary semi-finished products fed into a plurality of work stations, said plant comprising:
  • the invention relates to a method for building different types of green tyres for vehicle wheels for each tyre size, through the use of elementary semi-finished products, in a building plant comprising a plurality of work stations, said method comprising:
  • n k and m being greater than or equal to 2.
  • n k and m change, and in particular as they increase, such method allows building a very large number of different tyres for each size, achieving a higher technological flexibility with the same plant productivity.
  • the present invention in at least one of the above aspects thereof, can have at least one of the following preferred features.
  • the building of at least one portion of a structural component of the tyre being processed from at least one of said first and second elementary semi-finished products, in each of said at least two work stations comprises at least one among:
  • building the crown structure comprises:
  • the building of said tread band is carried out through the use of at least two continuous elongated elements of different elastomeric materials.
  • the building of the tyre being processed is carried out on at least one forming drum.
  • the building of the carcass structure of the tyre being processed is carried out on a first forming drum in at least one carcass structure building line and the building of the crown structure of the tyre being processed is carried out on at least one second forming drum in at least one crown structure building line.
  • the process according to the invention preferably comprises:
  • each carcass structure is associated with the respective first forming drum on which it is built up to the end of the shaping and assembly of the tyre being processed.
  • the process of the invention provides for arranging said at least one first and one second elementary semi-finished products in an elementary semi-finished products arranging line.
  • the process of the invention further provides for transferring said at least one first and one second elementary semi-finished products in respective temporary storage units.
  • the process also comprises transferring said at least one first and one second elementary semi-finished products from temporary storage units into the corresponding feeding units of the corresponding work stations.
  • the tyres being processed are transferred from one work station to the next work station by means of at least one robotised arm.
  • the plant of the invention comprises at least one temporary storage unit of elementary semi-finished products.
  • the work stations fed by at least one first and one second elementary semi-finished product are four.
  • the different elementary semi-finished products fed into each of said first and second work station are two.
  • each work station fed by said first and second elementary semi-finished products is provided with corresponding feeding units of semi-finished products.
  • the building plant further comprises an elementary semi-finished products arranging line.
  • At least one of said at least one first and one second work station fed by at least one first and one second elementary semi-finished product comprises one among the following work stations:
  • the plant preferably further comprises at least one forming drum whereon the tyre is built.
  • the plant further comprises:
  • At least one assembling and shaping work station of the tyre being processed is also advantageously provided, adapted to shape said carcass structure assembling it at said crown structure so as to obtain a green tyre.
  • the plant of the invention comprises at least one tread band building work station, provided with at least one application device of said tread band adapted to deposit a continuous elongated element of elastomeric material winding it onto a surface radially external to a forming drum, according to adjacent and/or radially juxtaposed coils.
  • said tread band building work station comprises at least two of said application devices, each dispensing a continuous elongated element of elastomeric material different to the other one.
  • the plant further comprises devices for transferring the tyre being processed from one work station to the next work station.
  • said transfer devices comprise at least one robotised arm.
  • the number m of work stations fed by said n k elementary semi-finished products is larger than or equal to 3.
  • m is equal to 4.
  • the number n k of elementary semi-finished products fed into the k-th station is equal to 2 in each k-th work station.
  • At least one n k of a k-th work station is greater than or equal to 3.
  • each elementary semi-finished product fed into a k-th work station is different from each elementary semi-finished product fed into a different k-th work station.
  • each elementary semi-finished product fed into a k-th work station is different from all of the remaining elementary semi-finished products fed into the remaining work stations of m work stations.
  • the method of the invention further comprises:
  • the method of the invention further comprises:
  • the building of at least one portion of a structural component of the tyre being processed starting from at least one elementary semi-finished product selected from said n k elementary semi-finished products fed into the k-th work station comprises:
  • said continuous elongated elements are two and are made from different elastomeric materials.
  • FIG. 1 shows a schematic layout of a plant for building green tyres for vehicle wheels wherein the method and the process according to a first embodiment of the present invention are carried out;
  • FIG. 2 shows a schematic layout of a plant for building green tyres for vehicle wheels wherein the method and the process according to a further embodiment of the present invention are carried out.
  • reference numeral 1 globally indicates a plant for building green tyres for vehicle wheels.
  • plant 1 comprises a carcass structure building line 2 and a crown structure building line 3 .
  • the carcass structure building line 2 comprises a plurality of work stations and at least one first forming drum whereon the carcass structure is built; likewise, the crown structure building line 3 comprises a plurality of work stations and at least one second forming drum wherein the crown structure is built.
  • the carcass structure of the tyre to be built in such plant 1 comprises at least one carcass ply and a pair of annular anchoring structures and the crown structure comprises at least one belt structure and a tread band.
  • Plant 1 comprises a plurality of assembling and shaping work stations 4 of the tyre being processed which are adapted to shape the carcass structure assembling it to the crown structure so as to obtain a green tyre.
  • plant 1 comprises at least one first and one second work station, each fed by at least one first and one second elementary semi-finished product which are different to one another.
  • the elementary semi-finished products may differ, for example, by type of elastomeric material; density, that is number of cords per unit of width in cross section with respect to the semi-finished product; type of cords: textile, metal, scheme (starting from the elementary filaments).
  • Such semi-finished products are fed to the respective work stations by means of corresponding feeding units 12 .
  • plant 1 comprises at least one first feeding unit 12 of said first elementary semi-finished product and one second feeding unit 12 of said second elementary semi-finished product for each one of the at least two work stations fed by at least one first and one second elementary semi-finished product.
  • each of said first and second work station is adapted to build at least one portion of a structural component of the tyre being processed starting from at least one elementary semi-finished product selected between said first and second elementary semi-finished products fed into the work station itself.
  • the feeding units 12 of elementary semi-finished products comprise semi-finished product dispensing devices.
  • Plant 1 further comprises temporary storage units 29 of elementary semi-finished products.
  • Such temporary storage units 29 preferably comprise coils of elementary semi-finished products.
  • FIG. 1 there are shown four work stations fed by two elementary semi-finished products by means of the corresponding feeding units 12 :
  • FIG. 1 also shows a tread band building station 11 , provided with at least two devices 30 for applying said tread band.
  • Each of such application devices 30 is adapted to lay a continuous elongated element of elastomeric material by winding it on a surface radially external to the second forming drum, more precisely on the radially outer surface of the belt structure already built, according to adjacent and/or radially juxtaposed coils.
  • plant 1 ′ comprises anything described before for the first embodiment plus further elements that shall be described hereinafter.
  • same reference numbers correspond to same elements.
  • Plant 1 ′ comprises a carcass structure building line 2 ′, a crown structure building line 3 ′ and an assembling and shaping work station 4 , similar to plant 1 relating to the first embodiment.
  • the carcass structure building line 2 ′ comprises a plurality of work stations and at least one first forming drum 6 whereon the carcass structure is built; likewise, the crown structure building line 3 comprises a plurality of work stations and at least one second forming drum 7 wherein the crown structure is built.
  • Plant 1 ′ comprises an elementary semi-finished products arranging line 28 adapted to arrange elementary semi-finished products which are in turn adapted to be fed into the work stations through the feeding units 12 .
  • the carcass structure building line 2 ′ of plant 1 ′ further comprises:
  • the carcass structure building line 2 ′ of plant 1 ′ may optionally comprise the following work stations not shown in the figures:
  • the crown structure building line 3 ′ of plant 1 ′ comprises:
  • Plant 1 ′ further comprises units 12 for feeding elementary semi-finished products.
  • plant 1 ′ comprises three feeding units 12 of three corresponding different elementary semi-finished products fed into the same ply application station 8 .
  • plant 1 ′ comprises temporary storage units 29 of elementary semi-finished products.
  • Such temporary storage units 29 of elementary semi-finished products preferably comprise coils of elementary semi-finished products.
  • Plant 1 ′ further comprises devices for transferring the tyre being processed from one work station to the next work station.
  • each one of said transfer devices comprises one robotised arm 27 .
  • Plant 1 ′ also comprises a moulding and curing line 5 of the green tyre built.
