TIRE BELT MACHINE

摘要

A method of controlling a tire belt machine (10) having a cutting station (22) that receives a strip (20) of material and cuts it into plural lengths that are spliced together on a belt conveyor (l6a) , the method including establishing a belt conveyor index distance; receiving signals representing a width (W) of the strip entering a cutting station; and automatically adjusting the belt conveyor index distance based on the strip' s width such that uniform splice characteristics are attained.