APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RETREADING A TIRE

摘要

Tire recapping or retreading apparatus including the use of a tread mold with a plurality of mold segments. A tread mold loading machine (20) is used to position the prepared tire carcass (180) relative to the mold segments (202) and to install the mold segments on the exterior of the tire carcass by a tension band. Resilient elastic tension bands or prestressed metal tension springs (204) hold the mold segments on the tire carcass after the mold segments have been released from the tread mold loading machine. The use of the tread mold loading machine and the mold segments on the tire distortion of the tire carcass during installation of the tread mold.