Patent ID: 8714222
Filing Date: 2014-05-06
Classification: B29D

Abstract:
1. A method of manufacturing pneumatic tyres, each pneumatic tyre comprising: a carcass structure having at least one carcass ply and annular anchoring structures engaging respective end flaps of the carcass ply; a tread band at a radially external position to the carcass structure; a belt structure interposed between the carcass structure and the tread band; a pair of axially opposite sidewalls radially extending from each end flap of the carcass ply to the tread band, the method comprising: assembling at least one annular elastomer component on a building drum, wherein said assembling step comprises the steps of: where said abutment elements are driven from a rest condition at which they are spaced apart from the annular elastomer component, to an operating condition at which they act against the annular elastomer component; and wherein movement of the abutment element from the rest condition to the operating condition is carried out by submitting the movable storing device to action of a first handler installed in a fixed storage station.