  • the carcass structure of a green tyre is built by the use of elementary semi-finished products fed into the work stations of the carcass structure building line 2 .
  • the carcass structure of the tyre being processed is transferred from one work station to the next one, preferably in the direction indicated by the arrow in FIG. 1 , up to the completion of the same carcass structure.
  • the ply application station 8 which is provided with two feeding units 12 of semi-finished products, it is possible to select one of the two semi-finished products fed therein based on the technological requirements of the tyre to be produced.
  • a first carcass ply has been applied using the selected semi-finished product, it is possible to apply a second ply in a position radially external to the first ply by selecting one of the two semi-finished products fed into the ply application station 8 again, or transfer the tyre into the next work station.
  • the latter receives a further tyre being processed for which it is again possible to select one of the two elementary semi-finished products fed therein, in order to apply at least a first carcass ply, by building a carcass structure equal to or different from the previous one.
  • the crown structure of the tyre being processed is built in the crown structure building line 3 by the use of elementary semi-finished products fed into the work stations of the same crown structure building line 3 .
  • the crown structure of the tyre being processed is transferred from one work station to the next one, preferably in the direction indicated by the arrow in FIG. 1 , up to the completion of the crown structure.
  • crown structures and the carcass structures thus obtained are then assembled in an assembling and shaping station 4 from which different types of built tyres are obtained.
  • Elementary semi-finished products are arranged in an elementary semi-finished products arranging line 28 .
  • Such elementary semi-finished products are transferred into corresponding temporary storage units 29 where they remain up to the transfer into corresponding feeding units 12 .
  • the process of the invention provides the arrangement of three feeding units 12 of three corresponding elementary semi-finished products differing from each other, adapted to feed the ply application station 8 .
  • the latter is adapted to apply at least one first ply of the tyre being processed starting from at least one of said three elementary semi-finished products.
  • the process further provides for arranging two feeding units 12 of two corresponding different elementary semi-finished products, adapted to feed each one among: the first belt application work station 9 , the second belt application work station 31 and the cord application work station 10 . In this way it is possible to select at least one elementary semi-finished product between the two semi-finished products fed into the corresponding stations for each one of the following process operations:
  • a carcass structure of a tyre being processed is carried out on a first forming drum 6 in one carcass structure building line 2 ′ by the following process operations:
  • the carcass structure building also comprises at least one of the following process operations:
  • a crown structure of a tyre being processed is carried out on a second forming drum in a crown structure building line 3 ′ by the following process operations:
  • the tread band is built by winding two continuous elongated elements of elastomeric material differing from each other at least by composition, on a surface radially external to the second forming drum 7 according to adjacent and/or radially juxtaposed coils.
  • the process provides for toroidally shaping the carcass structures assembling them to the corresponding crown structures in one assembling and shaping work station 4 of the tyre being processed.
  • each carcass structure is associated to the respective first forming drum 6 whereon it is assembled up to the end of the shaping and assembly of the tyre being processed.
  • the tyres being processed are preferably transferred from one work station to the next work station by means of at least one robotised arm 27 .
  • the method of the invention provides for feeding n k different elementary semi-finished products into each k-th work station of m work stations fed by said n k elementary semi-finished products.
  • each k-th station of m work stations fed by a plurality of elementary semi-finished products is fed by a variable number n k of different elementary semi-finished products.
  • n 1 shall be the number of semi-finished products fed into the first work station; n 2 shall be the number of semi-finished products fed into the second work station and so on.
  • the method then provides for building, in each k-th work station, at least one portion of a structural component of the tyre being processed starting from at least one elementary semi-finished product selected from said n k elementary semi-finished products fed into the work station itself.
  • said different types of green tyres for each size are equal to
  • the number of different types of tyre that can be made for each size may be larger.
  • a work station adapted to build the tread band provided with two feeding devices of continuous elongated elements differing from each other (used for building the entire tread band)
  • 16 ⁇ 2 that is, 32 types of different tyres
  • the second one 24 ⁇ 2 that is, 48.
  • the building plants 1 and 1 ′ schematically shown in the figures, therefore allow obtaining different types of green tyres for each tyre size.

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