Method for measuring green tire components
US7909078B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 15, 2005 |
| Grant date | Mar 22, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 22, 2029 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB29D30/0061
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A method for analyzing and controlling the formation of a green tire component by component on a target region of a curved build surface includes: measuring in three dimensions each component on the target region by rotating the build surface past at least one optical scanner. The optical scanner directs a sheet or a plurality of sheets of light against a target region of the rotating build surface; and measures component by component build-up on the target region surface for component dimensional, positional, and mass parameters. Component by component measurements are made in three-dimensions by rotation of the target regions through the optical sheets of light and feedback from component measurements may be used to correct for tire imbalance and uniformity anomalies on a real-time basis.
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