WO1999004960A1 - Improvements in tyre manufacture - Google Patents
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- WO1999004960A1 WO1999004960A1 PCT/GB1998/002193 GB9802193W WO9904960A1 WO 1999004960 A1 WO1999004960 A1 WO 1999004960A1 GB 9802193 W GB9802193 W GB 9802193W WO 9904960 A1 WO9904960 A1 WO 9904960A1
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
- B29D—PRODUCING PARTICULAR ARTICLES FROM PLASTICS OR FROM SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE
- B29D30/00—Producing pneumatic or solid tyres or parts thereof
- B29D30/06—Pneumatic tyres or parts thereof (e.g. produced by casting, moulding, compression moulding, injection moulding, centrifugal casting)
- B29D30/08—Building tyres
- B29D30/10—Building tyres on round cores, i.e. the shape of the core is approximately identical with the shape of the completed tyre
- B29D30/16—Applying the layers; Guiding or stretching the layers during application
- B29D30/1628—Applying the layers; Guiding or stretching the layers during application by feeding a continuous band and winding it helically, i.e. the band is fed while being advanced along the core axis, to form an annular element
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
- B29C—SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
- B29C48/00—Extrusion moulding, i.e. expressing the moulding material through a die or nozzle which imparts the desired form; Apparatus therefor
- B29C48/03—Extrusion moulding, i.e. expressing the moulding material through a die or nozzle which imparts the desired form; Apparatus therefor characterised by the shape of the extruded material at extrusion
- B29C48/07—Flat, e.g. panels
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
- B29D—PRODUCING PARTICULAR ARTICLES FROM PLASTICS OR FROM SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE
- B29D30/00—Producing pneumatic or solid tyres or parts thereof
- B29D30/06—Pneumatic tyres or parts thereof (e.g. produced by casting, moulding, compression moulding, injection moulding, centrifugal casting)
- B29D30/08—Building tyres
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
- B29D—PRODUCING PARTICULAR ARTICLES FROM PLASTICS OR FROM SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE
- B29D30/00—Producing pneumatic or solid tyres or parts thereof
- B29D30/06—Pneumatic tyres or parts thereof (e.g. produced by casting, moulding, compression moulding, injection moulding, centrifugal casting)
- B29D30/52—Unvulcanised treads, e.g. on used tyres; Retreading
- B29D30/58—Applying bands of rubber treads, i.e. applying camel backs
- B29D30/60—Applying bands of rubber treads, i.e. applying camel backs by winding narrow strips
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
- B29C—SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
- B29C48/00—Extrusion moulding, i.e. expressing the moulding material through a die or nozzle which imparts the desired form; Apparatus therefor
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
- B29D—PRODUCING PARTICULAR ARTICLES FROM PLASTICS OR FROM SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE
- B29D30/00—Producing pneumatic or solid tyres or parts thereof
- B29D30/06—Pneumatic tyres or parts thereof (e.g. produced by casting, moulding, compression moulding, injection moulding, centrifugal casting)
- B29D30/08—Building tyres
- B29D30/10—Building tyres on round cores, i.e. the shape of the core is approximately identical with the shape of the completed tyre
- B29D30/16—Applying the layers; Guiding or stretching the layers during application
- B29D2030/1664—Details, accessories or auxiliary operations not provided for in the other subgroups of B29D30/00
- B29D2030/1678—Details, accessories or auxiliary operations not provided for in the other subgroups of B29D30/00 the layers being applied being substantially continuous, i.e. not being cut before the application step
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
- B29L—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASS B29C, RELATING TO PARTICULAR ARTICLES
- B29L2030/00—Pneumatic or solid tyres or parts thereof
- B29L2030/002—Treads
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
- B29L—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASS B29C, RELATING TO PARTICULAR ARTICLES
- B29L2030/00—Pneumatic or solid tyres or parts thereof
- B29L2030/007—Sidewalls
Definitions
- This invention is concerned with improvements in tyre manufacture, and particularly with improvements in the formation of sidewalls.
- a pneumatic tyre is formed in several pieces which in use are distorted appreciably, and so it is desirable that the sides of a tyre are covered by a sidewall so that the appearance of the tyre is improved.
- sidewalls for pneumatic tyres have been formed by moulding. That is a technique preferable to an extrusion process, which would tend to lead to creases being formed in the inside radius region of the sidewall. That improvement is known from U.S. Patent 4,743,322.
- a slug of uncured elastomeric material is poured onto a female mould plate rotatable on a turntable.
- a male plate is then placed over the female plate and the slug is pressed out to the desired sidewall shape.
- the moulded sidewall is then applied to a tyre carcass and cured.
- moulding flashes will be formed at both the exterior and interior edges of the sidewall. Those moulding flashes will need to be removed before the curing step. Although the flashes can be recycled, their existence reduces the efficiency of the process.
- the step of removing the flashes is also time consuming and increases the overall production time for a sidewall or other tyre component produced by the above method.
- apparatus for manufacturing a tyre component comprising continuous ribbon extrusion means for producing a substantially continuous supply of ribbon of elastomeric material, ribbon delivery means for receiving ribbon from said extrusion means, and a turntable onto which the delivery means is operative to deliver ribbon.
