Patent ID: 9242420
Filing Date: 2016-01-26
CPC Classification: B29D

Claim Text:
1. A process for producing tyres for vehicle wheels comprising the steps of: a) building a green tyre on a toroidal support in a building line of a tyre production plant; b) transferring the green tyre and the toroidal support from the building line of the production plant to a first holding unit; c) transferring the green tyre and the toroidal support from the first holding unit to a vulcanization unit of a vulcanization line of the production plant; d) moulding and vulcanizing the green tyre in the vulcanization line of the production plant; e) separating the moulded and vulcanized tyre from the toroidal support; f) transferring the toroidal support, separated from the vulcanized tyre, from the vulcanization line to the first holding unit; and g) transferring said toroidal support, separated from the vulcanized tyre, from the first holding unit to the building line of the production plant; wherein steps b) and g) are carried out through a first transfer device and steps c) and f) are carried out through a second transfer device different from said first transfer device, and wherein the process further comprises transferring the moulded and vulcanized tyre and the toroidal support from the vulcanization unit to a mounting/dismounting unit of the vulcanization line through said second transfer device, comprising: