Patent ID: 7144465

Claim:
A process for producing a tyre for a vehicle wheel, comprising: manufacturing the tyre, wherein the tyre comprises at least one crosslinkable elastomeric material; moulding the tyre in a cavity defined in a vulcanization mould; and crosslinking the at least one elastomeric material by heating the tyre to a predetermined temperature for a predetermined time; wherein the at least one elastomeric material comprises: at least one elastomeric polymer comprising carboxylic groups; and at least one epoxidized elastomeric polymer comprising greater than or equal to 0.1 mol % and less than or equal to 20 mol % of epoxide groups relative to a total number of moles of monomers present in the at least one epoxidized elastomeric polymer; wherein crosslinking the at least one elastomeric material is carried out substantially in an absence of additional crosslinking agents.