Patent ID: 8512495

Claim:
A process for manufacturing a tyre for a vehicle wheel, comprising the step of building a carcass structure on a forming support, the carcass structure comprising at least one carcass ply associated, at axially opposite end edges thereof, with respective annular anchoring structures, wherein the step of building the carcass structure comprises the step of associating at least one first annular reinforcing structure at a first end edge of the carcass ply and at least one second annular reinforcing structure at a second end edge of the carcass ply, each annular reinforcing structure obtained by depositing at least one respective reinforcing element, wherein the step of depositing the respective reinforcing elements comprises the steps of: feeding a continuous reinforced band-like element at a cutting unit by moving the continuous reinforced band-like element a first distance having a length equal to a predetermined advance step; cutting to size at least one first reinforcing element from the continuous reinforced band-like element; moving the first reinforcing element from the cutting unit toward the first end edge of the carcass ply; positioning the first reinforcing element on said first end edge; moving the continuous reinforced band-like element by a second distance having a length equal to the predetermined advance step; cutting to size at least one second reinforcing element from the continuous reinforced band-like element; moving the second reinforcing element from the cutting unit toward the second end edge of the carcass ply opposite said first end edge; positioning the second reinforcing element on said second end edge; after cutting to size the second reinforcing element, moving the continuous reinforcing band-like element by a third distance having a length equal to the predetermined advance step; cutting to size a further first reinforcing element from the continuous reinforced band-like element; moving the further first reinforcing element from the cutting unit toward the first end edge of the carcass ply; rotating the forming support about a rotation axis thereof by a predetermined angle corresponding to a movement, in a circumferential direction, by a distance having a length at least equal to the advance step of the continuous reinforced band-like element; and positioning the further first reinforcing element on the first edge of the carcass ply adjacent to the first reinforcing element, wherein at least one of the steps carried out for depositing the second reinforcing element is carried out at least in part simultaneously with at least part of a different step carried out for depositing the first reinforcing element.