Method and apparatus for checking tyres in a process and a plant for making tyres for vehicle wheels
US11346792B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 19, 2018 |
| Grant date | May 31, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 19, 2038 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB29D2030/0066
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An apparatus for checking tyres has at least one check unit at least two consecutively placed check stations defining a check path such that each check station is traversed in one cycle time and by pitches by each tyre to be checked. Each check station includes: a support device for one tyre at a time housed in the respective check station, high-definition image acquisition systems of a surface of the tyre, and movement devices. The high-definition image acquisition systems have systems for acquiring high-definition two-dimensional and three-dimensional images. Only one of the at least two check stations has all the high-definition three-dimensional image acquisition systems of the check unit.
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