Rigid core for manufacturing tires, comprising a securing rim

摘要

A multipart rigid core for forming an internal circumferential surface of a tire has parts whose radially inner region is coupled to a circumferential rim so the parts are mounted side by side and cannot move radially. Each part has a coupling part joined to a complementary part on the rim. When the coupling devices are coupled to a gripping device, the parts of the core are also prevented from moving axially. Independent claims are included for the following: (a) assembling a device for manufacturing a tire using a core as above; (b) (b) as (a) where the core parts are held in a first gripping device that brings them together with the rim that is held by another gripping device. The first device releases the parts after the parts engage the rim; (c) manufacturing a tire includes building up layers of rubber and reinforcements around a core assembled as in (b); (d) removing a multipart core as above from a tire includes gripping the coupling devices so they retract without the rim separating from the rest of the core, then sliding off the rim and then removing each of the parts.