Patent ID: 11958693
Assignee: VMI HOLLAND B.V.
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A method for applying a tire component to a drum using an applicator, wherein the applicator comprises a transport device for transporting a tire component in a transport direction, wherein the transport device comprises 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 simultaneously supporting and conveying the tire component in the transport direction, wherein the at least three conveyors comprise 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, wherein the method comprises the steps of:
supporting and conveying the tire component simultaneously on the combined conveying surface of the at least three conveyors; and
moving the intermediate conveyor, the first side conveyor and the second side conveyor at different speeds with respect to each other in a direction parallel to the transport direction to at least partially correct a geometry of the tire component.