- the apparatus comprises loop storage means for storing a loop of ribbon produced by the extrusion means prior to delivery by the delivery means.
- the loop storage means may comprise a festoon.
- the festoon preferably includes sensor means operative to sense the length of ribbon stored therein.
- the sensor means may comprise upper and lower ribbon presence detectors for defining upper and lower limits for the length of ribbon stored in the festoon.
- the sensor means is preferably operative to control the rate of production of ribbon by the extrusion means; the rate of production may be controlled by proportional control.
- the delivery means is capable of delivering ribbon of variable thickness.
- the delivery means may comprise a delivery head including a calender.
- the turntable may be rotatable relative the deliver ⁇ ' means.
- Figure 1 is a side elevation of a strip winding station according to a specific embodiment of the invention.
- Figure 2 is a side elevation of a turntable of the strip winding station of figure 1 with a strip laying head assembly
- Figure 3 is- an enlarged view of a mini-calender of the strip laying head assembly, viewed from the right in figure 2.
- a strip winding station 10 comprises an extruder 12 which is operative to produce a bootlace of elastomeric material such as is normally found in the tread package or sidewall of a car tyre.
- a festoon 14 Arranged adjacent the extruder is a festoon 14 which comprises intake and output rollers 16, 18 and in which a loop of the bootlace can be formed.
- the system further comprises a turntable 20 which is generally horizontal and is mounted on a plinth 22.
- the turntable 20 is rotatable relative to the plinth 22 about a vertical axis.
- a drive motor 24 is mounted on the plinth 22 and which, via gearing or a belt, is operative to turn the turntable.
- the plinth is also provided with means to allow the turntable 20 to be raised or lowered as required.
- the turntable 20 has a profile corresponding to the profile of a half of a tread package, the half being such as would be fonned by cutting a complete tread package in a plane perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the tread package.
- a laying head assembly 26 which comprises a mini-calender 28 and a laying head 30.
- the minicalender 28 comprises three rolls 32, 34, 36 which are arranged in parallel to receive a supply of bootlace from the output roller 18 of the festoon 14, and to shape the bootlace into a strip suitable to be laid on the turntable.
- the intermediate of the three rolls has side flanges between which the other rolls engage so as to define with the other rollers a calender nip limited in all planes. In that way, the profile of the strip can be controlled carefully.
- the rolls 32, 34, 36 are movable relative each other in order that the thickness of the strip may be varied.
- a driven endless conveyor 38 Situated between the mini-calender 28 and the laying head 30 is a driven endless conveyor 38.
- the conveyor 38 supports strip as it is transferred from the mini-calender 28 to the laying head 30, and by driving the conveyor at a faster rate than the strip is delivered to the conveyor, a controlled strain may be imparted to the strip.
- a roll 40 of the laying head is directed onto the conveyor, and assists in this imparting of the controlled strain.
- the laying head 30 comprises a series of rolls 42 which are arranged to deliver the strip from the conveyor to the turntable in a controlled manner.
- the height of the rolls 42 is adjustable, and so the laying head can be allowed to follow the profile of the turntable.
- a layer built up in such a way can be made to be any desired shape, and can have thickness varying with radius. Other criteria may also be taken into account, such as by changing the characteristics of the elastomeric material during the winding step so as to produce a complex final product.
- the strip is driven through the laying head by means of the rolls 32, 34, 36, 40 and 42 of the mini-calender and of the strip laying head.
- the speed of delivery of the strip to the turntable is independent of the speed at which bootlace can be extruded.
- the extruder 12 can be arranged to operate at a generally constant speed and need not be accelerated or decelerated in order to take account of stoppages, for instance that occurring when one tyre component is completed and the former for another is being introduced to the system.
- the festoon 14 may include sensors 44, 46 positioned to correspond to predetermined minimum and maximum levels of the lower extent of the loop of bootlace stored in the festoon. If an appropriate signal is produced by the lower sensor 44, that indicates that the festoon is nearly full, and so the extmder decelerates to account for that. If an appropriate signal is produced by the upper sensor 46, that indicates that the festoon is nearly empty, and so the extruder accelerates to account for that.
- the extruder may be spared from undue acceleration and deceleration which would otherwise lead to inefficiencies in the system.
- the turntable may be of a lightweight construction. Hence, whereas previous arrangements required bulky moulding dies to be moved around a plant, the system described above is more efficient.
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AU84544/98A AU8454498A (en) | 1997-07-23 | 1998-07-22 | Improvements in tyre manufacture |
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GB9715453A GB2327393A (en) | 1997-07-23 | 1997-07-23 | Tyre component manufacture |
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FR2421130A1 (en) * | 1978-04-01 | 1979-10-26 | Henkel Kgaa | Winding extruded sealing tape - extrusion on carrier is festooned and conveyed at speed regulated by festoon depth (NL 3.10.79) |
EP0288609A1 (en) * | 1987-04-21 | 1988-11-02 | Bridgestone Corporation | Tire reinforcing member winding apparatus |
EP0340147A2 (en) * | 1988-04-23 | 1989-11-02 | The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company | Apparatus for the manufacture of a pneumatic tire |
JPH0416333A (en) * | 1990-05-09 | 1992-01-21 | Bridgestone Corp | Rewinding method of wound belt-like member |
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