Method of making green tyre

摘要

A method of making a green tyre comprises: winding a carcass ply of rubberised cords around a building drum (1) into a substantially cylindrical body (A); pressing the cylindrical body (A) against the building drum (1) through the entire circumference so as not to allow the carcass cords to move axially and circumferentially of the drum; constricting edge portions of the substantially cylindrical body (A) so that the outer diameter thereof is decreased; setting a bead core (C) around each of the constricted edge portions; folding back the edge portions around the bead cores (C); releasing the cylindrical body (A) from the pressing against the building drum (1) after the edge portions are constricted at the earliest; and swelling a main portion of the cylindrical body between the bead cores (C) while decreasing the width between the bead cores (C). <IMAGE>