US20150321431A1 - Method for Verifying the Correct Formation of the Beads in a Process and a Plant for Buiilding Tyres for Vehicle Wheels - Google Patents

Method for Verifying the Correct Formation of the Beads in a Process and a Plant for Buiilding Tyres for Vehicle Wheels Download PDF

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US20150321431A1
US20150321431A1 US14/651,954 US201314651954A US2015321431A1 US 20150321431 A1 US20150321431 A1 US 20150321431A1 US 201314651954 A US201314651954 A US 201314651954A US 2015321431 A1 US2015321431 A1 US 2015321431A1
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  • the present invention has as object a method for verifying the correct formation of the beads in a process and a plant for building tyres for vehicle wheels.
  • a tyre for vehicle wheels generally comprises a carcass structure comprising at least one carcass ply having respectively opposite terminal zones engaged with respective annular anchoring structures, integrated in the areas usually identified with the name of “beads”, having an internal diameter substantially corresponding to a so-called “fitting diameter” of the tyre on a respective rim.
  • an element of the tyre that comprises a bead core.
  • a bead core Preferably such component comprises a bead core and a filler insert. Still more preferably, such component comprises a bead core and a filler insert, both enclosed by one edge.
  • WO 2012/063153 on behalf of the same Applicant, describes a plant for building tyres for vehicle wheels which comprises a line for building carcass structures, in which a carcass structure is formed on a building drum.
  • the plant further comprises a line for building crown structures, in which a crown structure is formed on a forming drum.
  • a building station is dedicated to obtaining the belt structure and a work station is arranged for obtaining the tread band and/or the sidewalls.
  • the plant is also provided with an assembly and shaping station operatively associated with the line for building carcass structures and with the line for building crown structures, in which the carcass structure is shaped toroidally and associated with the crown structure, in a manner so as to obtain a green tyre.
  • the green tyres built by the plant are sequentially transferred to a curing line, from which the moulded and cured tyres are obtained.
  • a station is placed that is dedicated to the integration of the annular anchoring structures in the carcass ply.
  • Such station comprises a tyre bead-forming machine, a first storage area and a second storage area for annular anchoring structures.
  • a first conveyor device is moveable between a position for picking up pairs of annular anchoring structures from the first storage area and a release position for releasing such pairs of annular anchoring structures in the tyre bead-forming machine.
  • a second conveyor device moves a plurality of baskets housing the annular anchoring structures between the first storage area and the second storage area and vice versa.
  • the building drums, each provided with a partial carcass sleeve, are carried in succession outside the line for building carcass structures up to the station dedicated for the integration of the annular anchoring structures, for receiving said annular anchoring structures, and then brought back into the line for building carcass structures.
  • the Applicant has in particular perceived that the devices and the apparatuses of the above-described plants with high flexibility occupy much space, also because they must be positioned in a manner so as to allow the operators to access the single devices/apparatuses, in order to inspect them and/or repair them and/or, more generally, maintain them.
  • the Applicant has observed that, still in the scope of plants with high flexibility, a critical factor can be found in the station dedicated to the integration of the annular anchoring structures, since this must ensure the storage and the correct simultaneous management of a large number of types of annular anchoring structures intended for tyres with different fitting diameters and, at the same time, the facilitated access of operators to the tyre bead-forming machine and to the storage.
  • the Applicant has perceived the importance of limiting the bulk of the station dedicated for the integration of the annular anchoring structures in the carcass ply while at the same time maintaining:
  • the Applicant has finally found that, by obtaining a storage for the annular anchoring structures provided with at least one opening with size suitable for the passage of an operator and providing for a loading area for the storage on one side thereof and the positioning of a tyre bead-forming machine on the opposite side, it is possible to structure the station dedicated for the integration of the annular anchoring structures in the carcass sleeves and pair it with the carcass building line with a considerable savings of space, while ensuring the accessibility to the machine itself, and more generally substantially to all the devices of said station dedicated for the integration of said annular anchoring structures.
  • the present invention relates to a method for verifying the correct formation of the beads in a process and a plant for building tyres for vehicle wheels.
  • the method comprises loading a plurality of annular anchoring structures in a storage, disposing them in at least two groups separated by at least one opening.
  • a building drum provided with a carcass sleeve is positioned in a tyre bead-forming machine.
