Abstract: Disclosed is a transport device, an applicator and a method for transporting a tire component in a transport direction. The transport device includes at least three conveyors extending mutually parallel in the transport direction and side-by-side in a lateral direction perpendicular to the transport direction to form a combined conveying surface for conveying the tire component in the transport direction, wherein the at least three conveyors include an intermediate conveyor, a first side conveyor on a first side of the intermediate conveyor in the lateral direction and a second side conveyor on a second side of the intermediate conveyor in the lateral direction, opposite to the first side, wherein the intermediate conveyor, the first side conveyor and the second side conveyor are movable at different speeds with respect to each other in a direction parallel to the transport direction.

Abstract: Disclosed is a transport device, an applicator and a method for transporting a tire component in a transport direction. The transport device includes at least three conveyors extending mutually parallel in the transport direction and side-by-side in a lateral direction perpendicular to the transport direction to form a combined conveying surface for conveying the tire component in the transport direction, wherein the at least three conveyors include an intermediate conveyor, a first side conveyor on a first side of the intermediate conveyor in the lateral direction and a second side conveyor on a second side of the intermediate conveyor in the lateral direction, opposite to the first side, wherein the intermediate conveyor, the first side conveyor and the second side conveyor are movable at different speeds with respect to each other in a direction parallel to the transport direction.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for stitching are provided. The apparatus includes a separator for separating in a separation position the leading end and the trailing end from a working surface to form a separation space, a stitcher unit with a stitcher foot to support the leading end and the trailing end from the separation space and a stitcher head for stitching the leading end and the trailing end on the stitcher foot from outside the separation space, a stitcher drive for driving the stitcher unit, a separator drive for retracting the separator, and a control unit to control the separator drive and the stitcher drive simultaneously such that, during the stitching, the separator is retracted in the stitching direction ahead of the stitcher unit.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for picking up and placing a tire components, wherein the method includes the steps of picking up a supplied first tire component with a transfer drum, rotating the transfer drum in a first direction for winding a predetermined length of the continuous length of the first tire component, rotating the transfer drum in the opposite second direction, while at the same time moving the transfer drum downstream into a cutting position, wherein a part of the predetermined length of the first tire component is unwound from the transfer drum, cutting the unwound part, thereby obtaining a cut-to-length first tire component, and rotating the transfer drum again in the first direction for winding up the unwound part of the cut-to-length first tire component up to the trailing end.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for stitching are provided. The apparatus includes a separator for separating in a separation position the leading end and the trailing end from a working surface to form a separation space, a stitcher unit with a stitcher foot to support the leading end and the trailing end from the separation space and a stitcher head for stitching the leading end and the trailing end on the stitcher foot from outside the separation space, a stitcher drive for driving the stitcher unit, a separator drive for retracting the separator, and a control unit to control the separator drive and the stitcher drive simultaneously such that, during the stitching, the separator is retracted in the stitching direction ahead of the stitcher unit.

Abstract: A transfer assembly and a method for transferring tire components to a building drum, wherein the transfer assembly is provided with a first transfer drum including a circumferential surface and a cylindrical transfer drum volume, wherein the first transfer device further includes a first stitcher unit for stitching the first tire component when the first tire component has been transferred by the first transfer drum onto the building drum, wherein the first stitcher unit includes a stitching element for applying pressure to the first tire component and a stitcher deployment actuator for moving the stitching element with respect to the first transfer drum between a retracted position in which the stitching element is located within the transfer drum volume of the first transfer drum and an extended position in which the stitching element is located outside of the transfer drum volume.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for picking up and placing a tire components, wherein the method includes the steps of picking up a supplied first tire component with a transfer drum, rotating the transfer drum in a first direction for winding a predetermined length of the continuous length of the first tire component, rotating the transfer drum in the opposite second direction, while at the same time moving the transfer drum downstream into a cutting position, wherein a part of the predetermined length of the first tire component is unwound from the transfer drum, cutting the unwound part, thereby obtaining a cut-to-length first tire component, and rotating the transfer drum again in the first direction for winding up the unwound part of the cut-to-length first tire component up to the trailing end.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for joining a leading and a trailing end of one or more strip-shaped members, the apparatus includes: a working surface including a butt line, an arranging device for arranging the leading and trailing end of the member(s) at the butt line, a stitching device for pushing the leading and trailing ends against each other to obtain a butt splice, a transfer device for moving a separator strip onto and away from the working surface, wherein the separator strip is a flat strip including a splice band of a flexible material and a first release surface at a side which faces away from the working surface, and wherein the apparatus is arranged for pulling the separator strip from underneath the butt spliced strip-shaped member(s).

Abstract: When building an unvulcanised tyre from tyre components using a tyre building drum, the mutual distances considered in axial direction between a bead ring segment, a first end and a steering element of a folding arm in question are chosen such that at movement of a steering element towards the bead ring segment a steering surface comes to abut the steering element so that the roller element can be moved from a first position, after which the roller element presses an outer part of the tyre components against a bead ring core to be placed on the bead ring segment while simultaneously the roller element moves away from the longitudinal axis, wherein the steering element moves along the steering surface until the stop of the annular steering segment abuts an annular folding arm segment, after which the folding arm swivels about a swivel axle and the steering element comes to lie apart from the steering surface.

Abstract: Tyre building drum for building an unvulcanised tyre using tyre components of rubber. The tyre building drum comprises two folding arm units arranged at least substantially symmetrically with respect to the middle of the tyre building drum, which folding arm units are each connected to a folding arm bearing body so as to swivel. Both folding arm bearing bodies can be moved in axial direction of the tyre building drum. Via a first spindle both folding arm bearing bodies can be moved synchronously with respect to each other in axial direction. The tyre building drum further comprises two bead ring core units arranged at least substantially symmetrically with respect to the middle of the tyre building drum, each of the bead ring core units being intended for supporting a bead ring core. Each bead ring core unit comprises a bead ring core bearing body, wherein via a second spindle both bead ring core bearing bodies can be moved synchronously with respect to each other in axial direction.