Patent ID: 8512494

Claim:
Method for manufacturing a green tyre using a building drum ( 1 ) and a transfer device ( 2 ), which method comprises: a step of arranging tyre components ( 13 ) for the green tyre on a building drum ( 1 ), a step during which the transfer device ( 2 ) is placed around the building drum ( 1 ), a step during which a last manufacturing process for a green tyre is carried out on the building drum ( 1 ), and a removal step during which a removal device ( 5 ) removes the green tyre from the building drum, wherein the removal device ( 5 ) is provided with projecting elements ( 6 , 7 , 8 ) that can be inserted into the transfer device ( 2 ), and wherein the projecting elements ( 6 , 7 , 8 ) can be placed up to a distance from and around the outer circumference of the green tyre and wherein the projecting elements ( 6 , 7 , 8 ) can be placed so as to engage the outer side of the green tyre, wherein the removal step further comprises, during the step in which the transfer device ( 2 ) is placed around the building drum ( 1 ), moving the removal device ( 5 ) with its projecting elements ( 6 , 7 , 8 ) with respect to the transfer device ( 2 ) in an axial direction of the building drum ( 1 ) from a position outside the green tyre into a position wherein the projecting elements ( 6 , 7 , 8 ) are inserted in a radial space that extends between the outer side of the green tyre and the transfer device ( 2 ) that is around the green tyre, wherein the projecting elements ( 6 , 7 , 8 ) are disposed up to a distance from and around the outer circumference of the building drum ( 1 ), wherein the projecting elements ( 6 , 7 , 8 ) of the removal device ( 5 ) are placed between the building drum ( 1 ) and the transfer device ( 2 ).