  • two of said annular anchoring structures are picked up from the storage and loaded on the tyre bead-forming machine.
  • a respective annular anchoring structure is fit and each of said zones is turned up around the respective annular anchoring structure to form the beads.
  • said at least one opening allows the visual inspection of the work area and access to said work area.
  • the present invention relates to a plant for building tyres for vehicle wheels.
  • the plant comprises a line for building carcass structures on a building drum comprising a plurality of building stations and devices for transferring the building drum from one building station to another.
  • the plant comprises a line for building crown structures on a forming drum comprising a plurality of work stations and devices for transferring the forming drum from one work station to another.
  • one of the building stations is a station for the integration of annular anchoring structures in the carcass sleeve and comprises a storage for the annular anchoring structures having a first free side for loading the annular anchoring structures in the storage and a second side opposite the first side.
  • the station for the integration comprises a tyre bead-forming machine arranged adjacent to the second side of the storage.
  • the storage has at least one opening adapted to place the first side in communication with the tyre bead-forming machine, for the visual inspection of the tyre bead-forming machine and for access to said tyre bead-forming machine.
  • the present invention relates to an apparatus for controlling the management of annular anchoring structures in a process and a plant for building tyres for vehicle wheels.
  • the apparatus comprises a storage for the annular anchoring structures having a first free side for loading the annular anchoring structures in the storage and a second side, opposite the first side, arranged adjacent to a tyre bead-forming machine.
  • the apparatus comprises a handling device arranged between the second side and the tyre bead-forming machine and moveable between a position for picking up the annular anchoring structures from the storage and a position for releasing the annular anchoring structures in the tyre bead-forming machine.
  • the storage has at least one opening adapted to place the first side in communication with the second side and with the tyre bead-forming machine, for the visual inspection of the tyre bead-forming machine and for access to said tyre bead-forming machine.
  • the Applicant deems that the present invention allows arranging the different elements of the plant (machines, devices, etc.) according to a more rational and compact lay-out, without the plant losing flexibility and productivity and ensuring the quality of the produced tyres.
  • the Applicant deems that the presence of the opening in the storage allows bringing the second side thereof—that from which the annular anchoring structures are picked up—close to the tyre bead-forming machine and the latter to the rest of the line for building the carcass structures, still allowing the operator to visually inspect the technological bead formation cycle and possibly easily access the tyre bead-forming machine if necessary, essential operations for ensuring the quality of the bead formation cycle and hence of the tyres produced. Such access is ensured without having to stop the production for moving parts of the plant.
  • the first side of the storage is always free to allow the operator to resupply the storage itself with the annular anchoring structures, preferably by manual loading.
  • lay-out obtained therefore allows complete accessibility to the areas where the presence of the operator is essential, i.e. the load area for the annular anchoring structures in the storage and the quality monitoring area for the bead formation cycle (such cycle carried out in the tyre bead-forming machine).
  • the present invention in at least one of the aforesaid aspects, can also have one or more of the preferred characteristics which are described hereinbelow.
  • the visual inspection of the work area and/or the access to said work area are carried out during the formation of the beads.
  • the visual inspection of the work area and/or the access to said work area are carried out during the picking up of the two annular anchoring structures from the storage.
  • the visual inspection of the work area and/or the access to said work area are carried out when loading the two annular anchoring structures on the tyre bead-forming machine.
  • the visual inspection of the work area and/or the access to said work area are carried out during the positioning of the drum in the tyre bead-forming machine.
  • the visual inspection of the work area and/or the access to said work area are carried out when extracting the building drum with the carcass sleeve provided with the beads formed by the tyre bead-forming machine.
  • the station for the integration of annular anchoring structures comprises a handling device arranged between the second side and the tyre bead-forming machine and moveable between a position for picking up the annular anchoring structures from the storage and a position for releasing the annular anchoring structures to the tyre bead-forming machine.
  • the handling device is sized to carry a maximum load of about 12 Kg.
  • the handling device must pick up and carry only one or preferably two annular anchoring structures at a time, whose weight is usually comprised between about 0.2 Kg and about 0.7 Kg.
  • the handling device is specifically sized to carry such weights and position them with precision.
  • the station for the integration of annular anchoring structures comprises a conveyor device operatively active between the tyre bead-forming machine, a building station downstream of said tyre bead-forming machine and a building station upstream of said tyre bead-forming machine, for conveying the building drums between the building station upstream and the tyre bead-forming machine and between the tyre bead-forming machine and the building station downstream.
