Patent ID: 7195047

Claim:
A module for manufacturing a plurality of cured tires from a plurality of tire components, the module comprising: a plurality of tire building drums; a plurality of first workstations each configured to apply at least one of the tire components on each of said tire building drums; a plurality of second workstations each configured to apply at least another of the tire components on each of said tire building drums; a cure station including a tire mold for curing the tire components applied on each of said tire building drums to form a corresponding one of the cured tires, said cure station, said first workstations, and said second workstations arranged along a path with said cure station centrally located between said first workstations and said second workstations, and at least one of said first workstations disposed on opposite side of said path from at least another of said first workstations; and a first mobile tire building trolley configured to support each of said tire building drums in a detachable manner, said first mobile tire building trolley transporting each of said tire building drums along said path in proximity to said first workstations.