Tire building apparatus and method.

摘要

Tire building apparatus and method for applying first station components of a tire carcass on a first drum located in a first position, interchanging the first drum with a second drum located at a second position by oscillating a hub on which the drums are mounted while inclining the axis of rotation of the hub to the horizontal so as to raise the drums over the floor, thereafter applying first station components of a tire carcass to the second drum located in the first position, concurrently shaping the tire carcass at the second station and applying second station components of a tire carcass on the first drum located in the second position and removing the tire carcass from the first drum at the second position. <IMAGE>