PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING TYRES FOR VEHICLE WHEELS

摘要

In a process for manufacturing tyres for vehicle wheels, comprising building, on a toroidal support (60), a carcass structure (3) comprising at least one carcass ply associated, at axially opposite end edges thereof, with annular anchoring structures, the step of building the carcass structure (3) comprises forming at least one reinforcing structure, operatively associated with the annular anchoring structures through deposition on said toroidal support (60) of at least one reinforcing element at a deposition region defined on the toroidal support (60) . The deposition of the at least one reinforcing element comprises the steps of : providing at least one reinforcing element (1) having a length determined as a function of the length of the deposition region; deforming the at least one reinforcing element (1) to form an annular reinforcing element having a shape substantially corresponding to the shape of the deposition region; depositing the annular reinforcing element at the deposition region. An apparatus (100) for carrying out such a process is also described.