A method in accordance with the present invention manufactures a tire with a biaxial monolayer belt component (MBC). The method comprises the steps of: winding a cord continuously about a first drum according to a pre-defined pattern to create a mesh of cords defining a single belt/overlay structure; adjusting the structure to a predetermined position on the first drum by laser lights; applying a tread component to the structure; transferring the structure and tread component to a second drum; applying the structure and tread component to a carcass component on the second drum; reducing pressure of the carcass component by a predetermined amount; and stitching the structure and tread component to the carcass component.

A method is provided for manufacturing tread for a tire without necessarily extruding the tread profile. The tread is created from multiple discrete parts that are cut from a sheet of uncured rubber material. The parts are joined together to create the tread, which can be applied to a tire immediate and cured to form a tire. Different treads formed from different rubber compositions may be created. The treads may also be created in varying shape and lengths with different rubber compositions used in different parts of the tread. One or more tread pieces can be applied to the same or different tire intermediates, which may be advantageous for simultaneous testing of different tread designs.

A method is provided for manufacturing tread for a tire without necessarily extruding the tread profile. The tread is created from multiple discrete parts that are cut from a sheet of uncured rubber material. The parts are joined together to create the tread, which can be applied to a tire immediate and cured to form a tire. Different treads formed from different rubber compositions may be created. The treads may also be created in varying shape and lengths with different rubber compositions used in different parts of the tread. One or more tread pieces can be applied to the same or different tire intermediates, which may be advantageous for simultaneous testing of different tread designs.

A precured tire tread includes a first end and a second end, defining a length greater than 10 feet (300 cm). The precured tire tread further includes a top surface having a plurality of tread elements that define a tread pattern with a pitch sequence of at least two sizes, including primary pitches having a first pitch size and secondary pitches having a second pitch size. The pitch sequence includes a pattern of primary pitches and secondary pitches that is repeated at least once along the length of the precured tire tread. The precured tire tread has the first pitch size at the first end and the second pitch size at the second end.

A precured tire tread includes a first end and a second end, defining a length greater than 10 feet (300 cm). The precured tire tread further includes a top surface having a plurality of tread elements that define a tread pattern with a pitch sequence of at least two sizes, including primary pitches having a first pitch size and secondary pitches having a second pitch size. The pitch sequence includes a pattern of primary pitches and secondary pitches that is repeated at least once along the length of the precured tire tread. The precured tire tread has the first pitch size at the first end and the second pitch size at the second end.

The provided is a tire manufacturing method for obtaining a tire 10 that comprises a tire body part 11 and a tread rubber part 12, comprising: a base tire preparation process S101 preparing a base tire 1, which is a tire body part of a used tire and will become the tire body part 11; a molded tire assembly process S102 assembling a molded tire 4 by attaching tread rubber 2, which will become the tread rubber part 12, to outer circumference side of the base tire 1 prepared; a molded tire vulcanization process S103 vulcanizing the molded tire 4 assembled; and a sipe formation process S104 forming a sipe 16 on a surface 5 of a tread of the molded tire 4 vulcanized.

The invention relates to a commercial vehicle tire which is cold-retreadable and comprises sidewalls (5), belt plies (2a) and a profiled tread (1) with shoulder flanks (8a) located outside the ground contact area and running to the sidewalls (5), wherein a buffing indicator (9, 9, 9) for indicating the buffing depth is provided on at least one shoulder flank (8a), running around in the circumferential direction, possibly interrupted in some portions and formed by a multiplicity of elevations (10), wherein the elevations (10) have with respect to the level of the shoulder flank (8a) a maximum thickness, determined perpendicularly to this level, of 0.5 mm to 2.0 mm. The elevations (10) of the buffing indicator (9, 9, 9) are dome-shaped and have a circular base area with a diameter of 0.5 mm to 2.0 mm.