Building device and tire building method thereof

Abstract

The invention discloses a tire building device and a tire building method. The tire building device includes a lateral-longitudinal-orthogonal 1 rail unit, a transferring ring, a carcass application unit, a bead placement unit, a belt application unit, a building unit, a shaping unit, and a tire unloading mechanism; the lateral and longitudinal orthogonal rail unit divides the tire building device into four areas, and also establishes the connection between the units through the transferring ring. The tire building method, including: 1) adhere the bead and tire carcass compound and then sent to the building unit; 2) send the belt compound to the building unit, 3) compound the carcass compound and belt compound into a carcass and sent to the shaping unit; 4) wind the carcass around the tread to form a green tire and sends it to the tire unloading mechanism for disassembly.

Claims

1. A tire building device, comprising: a lateral-longitudinal-orthogonal rail unit; a transferring mechanism; a carcass application unit; a bead placement unit; a belt application unit; a building unit; a shaping unit; and a tire unloading mechanism, wherein the lateral-longitudinal-orthogonal rail unit comprises an orthogonal lateral rail and a longitudinal rail; the transferring mechanism comprises a lateral transferring ring and a plurality of longitudinal transferring rings, wherein the lateral transferring ring reciprocates along the lateral rail, and the longitudinal transferring rings reciprocate along the longitudinal rail; the carcass application unit is disposed at one end of the lateral rail and is used for rolling and compounding carcass components into a carcass compound; the bead placement unit is longitudinally bridged on the lateral rail and is used to carry a bead; the lateral transferring ring successively takes the bead and the carcass compound, and conveys the adhered bead and the carcass compound to the building unit; with the longitudinal rail as a reference, the belt application unit, the building unit, and the shaping unit are located on the same side of the longitudinal rail, and the tire unloading mechanism is located on the other side; with the lateral rail as a reference, the shaping unit and the tire unloading mechanism is located on the same side of the lateral rail, and the belt application unit is located on the other side; the belt application unit is used for compounding multiple belts into a belt compound, and then the belt compound is conveyed to the building unit through the longitudinal transferring rings; the building unit is disposed at the other end of the lateral rail and is used to roll and compound the carcass compound with bead adhered and the belt compound to form a carcass, and then the carcass is delivered to the shaping unit through longitudinal transferring rings; the shaping unit is used to wind a tread to the carcass to form a green tire, and the green tire is then transferred to the tire unloading mechanism through the longitudinal transferring rings; and the tire unloading mechanism is used for unloading the green tire.

2. The building device according to claim 1, wherein the longitudinal transferring rings are a belt compound transferring ring and a carcass and green tire transferring ring, respectively; the belt transferring ring is used for conveying the belt compound is disposed between the belt application unit and the building unit; and the carcass and green tire transferring ring are provided in the building unit, the shaping unit, and the tire unloading mechanism, which is used for conveying carcass and green tires.

3. The building device according to claim 2, wherein the carcass application unit comprises: a carcass application tooling; a carcass application tooling power system; a carcass application tooling rolling mechanism; and a primary servicing system; wherein the carcass application tooling is laterally arranged at one end of the lateral rail and is used for the compounding, carrying, conveying and expansion of the carcass compound; the carcass application tooling power system provides power for rotation, expansion and contraction and lateral movement of the carcass application tooling; and the primary servicing system conveys carcass compound components to the carcass application tooling and is rolled and compounded into the carcass compound by the carcass application tooling rolling mechanism.

4. The building device according to claim 3, wherein the primary servicing system is arranged longitudinally; the primary servicing system and the belt application unit are located on the same side of the lateral rail; and the primary servicing system and the tire unloading mechanism are located on the same side of the longitudinal rail.

5. The building device according to claim 3, wherein the belt application unit comprises: a belt application tooling; a belt application tooling power system; and a belt application tooling rolling mechanism and a secondary servicing system, wherein the belt application tooling is laterally disposed on one side of the longitudinal rail and is used for applying, carrying, conveying and expanding of the belt compound; the belt application tooling power system provides power for rotation, expansion, contraction, and lateral movement of the belt application tooling; and the secondary servicing unit includes a plurality of servicing devices; and several servicing devices are sequentially arranged along the belt application tooling laterally and are used to convey the belt components for the belt compounding tooling and a plurality of belt components are rolled and compounded into a belt compound by the belt application tooling rolling mechanism.

