Snug fitting apparatus for tire assembly and method of manufacturing it using snug fitting

摘要

A snug fitting apparatus for a tire assembly having a ground contact surface on an outer periphery thereof, including a rotation device for rotating the tire assembly supported on a work holding section, a first pressing member for pressing the ground contact surface to improve snug fitting between the tire and the disk wheel of the tire assembly, a second pressing member for receiving the radial reactional force of the ground contact surface upon pressure contact therewith, a transfer device for transferring each of the first and second pressing members between a pressing contact position and a released position, a detector for detecting the reactional force received by the second pressing member upon pressure contact thereof with the ground contact surface, and a process control means coupled to the rotary drive device, the transfer device and the detector for controlling the snug fitting and reaction force measurement operations.