Abstract: A method for verifying the correct formation of the beads in a process and a plant for building tyres for vehicle wheels, includes: loading a plurality of annular anchoring structures in a storage, disposing them in two groups separated by an opening; positioning a building drum provided with a carcass sleeve in a tyre bead-forming machine; picking up two of the annular anchoring structures from the storage and loading them on the tyre bead-forming machine. In a work area of the tyre bead-forming machine, on each of two axially opposite zones of the carcass sleeve, a respective annular anchoring structure is fit and each of the abovementioned zones is turned up around the respective annular anchoring structure to form the beads. The aforesaid opening allows an operator to conduct a visual inspection of the work area and/or access the work area during the entire work cycle of the machine.

Abstract: A plant for building a tyre for a vehicle wheel includes a device for building carcass sleeves on building drums, a bead-forming machine, a first storage region, a second storage region, a first transport device movable between a picking-up position of pairs of annular anchoring structures in the first storage region and a release position of the pairs of annular anchoring structures in the bead-forming machine, and a second transport device movable between a first engagement position in the first storage region and a second engagement position in the second storage region, to move a plurality of annular anchoring structures between the first storage region and the second storage region.

Abstract: A method of controlling the management of annular anchoring structures in a process and a plant for building tyres for vehicle wheels, comprises: a) feeding pairs of first annular anchoring structures (6?) from a first storage region (21) to a bead-forming machine (20); b) loading a plurality of second annular anchoring structures (6?) into a second storage region (22); c) carrying the second annular anchoring structures (6?) from the second storage region (22) to the first storage region (21); d) feeding pairs of second annular anchoring structures (6?) from the first storage region (21) to the bead-forming machine (20). The method comprises the sequential cyclic repetition of the above actions.

Abstract: A method of controlling the management of annular anchoring structures in a process and a plant for building tyres for vehicle wheels includes a) feeding pairs of first annular anchoring structures from a first storage region to a bead-forming machine; b) loading a plurality of second annular anchoring structures into a second storage region; c) carrying the second annular anchoring structures from the second storage region to the first storage region; d) feeding pairs of second annular anchoring structures from the first storage region to the bead-forming machine; e) loading a plurality of first annular anchoring structures into said second storage region; and f) carrying the first annular anchoring structures from the second storage region to the first storage region.

Abstract: A method for verifying the correct formation of the beads in a process and a plant for building tyres for vehicle wheels, includes: loading a plurality of annular anchoring structures in a storage, disposing them in two groups separated by an opening; positioning a building drum provided with a carcass sleeve in a tyre bead-forming machine; picking up two of the annular anchoring structures from the storage and loading them on the tyre bead-forming machine. In a work area of the tyre bead-forming machine, on each of two axially opposite zones of the carcass sleeve, a respective annular anchoring structure is fit and each of the abovementioned zones is turned up around the respective annular anchoring structure to form the beads. The aforesaid opening allows an operator to conduct a visual inspection of the work area and/or access the work area during the entire work cycle of the machine.

Abstract: A method of controlling the management of annular anchoring structures in a process and a plant for building tyres for vehicle wheels includes a) feeding pairs of first annular anchoring structures from a first storage region to a bead-forming machine; b) loading a plurality of second annular anchoring structures into a second storage region; c) carrying the second annular anchoring structures from the second storage region to the first storage region; d) feeding pairs of second annular anchoring structures from the first storage region to the bead-forming machine; e) loading a plurality of first annular anchoring structures into said second storage region; and f) carrying the first annular anchoring structures from the second storage region to the first storage region.

Abstract: A method of controlling the management of annular anchoring structures in a process and a plant for building tires for vehicle wheels, includes: a) feeding pairs of first annular anchoring structures from a first storage region to a bead-forming machine; b) loading a plurality of second annular anchoring structures into a second storage region; c) carrying the second annular anchoring structures from the second storage region to the first storage region; and d) feeding pairs of second annular anchoring structures from the first storage region to the bead-forming machine. The method includes the sequential cyclic repetition of the above actions.

Abstract: A plant for managing green tyres includes two building lines of green tyres, two storages and two curing lines, each including a plurality of curing moulds. Each storage is directly connected to a curing line, forming a respective assembly therewith. The two storages are operatively associated with each other by means of an exchange area including a station for processing green tyres. A control unit is programmed for detecting the availability of a curing mould; selecting, within any of the storage, a green tyre suitable for the available curing mould and transferring the selected green tyre to the available curing mould, possibly passing through the exchange area between the storages or through the exchange area between the curing lines.

Abstract: A method for verifying the correct formation of the beads in a process and a plant for building tyres for vehicle wheels, includes: loading a plurality of annular anchoring structures in a storage, disposing them in two groups separated by an opening; positioning a building drum provided with a carcass sleeve in a tyre bead-forming machine; picking up two of the annular anchoring structures from the storage and loading them on the tyre bead-forming machine. In a work area of the tyre bead-forming machine, on each of two axially opposite zones of the carcass sleeve, a respective annular anchoring structure is fit and each of the abovementioned zones is turned up around the respective annular anchoring structure to form the beads. The aforesaid opening allows an operator to conduct a visual inspection of the work area and/or access the work area during the entire work cycle of the machine.

Abstract: A method of controlling the management of annular anchoring structures in a process and a plant for building tyres for vehicle wheels, includes: a) feeding pairs of first annular anchoring structures from a first storage region to a bead-forming machine; b) loading a plurality of second annular anchoring structures into a second storage region; c) carrying the second annular anchoring structures from the second storage region to the first storage region; and d) feeding pairs of second annular anchoring structures from the first storage region to the bead-forming machine. The method includes the sequential cyclic repetition of the above actions.