Patent ID: 9339980
Filing Date: 2016-05-17
CPC Classification: B29D

Claim Text:
1. A process for manufacturing tyres for vehicle wheels, each tyre comprising a carcass structure including at least one carcass ply, a tread band at a radially external position to said carcass structure and a belt structure interposed between said carcass structure and tread band, the tyres being manufactured including tyres comprising carcass plies made by laying down an even whole number of strip-like elements and tyres comprising carcass plies made by laying down an odd whole number of strip-like elements, wherein building the carcass structure comprises at least: building at least one carcass ply on a forming drum around at least one radially external laying surface by application of a plurality of strip-like elements, said at least one carcass ply having axially opposite end flaps; and coaxially engaging an annular anchoring structure around each of the end flaps, wherein building said at least one carcass ply comprises at least: setting a fitting diameter of the forming drum;