US 11,897,216 B2
Method, curing line, processing unit and associated electronic unit for controlling curing apparatuses for tyre production
Ivan Gildo Boscaino, Milan (IT); Marco Cantu', Milan (IT); Stefano Sangiovanni, Milan (IT); and Giuseppe Morrone, Settimo Torinese (IT)
Assigned to PIRELLI TYRE S.P.A., Milan (IT)
Filed by PIRELLI TYRE S.P.A., Milan (IT)
Filed on Apr. 16, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/232,791.
Application 17/232,791 is a continuation of application No. 16/462,155, granted, now 11,007,734, previously published as PCT/IB2017/057481, filed on Nov. 29, 2017.
Claims priority of application No. 102016000121323 (IT), filed on Nov. 30, 2016; and application No. 17200962 (EP), filed on Nov. 10, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0229382 A1, Jul. 29, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B29D 30/00 (2006.01); B29D 30/06 (2006.01); B29D 30/10 (2006.01)
CPC B29D 30/0016 (2013.01) [B29D 30/0601 (2013.01); B29D 30/0603 (2013.01); B29D 2030/0055 (2013.01); B29D 2030/0675 (2013.01); B29D 2030/105 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
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1. A method for controlling curing apparatuses for tyre production, wherein said curing apparatuses are adapted to work on green tyres to obtain corresponding finished tyres, said method comprising:
acquiring, through a processing unit, initial parameters describing at least one of shape and dimensions of said finished tyres;
computing, through said processing unit, as a function of said initial parameters, first parameters describing said green tyres, said first parameters comprising at least one parameter representative of an axial height of said green tyres;
acquiring, through said processing unit, second parameters describing said curing apparatuses, said second parameters comprising one or more parameters representative of dimensions of said curing apparatuses;
computing, through said processing unit, third parameters as a function of said first parameters and said second parameters, said third parameters comprising one or more parameters representative of positions taken by movable members included in said curing apparatuses;
generating, through said processing unit, as a function of said third parameters, control signals for controlling the movable members of said curing apparatuses and for obtaining said finished tyres starting from said green tyres; and
sending said control signals from said processing unit to said curing apparatuses such that said movable members move in accordance with the control signals when working on green tires to obtain corresponding finished tyres.