An apparatus (10) for producing green tyres (13) consisting of a carcass or inner section (13′) coupled with a belt package or outer section (13″), comprising a first tyre processing assembly (12) for manufacturing the carcass or inner section (13′), a second tyre processing assembly (14) for finishing said carcass (13′), a third tyre processing assembly (16) for manufacturing a belt package or outer section (13″) and for coupling said carcass or inner section with said belt package or outer section (13′, 13″) to form a tyre (13), and an unloading station (60) for unloading said tyre (13), said tyre processing assemblies comprising interface means for transferring the product being manufactured from one tyre processing assembly to another one and for moving said product being processed internally to said individual tyre processing assemblies in a fully automatic manner.

A tire building method comprises the following steps: step 1, manufacturing a first carcass assembly on a carcass drum, and transferring the first carcass assembly to a building drum through a first carcass transfer device; step 2, manufacturing a second carcass assembly on a belt drum, and transferring the second carcass assembly to the building drum through a second carcass transfer device; step 3, respectively driving a first chuck seat and a second chuck seat to move oppositely by a first nut and a second nut; step 4, sleeving the second carcass assembly on the supported first carcass assembly, and fitting the two carcass assemblies together and rolling the same to form a third carcass assembly; step 5, winding a tread to the outer surface of the third carcass assembly to form a fourth carcass assembly; and step 6, dismounting the fourth carcass assembly from the building drum.

A process for building tyres for vehicle wheels are disclosed, wherein said building process comprises the following steps carried out in a carcass structure building line: a) associating a pair of support rings with a forming drum in a work station for associating support rings; b) building at least one structural component of the tyre being processed on the forming drum provided with said pair of support rings in at least one work station of the carcass structure building line; c) removing the pair of support rings from the forming drum in a work station for removing support rings; d) transferring the pair of support rings dissociated from the forming drum in a temporary storage for support rings; e) building at least one further structural component of the tyre being processed on the forming drum without the pair of support rings in a work station of the carcass structure building line.

A tire building method comprises the following steps: step 1, manufacturing a first carcass assembly on a carcass drum, and transferring the first carcass assembly to a building drum through a first carcass transfer device; step 2, manufacturing a second carcass assembly on a belt drum, and transferring the second carcass assembly to the building drum through a second carcass transfer device; step 3, respectively driving a first chuck seat and a second chuck seat to move oppositely by a first nut and a second nut; step 4, sleeving the second carcass assembly on the supported first carcass assembly, and fitting the two carcass assemblies together and rolling the same to form a third carcass assembly; step 5, winding a tread to the outer surface of the third carcass assembly to form a fourth carcass assembly; and step 6, dismounting the fourth carcass assembly from the building drum.

A plant for building tyres includes a plurality of working locations, at least one first working location being associated with at least two loading/unloading locations, a proximal one and a distal one, each of said working locations and loading/unloading locations being associable with a forming drum. The production cycle is controlled by the method of: (i) loading a first forming drum into the at least one first working location; (ii) loading a second forming drum into the loading/unloading location; (iii) at the end of the working provided in the at least one first working location, unloading the first forming drum into the proximal loading/unloading location.

A plant for building tyres includes a plurality of working locations, at least one first working location being associated with at least two loading/unloading locations, a proximal one and a distal one, each of said working locations and loading/unloading locations being associable with a forming drum. The production cycle is controlled by the method of: (i) loading a first forming drum into the at least one first working location; (ii) loading a second forming drum into the loading/unloading location; (iii) at the end of the working provided in the at least one first working location, unloading the first forming drum into the proximal loading/unloading location.

An apparatus (10) for producing green tyres (13) consisting of a carcass or inner section (13) coupled with a belt package or outer section (13), comprising a first tyre processing assembly (12) for manufacturing the carcass or inner section (13), a second tyre processing assembly (14) for finishing said carcass (13), a third tyre processing assembly (16) for manufacturing a belt package or outer section (13) and for coupling said carcass or inner section with said belt package or outer section (13, 13) to form a tyre (13), and an unloading station (60) for unloading said tyre (13), said tyre processing assemblies comprising interface means for transferring the product being manufactured from one tyre processing assembly to another one and for moving said product being processed internally to said individual tyre processing assemblies in a fully automatic manner.

A plant for building tyres includes a plurality of working locations, at least one first working location being associated with at least two loading/unloading locations, a proximal one and a distal one, each of said working locations and loading/unloading locations being associable with a forming drum. The production cycle is controlled by the method of: (i) loading a first forming drum into the at least one first working location; (ii) loading a second forming drum into the loading/unloading location; (iii) at the end of the working provided in the at least one first working location, unloading the first forming drum into the proximal loading/unloading location.