  • the station for the integration of annular anchoring structures is disposed in the succession of building stations which form the carcass building line, occupying an extremely limited space.
  • the conveyor device is arranged adjacent to the tyre bead-forming machine and on the opposite side with respect to the storage.
  • the conveyor device is an anthropomorphic arm having a base rested adjacent to the tyre bead-forming machine and on the opposite side with respect to the storage. The conveyor device is close to the tyre bead-forming machine but, being situated on the side opposite the abovementioned opening, it does not block the access of the operator.
  • the conveyor device is sized to carry a maximum load of about 350 Kg.
  • the conveyor device must pick up and carry one building drum at a time, whose weight is usually comprised between about 180 Kg and about 220 Kg.
  • the conveyor device is sized specifically to carry such weight and to position the drum with precision.
  • the tyre bead-forming machine comprises: tyre bead-forming devices arranged in a lower area of said tyre bead-forming machine; receiving devices for receiving the annular anchoring structures arranged in an upper area of said tyre bead-forming machine; devices for conveying the annular anchoring structures from the upper area to the lower area.
  • the upper area is arranged at a height equivalent or greater than a height of the opening.
  • the handling device transfers the annular anchoring structures to the receiving devices arranged in the upper area.
  • the receiving devices positioned above the tyre bead-forming devices allow the delivery of the annular anchoring structures from the handling device to the tyre bead-forming machine without the area—comprised between the storage and the machine—being obstructed, such area being where the operator positions himself for inspecting the operation of the machine itself.
  • the opening is faced on the tyre bead-forming machine.
  • the access is therefore direct and immediate.
  • the operator physically positioned in the opening or in front of the same, can examine what occurs in the tyre bead-forming machine and/or intervene without interfering with moving parts and without being interposed between the annular anchoring structures still situated in the storage and other parts of the apparatus/plant.
  • the storage comprises a plurality of seats, each capable of housing an annular anchoring structure, organised in at least two groups separated by said opening.
  • the opening is situated between the groups of annular anchoring structures and the machine faces the opening in a manner such that the distance between said annular anchoring structures and said machine is not excessive, in order to make their conveying to the machine quick and simple.
  • the handling device is moveable between said at least two groups along a path not interfering with said at least one opening.
  • the handling device is moved around the abovementioned opening, preferably adjacent to and above the abovementioned opening.
  • the access of the operator to the tyre bead-forming machine is possible in safe conditions, even while the handling device is moved in front of the second side of the storage for picking up or conveying the annular anchoring structures.
  • said at least two groups are spaced horizontally and the handling device is moveable above said opening.
  • the vertical space is used, which is usually available in industrial plants, without having to occupy further ground.
  • said opening has a width comprised between about 1500 mm and about 2500 mm.
  • said opening has a height comprised between about 2200 mm and about 2500 mm. Such dimensions allow the facilitated passage of the operator in erect position, even with possible tools.
  • the storage comprises a plurality of baskets, each capable of housing a plurality of annular anchoring structures.
  • the organisation in baskets makes it easier to manage the storage, above all when different annular anchoring structures are present.
  • Each basket preferably contains about forty annular anchoring structures. The operator picks up said annular anchoring structures from a container, in which they are arranged horizontally on each other and divided by a separator; the operator loads them one at a time in the respective seats of the baskets.
  • Each basket can be completely or partially loaded.
  • each basket has a single area for picking up the annular anchoring structures thereof.
  • the handling device therefore has only one point of reference for each basket and must not pick up annular anchoring structures placed in different points. This makes the picking up operation quicker and more precise.
  • said single area for picking up is arranged at a final end of the respective basket.
  • the handling device therefore has sufficient space to be moved and grasp the annular anchoring structure without interfering with the other annular structures and/or other parts of the basket.
  • said single area for picking up is arranged at an upper portion of the final end. This allows the handling device to be moved closer to the annular anchoring structure, from above, without risks of interference.
  • each basket is faced on the second side of the storage.
  • the handling device being moved in front of the second side of the storage, is capable of reaching all the annular anchoring structures ready to be picked up.
  • said single area for picking up is unvarying upon the variation of the characteristics of the annular anchoring structures. Even with different annular structures (different with regard to size and structure), the picking up operation is quick and precise because the handling device always has the same point of reference for each basket.