6. The building device according to claim 5, wherein the belt application unit further comprises a tread servicing mechanism; and the tread servicing mechanism is arranged longitudinally and is separately disposed at the two sides of the secondary servicing system; the tread servicing mechanism is used to convey a pre-cut tread to the belt compounding tooling.

7. The building device according to claim 5, wherein the building unit comprises: a building tooling; a building tooling power system; and a building tooling rolling mechanism, wherein the building tooling is disposed laterally at the other end of the lateral rail and is located on one side of the longitudinal direction and is used for the building, carrying and conveying of the carcass; the building tooling power system provides power for rotation and lateral movement of the building tooling; and the building tooling rolling mechanism is used to roll and compound carcass compound with the bead adhered and the belt compound into the carcass.

8. The building device according to claim 7, wherein the shaping unit comprises: a shaping tooling; a shaping tooling power system; and a winding system, wherein the shaping tooling is disposed laterally on one side of the longitudinal rail and is used for the tread winding, carrying and conveying of the green tire; the shaping tooling power system provides power for rotation and lateral movement for the shaping tooling; and the winding system is used to wind the carcass around the tread and form a green tire.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

(1) The accompanying drawings illustrate one or more embodiments of the present invention and, together with the written description, serve to explain the principles of the invention. Wherever possible, the same reference numbers are used throughout the drawings to refer to the same or like elements of an embodiment.

(2) FIG. 1 is the schematic diagram of two drum OTR tire building device in the prior art;

(3) FIG. 2 is the schematic diagram of four drum OTR tire building device in the prior art;

(4) FIG. 3 is the schematic diagram of the top view of the building device according to the present invention.

IN WHICH

(5) 1—carcass application tooling power system; 2—carcass application tooling; 3—carcass application tooling rolling mechanism; 4—lateral-longitudinal-orthogonal rail unit; 5—bead placement unit; 51—lateral rail; 6—lateral transferring ring; 7—Tailstock 8—primary servicing system 9—building tooling; 10-building tooling power system; 11-building tooling rolling mechanism; 12-shaping tooling; 13-shaping tooling power system; 14a- belt compound transferring ring 14b- carcass and green tire transferring ring; 15—belt application tooling; 16—belt application tooling power system 17—secondary servicing system; 18—winding system; 19—tire unloading mechanism; 20—tread servicing mechanism.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PRESENT INVENTION

(6) The present invention will now be described more fully hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which exemplary embodiments of the present invention are shown. The present invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure is thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art. Like reference numerals refer to like elements throughout.

(7) The present invention will be described below in detail by embodiments with reference to the accompanying drawings.

(8) As shown in FIG. 3, the present invention discloses a tire building device, including: a lateral-longitudinal-orthogonal rail unit 4, a transferring ring, a carcass application unit, a bead placement unit 5, a belt application unit, a building unit, a shaping unit and a tire unloading mechanism 19. The carcass application unit including a carcass application tooling 2, a carcass application tooling power system 1, a carcass application tooling rolling mechanism 3 and a primary servicing system 8; the belt application unit including a belt application tooling 15, a belt application tooling power system 16, a belt application tooling rolling mechanism and a secondary servicing system 17; the building unit including a building tooling 9, a building tooling power system 10 and a building tooling rolling mechanism 11; the shaping unit including a shaping tooling 12, tire shaping tooling power system 13 and a winding system 18.

(9) The lateral-longitudinal-orthogonal rail unit 4 is two orthogonal lateral and longitudinal rails. The cross-shaped lateral-longitudinal-orthogonal rail unit 4 is used as a reference to divide the tire building device into four areas. As shown in FIG. 3, the area where the carcass application unit is located is defined as a first area, and the other areas are defined as a second area, a third area and a fourth area in the counterclockwise order. The belt application unit is mainly located in the second area, and the building unit and shaping unit are mainly located in the third area. The tire unloading mechanism 19 and the bead placement unit 5 are mainly located in the fourth area. In addition, the second and fourth area has reserved space for operator use, which is convenient for manual operation and material storage and transfer; whereas the first and third area are centralized equipment placement areas. The automation of these two areas is high, which can effectively increase the space utilization and avoid unnecessary waste of space. Such a reasonable layout makes the tire building unit compact in structure and small in area, which can increase the effective operating area and reduce waste.

