Patent ID: 8244400

Claim:
A method for automatically stacking tires ( 4 ) on a support ( 1 ), the method comprising: obtaining a digital tire model of the tires ( 4 ), extracting geometrical data of the tires ( 4 ) from the digital tire model, the geometrical data comprising at least one of tire width, outside diameter, inside diameter, or rim width, calculating a stacking pattern for the tires on the support based on the extracted geometrical data and a predefinable size of the support ( 1 ), the stacking pattern being at least one of a rick-rack pattern or a vertical pattern in which the tires stand next to one another on their treads, said stacking pattern making it possible to store a largest possible number of tires ( 4 ) in a stable manner on the support ( 1 ), wherein, for different types of tires, different sets of parameters are predefined and used in which ranges of variation of parameters are specified when calculating the stacking pattern, adopting positional data of the tires ( 4 ) from the stacking pattern, generating and storing associated trajectories of a handling device for stacking the tires ( 4 ) according to the stacking pattern, retrieving and transferring the stored positional data and the associated trajectories for stacking the tires ( 4 ) to the handling device, receiving the tires ( 4 ) at a given receiving position, and placing the tires on the support ( 1 ) in accordance with the positional data and associated trajectories.