  • each basket comprises devices for moving the annular anchoring structures towards said single area for picking up.
  • the annular structures stored in a basket are carried in succession, one at a time, into the picking up area.
  • the handling device being moved in front of the second side of the storage, is capable of reaching all the annular anchoring structures of the storage itself.
  • each basket has a main axis and houses the annular anchoring structures mutually arranged adjacent and coaxial to said main axis; the baskets of each group being adjacent to each other with the main axes thereof parallel.
  • the baskets are arranged in groups (defining the same number of groups of seats) and arranged on one or more rows.
  • each basket is extractable on the first side in a position for loading the annular anchoring structures.
  • Each basket can be extracted, preferably manually, from the group towards the side of the storage opposite that facing the machine for the formation of the beads. In such area, which is free, the operator can thus easily proceed with the loading of the basket itself, before then reinserting it in the group.
  • the storage comprises two groups of baskets separated by said opening and each of the two groups comprises at least one pair of baskets formed by a lower basket and by an upper basket.
  • each of the two groups comprises a plurality of pairs thus defined.
  • the lower basket projects on the second side with respect to the upper basket.
  • the handling device that descends from above can reach both the final end (single picking up area) of the upper basket and that of the lower basket without interferences.
  • the lower basket is rested on a lower portion of a framework of said apparatus and, preferably, the upper basket is hung at an upper portion of a framework of said apparatus.
  • the height of the position of the upper basket is limited, facilitating the operator loading.
  • the storage comprises a guide disposed above the baskets, the handling device being moveable on said guide.
  • the handling device can be moved for the entire width of the storage on the abovementioned guide and can descend to pick up the annular anchoring structures from the terminal ends of the baskets.
  • the guide is disposed above said opening.
  • the handling device is of overhead type and is mounted on a kind of portal that delimits the abovementioned opening.
  • the handling device comprises a gripper which can be moved along three axes.
  • the gripper is in such a manner capable of being moved in front of the second side of the storage and of bringing the annular anchoring structures up to the tyre bead-forming machine.
  • FIG. 1 schematically shows a top view of a plant for building tyres in accordance with the present invention
  • FIG. 2 shows a top view of a portion of the plant of FIG. 1 with some parts removed in order to better illustrate other parts;
  • FIG. 3 shows a side elevation view of the portion of FIG. 2 with some parts removed in order to better illustrate other parts;
  • FIG. 4 shows a front elevation view of the portion of FIG. 2 with some parts removed in order to better illustrated other parts;
  • FIG. 5 shows an enlarged element of the plant of FIG. 1 ;
  • FIG. 6 schematically shows, in diameter section, a tyre for vehicle wheels obtained with the plant of FIG. 1 .
  • reference number 1 indicates overall a plant for building tyres 2 in accordance with the present invention.
  • the plant 1 is set to manufacture tyres 2 ( FIG. 6 ) essentially comprising at least one carcass ply 3 preferably internally covered by a layer of impermeable elastic material or so-called liner 4 , two so-called “beads” 5 integrating respective annular anchoring structures 6 comprising respective bead cores 6 a possibly associated with elastomeric fillers 6 b and engaged with the circumferential edges of the carcass ply 3 , a belt structure 7 applied in radially external position relative to the carcass ply 3 , a tread band 8 applied in radially external position relative to the belt structure 7 , in a so-called crown area of the tyre 2 , and two sidewalls 9 applied in laterally opposite positions on the carcass ply 3 , each at a lateral area of the tyre 2 , being extended from the corresponding bead 5 to the corresponding lateral edge of the tread band 8 .
  • the plant 1 preferably comprises ( FIG. 1 ) a line 10 for building carcass structures, in which a carcass structure, comprising at least one of the carcass plies 3 and the annular anchoring structures 6 , is formed on a building drum 11 .
  • the line 10 for building carcass structures comprises a device 12 for building carcass sleeves on the building drums 11 .
  • the building device 12 comprises a plurality of stations 13 . For example, a first station 13 obtains the liner 4 , and in at least one second station 13 of the building device 12 the manufacturing of one or more carcass plies 3 can be actuated.
  • the line 10 for building carcass structures further comprises a station 14 dedicated for the integration of the annular anchoring structures 6 in said at least one carcass ply 3 , through the application of the same annular anchoring structures 6 in an axially external position relative to the zones of said at least one carcass ply 3 turned down in the direction of the rotation axis of said building drum 11 , zones which are subsequently turned up around the annular anchoring structures 6 .
  • further processing stations 13 can be present, for example for obtaining at least one portion of an anti-abrasive element or of the sidewalls 9 .
  • the plant 1 further comprises a line 15 for building crown structures, in which a crown structure, comprising at least the belt structure 7 and preferably also the tread band 8 , is formed on a forming drum 16 .
  • a plurality of work stations 17 are indicated that belong to the aforesaid line 15 for building crown structures and each dedicated to forming at least one portion of a component of the tyre 2 on the forming drum 16 .
  • the forming drum 16 is sequentially transferred from one station 17 to the subsequent station 17 by suitable devices, not illustrated.
  • At least one work station 17 can be dedicated for obtaining the belt structure 7 .
  • a work station 17 is preferably predisposed for obtaining the tread band 8 and/or the sidewalls 9 .
  • the plant 1 is also provided with an assembly and shaping station 18 operatively associated with the line 10 for building carcass structures and with the line 15 for building crown structures.
  • the carcass structure is toroidally shaped and associated with the crown structure, in a manner so as to obtain a green tyre.
  • the green tyres built by the plant are sequentially transferred to a curing line 19 , from which moulded and cured tyres 2 are obtained.
  • the station 14 dedicated for the integration of the annular anchoring structures 6 comprises a storage 20 that houses a plurality of baskets 21 a , 21 b, each of which capable of containing/supporting a plurality (preferably up to several dozen, e.g. about forty) of annular anchoring structures 6 .
  • the baskets 21 a, 21 b are arranged in a framework 22 and organised in two groups: a first group 23 formed by six adjacent pairs of baskets 21 a, 21 b, wherein each pair is composed of a lower basket 21 a and an upper basket 21 b; a second group 24 formed by three adjacent pairs of baskets 21 a, 21 b, wherein each pair is composed of a lower basket 21 a and an upper basket 21 b.
  • each of the two groups 23 , 24 is formed by two superimposed rows of baskets 21 a, 21 b.
  • the storage 20 has a main extension direction “X-X” along which the baskets 21 a, 21 b of each row are consecutively arranged.
  • the storage 20 has a first side 20 a and a second side 20 b placed on opposite sides of said main extension direction “X-X”. At the first side 20 a, a walking area is present in which an operator “O” can freely move.
  • Each basket 21 a, 21 b comprises ( FIG. 5 ) support elements 25 adapted to support the annular anchoring structures 6 arranged next to each other at short distance and coaxial with a common main axis “Y-Y”.
  • a motor 26 is capable of moving the support elements 25 and the annular anchoring structures 6 carried by them along a direction parallel to the common main axis “Y-Y”, in a manner so as to carry in succession each of the annular anchoring structures 6 at a final end 27 of the respective basket 21 a, 21 b.
  • the support elements 25 are mounted next to each other on a belt (or a chain) wound on pulleys (not illustrated) moved by the motor 26 .
  • the belt and the pulleys are carried by an arm 30 parallel to the main axis “Y-Y”.
  • the belt comprises an upper branch and a lower branch parallel to the common main axis “Y-Y” and extending for the entire length of the basket 21 a, 21 b.
  • the belt, the pulleys and the motor 26 constitute devices for moving the annular anchoring structures 6 along the common main axis “Y-Y”.
  • Each annular anchoring structure 6 rests in the respective seat 28 at a radially internal portion thereof and is therefore hung at the support element 25 .
  • Each support element 25 has abutment elements 29 which, together with the seats 28 , maintain the annular anchoring structures 6 at a predefined distance from each other along a common main axis “Y-Y”.
  • the arm 30 and the motor 26 are mounted on a load-bearing structure 31 in turn mounted, with the possibility of sliding, on the framework 22 .
  • Each of the baskets 21 a, 21 b can be moved, by making it slide with respect to the framework 22 (on the base 32 or on the overhead guide 33 ), between a loading position and a work position.
  • the basket 21 a, 21 b is extracted on the first side 20 a of the storage 20 at the walking area.
  • the overhead guide 33 is extended up to the walking area and each upper basket 21 b in the loading position can be brought until it is above such area.