(10) The transferring mechanism includes a lateral transferring ring 6 and a plurality of longitudinal transferring rings, wherein the lateral transferring ring 6 reciprocates along a transverse track and is mainly used for the lateral conveyance of materials, and the longitudinal transferring rings reciprocate along the longitudinal rail and are mainly used for the longitudinal transfer of materials. The number of longitudinal transferring rings is two and is belt compound transferring ring 14a and carcass and green tire transferring ring 14b. The belt compound transferring ring 14a and carcass and green tire transferring ring 14b work in different regions of the longitudinal ra1, and can also improve work efficiency without interference. Specifically, the belt compound transferring ring 14a is provided between the belt application unit and building unit and is used for conveying belt compound. The carcass and green tire transferring ring 14b is provided in the tire building unit, the shaping unit and the tire unloading mechanism 19 and used for conveying the carcass, and green tire.

(11) The bead placement unit 5 is longitudinally bridged on the lateral rail 51, which is mainly located in the fourth area. The bead placement unit 5 uses expandable and contractible support discs to carry the bead. The support disc can be moved longitudinally. When the bead is loaded, the support disc is on the outer side of the lateral rail 51, which provides a better manual operation space. After loading, move the bead to the top of the lateral rail 51 and wait for the lateral transferring ring 6 to pick it up.

(12) In the carcass application unit, the carcass application tooling 2 is horizontally arranged at one end of the lateral rail 51 and adopts a tailstock 7 as a supporting structure. The carcass application tooling 2 can be reciprocated laterally along the lateral rail 51. The carcass application tooling 2 is used for the compounding, carrying, conveying and expansion of the carcass compound; and the carcass application tooling power system 1 is fixedly arranged at the tail end of the carcass application tooling 2, which provides power for rotation, expansion and contraction and lateral movement of the carcass application tooling. The primary servicing system 8 is longitudinally set in the first area. The carcass application tooling 2 conveys carcass compound. The carcass application tooling rolling mechanism 3 is set between the primary servicing system 8 and carcass application tooling 2. It is mainly responsible for rolling and compounding the carcass into carcass compound.

(13) In the belt application unit, the belt application tooling 15 is set horizontally and the lower part is provided with a track to move laterally. The belt application tooling 15 is used for applying, carrying, conveying and expanding of the belt compound. The belt application tooling power system 16 is fixed to tail end of the belt application tooling 15, and provides power for rotation, expansion, contraction, and lateral movement of the belt application tooling 15. The secondary servicing system includes several feeding devices, and several feeding devices are sequentially set along the belt application tooling 15 laterally and are used to convey the belt components for the belt compounding tooling. The belt application tooling rolling mechanism is mainly responsible for rolling and compounding a variety of belt components into the belt compounds, which can be set in a position relative to the last feeding device, and finally rolling a variety of belt components; it can also be set on belt application tooling power system 16, so that the belt application tooling rolling mechanism moves with belt application tooling 15, and the Belt components can be rolled and laminated one by one in real time.

(14) The belt application unit also includes a tread servicing mechanism 20. The tread servicing mechanism 20 is longitudinally located in the second area and is separated from the secondary servicing system 17 on both sides of the belt application tooling 15. The tread servicing mechanism 20 is used to convey the pre-cut tread to the belt compounding tooling 15. The setting of the tread servicing mechanism 20 can meet various tire models or types of production and processing technology (tread non-wrapping type tires). The tread servicing mechanism 20 allows the belt to bond the tread directly on the belt compound after the belt is applied to the compound, which can save the follow winding process of the subsequent shaping unit.

(15) In the building unit, the building tooling 9 is horizontally arranged at the other end of the lateral rail 51 and adopts the tailstock 7 as a supporting structure. The building tooling 9 can be reciprocated laterally along the lateral rail 51. The building tooling 9 is used for the building, carrying and conveying of the carcass. The building tooling power system 10 is fixed at the tail end of the building tooling 9 and provides power for rotation and lateral movement of the building tooling 9. The building tooling rolling mechanism 11 is set on the side of building tooling 9, which is mainly responsible for rolling and laminating carcass compound with a bead adhered and the belt compound into a carcass.

(16) In the tire shaping unit, the shaping tooling 12 is set horizontally and adopts the tailstock 7 as a supporting structure. The lower part of the shaping tooling 12 is provided with a track that can be moved laterally. The shaping tooling 12 is used for tread winding, carrying and conveying of the green tire. The shaping tooling power system 13 is fixed at the tail end of the shaping tooling 12 and provides the power for rotation and lateral movement of the shaping tooling 12. The winding system 18 is set in the third area and is mainly responsible for winding the carcass around the tread and forming a green tire.

