Patent ID: 6908523

Claim:
A method for producing types of tyres different from each other, comprising: making a plurality of structural components for the tyres; manufacturing the tyres by assembling the structural components in proximity to work stations corresponding to the structural components; moving the tyres being manufactured to and from the corresponding work stations arranged in a manufacturing unit; transferring the manufactured tyres to a vulcanizing unit; and vulcanizing the tyres in corresponding vulcanizing moulds associated with the vulcanizing unit; wherein the structural components are assembled on a corresponding toroidal support or toroidal drum, wherein an external shape of the toroidal support or toroidal drum essentially reproduces an internal configuration of the tyre being produced, wherein at least one of the structural components is made directly on the tyre being produced, and wherein manufacturing the tyres comprises: providing at least one series of tyres to be produced, wherein the at least one series of tyres comprises a sequence of at least a first type of tyre and a second type of tyre, different from the first type of tyre, arranged in a predetermined order; and modifying the predetermined order in proximity to at least one of the corresponding work stations, so that a total time a corresponding structural component is assembled on the at least one series of tyres is less than or equal to a time for the vulcanization of the at least one series of tyres.