  • the base 22 is not extended on the walking area but each lower basket 21 a can be projectingly extracted until it is over said area.
  • the operator “O” picks up the annular anchoring structures from a container (not illustrated), where said annular anchoring structures are horizontally stacked on each other and divided by a separator; the operator loads such structures one at a time in the respective seats 28 of the baskets 21 a, 21 b.
  • Each basket 21 a, 21 b can be completely or partially loaded.
  • the walking zone therefore constitutes an area for loading the baskets 21 a, 21 b.
  • the basket 21 a, 21 b faces the second side 20 b of the storage 20 and projects slightly beyond the framework 22 . As is more visible in FIG. 3 , in the work position, the final end 27 of the lower baskets 21 a projects more than the final end 27 of the upper baskets 21 b.
  • a through free space pass or opening 34 ( FIGS. 2 and 4 ) is delimited, which is opened both on the first side 20 a and on the second side 20 b and places such sides in communication. According to that illustrated in FIG. 4 , the opening 34 is further delimited by two of the columns of the framework 22 . Such opening 34 has a passage section such to allow the movement and/or stopping of the operator “O” possibly provided with work tools.
  • the opening 34 has a rectangular passage section with a width “L” comprised between about 1500 mm and about 2500 mm, preferably equal to about 2000 mm, and a height “H” comprised between about 2200 mm and about 2500 mm, preferably equal to about 2200 mm.
  • the opening 34 preferably allows the operator who is in the loading area to see from one side to the other through the storage 20 .
  • the station 14 dedicated for the integration of the annular anchoring structures 6 comprises a handling device 35 mounted and moveable on a guide 36 installed on the framework 22 .
  • the guide 36 is extended parallel to the main extension direction “X-X” and is positioned above the framework 22 preferably towards the second side 20 b thereof ( FIGS. 2 , 3 and 4 ).
  • the handling device 35 and the storage 20 form an apparatus for controlling the management of the annular anchoring structures during the building of the tyre 2 .
  • the handling device 35 comprises a carriage 37 slidably mounted on the guide 36 and moveable in translation along the same by means of a motor, not illustrated.
  • a first arm 38 is installed which can slide with respect to said carriage 37 by means of a motor, not illustrated, along a direction orthogonal to the guide 36 and parallel to the ground.
  • a second arm 39 is positioned that can slide with respect to said first arm 38 , by means of a motor, not illustrated, along a vertical direction orthogonal to the guide 36 and to the first arm 38 .
  • a gripper 40 is mounted which can rotate, preferably by means of a motor, not illustrated, around the abovementioned vertical direction.
  • the gripper 40 is moveable along three axes “X, Y, Z” and rotatable around the vertical axis “Z”.
  • the gripper 40 is moveable in front of the second side 20 b of the storage 20 and can come to grasp and pick up each of the annular anchoring structures 6 placed at the final end 27 of each of the baskets 21 a, 21 b situated in the work position.
  • the gripper 40 in order to grasp the annular anchoring structure 6 , comes to be positioned in a predefined single area 41 for picking up a respective basket 21 a, 21 b arranged at an upper portion of the final end 27 of said basket 21 a, 21 b. Since the annular anchoring structure 6 is hung, such predefined single picking up area 41 does not vary upon the variation of the type/size of the annular anchoring structure 6 .
  • the guide 36 passes above the opening 34 and the handling device 35 is capable of moving the gripper 40 from the first group 23 to the second group 24 of baskets 21 a, 21 b, making it move above the opening 34 without interferences with the volume defined by the opening itself.
  • the handling device 35 is sized to carry a maximum load of about 12 Kg, i.e. the weight of the gripper 40 and of an annular anchoring structure 6 which is usually comprised between about 0.2 Kg and about 0.7 Kg.
  • the station 14 dedicated for the integration of the annular anchoring structures 6 comprises a tyre bead-forming machine 42 which is positioned in front of the second side 20 b of the storage 20 and at the opening 34 which is therefore faced on the machine itself 42 .
  • the tyre bead-forming machine 42 has a lower area 43 or work area, arranged at a base of the machine, which comprises devices 44 for supporting a building drum 11 provided with a carcass sleeve and bead formation devices 45 , illustrated only schematically since per se known; such devices 44 are adapted to retain, at axially opposite sides of the building drum 11 , a pair of annular anchoring structures 6 , to fit each of said annular anchoring structures 6 on the opposite terminal zones of said carcass sleeve and to subsequently turn up the zones around the annular anchoring structures 6 to form the beads 5 .
  • Such lower work area is open towards the opening 34 or in any case allows an operator situated in the opening 34 or in front of the opening 34 to see the carcass sleeve 11 being processed inside the tyre bead-forming machine 42 and to access, by moving through the opening 34 , the carcass sleeve 11 positioned in such lower area 43 if necessary.
  • the tyre bead-forming machine 42 has an upper area 46 , placed above the lower area 43 at a height about equal to or greater than the height “H” of the opening 34 .
  • the upper area 46 houses receiving devices 47 , illustrated only schematically, for receiving the annular anchoring structures 6 which are conveyed by the handling device 35 .
  • the receiving devices 47 are capable of retaining and supporting one pair of annular anchoring structures 6 at a time, which are delivered thereto by the handling device 35 .
  • the handling device 35 is operatively active between the second side 20 b and the tyre bead-forming machine 42 and is moveable between a position for picking up the annular anchoring structures 6 from the storage 20 and a position for releasing the annular anchoring structures 6 to the receiving devices 47 of the tyre bead-forming machine 20 .
  • the tyre bead-forming machine 42 further comprises conveying devices 48 , illustrated only schematically, which provide for moving the pair of annular anchoring structures 6 retained by the receiving devices 47 up to the lower area 43 of the tyre bead-forming machine 42 and releasing them to the bead formation devices 45 .
  • the station 14 dedicated for the integration of the annular anchoring structures 6 comprises a conveyor device 49 which in the represented embodiment is defined by an anthropomorphic robot arm, per se known, having a base 50 rested adjacent to the tyre bead-forming machine 42 on the opposite side with respect to the storage 20 ( FIGS. 2 and 3 ).
  • the anthropomorphic arm 49 comprises a gripping end 51 which is capable of grasping, conveying and releasing a building drum 11 .
  • the anthropomorphic arm 49 is operatively positioned between the tyre bead-forming machine 42 and the building stations 13 arranged upstream and downstream of said machine 42 ( FIG. 1 ).
  • the anthropomorphic arm 49 is capable of conveying the building drums 11 between the building station 13 upstream and the tyre bead-forming machine 42 and between the tyre bead-forming machine 42 and the building station 13 downstream.
  • the anthropomorphic arm 49 is sized to carry a maximum load of about 350 Kg, i.e. the weight of a building drum 11 which is usually comprised between about 180 Kg and about 220 Kg.
  • the operator “O” positioned in the loading area carries out the manual loading of the annular anchoring structures 6 in the baskets 21 a , 21 b of the storage 20 while the baskets 21 a, 21 b are situated in the respective extracted position on the first side 20 a of the storage 20 itself.
  • each basket 21 a, 21 b is manually reinserted in the work position.
  • the handling device 35 picks up pairs of annular anchoring structures 6 and delivers them to the receiving devices 47 .
  • the conveying devices 48 provide for moving the pair of annular anchoring structures 6 retained by the receiving devices 47 up to the lower area 43 of the tyre bead-forming machine 42 and releasing them to the bead formation devices 45 .
  • the conveyor device 49 picks up a building drum 11 provided with a carcass sleeve from the processing station 13 situated upstream of the tyre bead-forming machine 42 and delivers it to the devices 44 for supporting the building drum 11 of the machine itself 42 .
  • the machine 42 provides for forming the beads 5 , in a per se known manner.
  • the handling device 35 is already brought back to the second side 20 b of the storage 20 in order to pick up the annular anchoring structures 6 intended for the subsequent tyre 2 .
  • the handling device 35 during each movement thereof, does not move in front of the opening 34 but passes above or adjacent thereto.
  • the operator “O” is capable of visually inspecting the work area 43 and/or accessing the work area 43 itself during the entire work cycle of the machine 42 or, more generally, of the station 14 dedicated for the integration of the annular anchoring structures 6 , i.e., during the picking up of the two annular anchoring structures 6 from the storage 20 , the loading of the two annular anchoring structures 6 on the tyre bead-forming machine 42 , the positioning of the building drum 11 in the tyre bead-forming machine 42 , the extracting of the building drum 11 provided with the beads 5 from the tyre bead-forming machine 42 .

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