(17) The tire unloading mechanism 19 is located in the fourth area and installed on the ground. It is mainly responsible for disassembling the green tire transferred from the carcass and green tire transferring ring 14b.

(18) A tire building method based on a tire building device includes the following steps:

(19) 1) Primary servicing system 8 supplies carcass compound to the carcass application Tooling 2, and the carcass application tooling 2 rotates to compound carcass compound into a carcass compound by using in conjunction with the carcass application tooling rolling mechanism;

(20) 2) Manually place the bead on the bead placement unit 5 and convey to the bead pick-up station. The lateral transferring ring 6 moves and picks up the bead, and the bead placement unit 5 resets. The carcass application tooling 2 carries the carcass compound and move laterally to the bead pick-up station and performing expansion so as to adhere the carcass compound and the bead, and then the carcass application tooling 2 is reset to continue the next carcass application process. The lateral transferring ring 6 carries the carcass compound together with the bead to the pick-up station of the building tooling, the building tooling 9 extends laterally and picks up the carcass compound with the bead adhered, and then the lateral transferring ring 6 and the building tooling 9 resets, and then the lateral transferring ring continues the next process of picking up the bead and carcass compound.

(21) 3) Secondary servicing system 17 supplies the belt components to the belt application tooling. The belt application tooling 15 expands, rotates and moves laterally to sequentially compound a plurality of belt components into a belt compound by using in conjunction with the belt application tooling rolling mechanism, and then the belt application tooling 15 conveys the belt compound to an initial station of a belt compound transferring ring 14a. The belt compound transferring ring 14a receives the belt compound. The belt application tooling 15 is reset to continue the next application process of belt compound. The belt compound transferring ring 14a moves together with the belt compound to the pick-up station of the building tooling, the building Tooling 9 extends laterally and picks up the belt compound, and then the belt compound transferring ring 14a and the building Tooling 9 reset, and the belt compound transferring ring 14a continues to do the next pick-up process of the belt compound.

(22) 4) The building tooling 9 is rotated to compound the carcass compound with bead adhered and the belt compound into a carcass by using in conjunction with the building tooling rolling mechanism 11. The carcass and green tire transferring ring 14b moves longitudinally to the pick-up station of the building tooling. The building tooling 9 conveys the carcass to the pick-up station of the building tooling and is picked up by the carcass and green tire transferring ring 14b. Then the building tooling 9 resets, and the carcass and green tire transferring ring 14b longitudinally moves together with the carcass to a pick-up station of the shaping tooling 12.

(23) moving the carcass to the pick-up station of the building tooling by the building tooling and being picked up by the carcass and green tire transferring ring, and then resetting the building tooling, and longitudinally moving the carcass and green tire transferring ring together with the carcass to the shaping tooling station

(24) 5) The shaping tooling 12 extends laterally and picks up the carcass, then the shaping tooling 12 resets, the shaping tooling 12 rotates to wind the tread for the carcass to shape the green tire by using in conjunction with the winding system 18. The shaping tooling 12 sends the green tire to the pick-up station of the shaping tooling 12, and is picked up by the carcass and green tire transferring ring 14b. After that, the shaping tooling 12 is reset. The carcass and green tire transferring ring 14b carries the green tire longitudinally to the pick-up station of the tire unloading mechanism 19.

(25) 6) The tire unloading mechanism 19 extends laterally and picks up the green tire and resets after disassembling the green tire. The carcass and green tire transferring ring 14b resets and continues to the next carcass picking process.

(26) Although the principle and implementations of the present invention have been described above by specific examples in the embodiments of the present invention, the foregoing description of the embodiments is merely for helping understanding the method of the present invention and the core concept thereof.

(27) Meanwhile, various alterations to the specific implementations and application ranges may come to a person of ordinary skill in the art according to the concept of the present invention. In conclusion, the contents of this specification shall not be regarded as limitations to the present invention.

(28) The foregoing description of the exemplary embodiments of the present invention has been presented only for the purposes of illustration and description and is not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the invention to the precise forms disclosed. Many modifications and variations are possible in light of the above teaching.

(29) The embodiments were chosen and described in order to explain the principles of the invention and their practical application so as to activate others skilled in the art to utilize the invention and various embodiments and with various modifications as are suited to the particular use contemplated. Alternative embodiments will become apparent to those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains without departing from its spirit and scope. Accordingly, the scope of the present invention is defined by the appended claims rather than the foregoing description and the exemplary embodiments described therein.