| CPC B29D 30/0662 (2013.01) [B29D 2030/0666 (2013.01); B29D 2030/0675 (2013.01)] | 11 Claims |
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1. A method for controlling a tire press, comprising:
performing a tire curing process on an uncured tire, the tire curing process including:
introducing the uncured tire into a mold of a tire press, wherein the tire press includes one or more galleys, and wherein each galley of the one or more galleys is in fluid communication with a source of heated fluid,
heating, via the heated fluid, the uncured tire in the mold,
measuring, via a temperature sensor, a temperature in the tire press,
sending a temperature reading based on the measured temperature to a programmable logic controller connected to a control valve and in data communication with the temperature sensor,
operating, based on the temperature reading, the control valve during a duty cycle of the tire press to achieve a set point in the tire press during the first-duty cycle, and
inputting, into a temperature control module, a performance parameter based on a position of the control valve and the temperature reading; and
determining, at the programmable logic controller, an output to operate the control valve for a subsequent duty cycle of a subsequent tire curing process for a subsequent uncured tire based on an output of the temperature control module from the duty cycle of the tire curing process.
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