Ply applicator.

摘要

A means and method are disclosed for applying a stabilizer ply to a tire building drum (17) and more particularly a means and method for cutting and applying the stabilizer ply material including means for cutting (46) the stabilizer ply material between cords disposed therein and correcting (42) for variations of the cord angles during the application process in order to provide an improved splice between the leading and trailing edges of the stabilizer ply material. The material is received by a pair of co-operating tables (26, 27), the second table being spaced from the first to provide a cutting arm in which the material is cut at an angle by a knife (49) during movement of the cutting means along a rail (47). A suction manifoild (42) picks upthe severed material andtrans- fers it to the drum (17). The manifold is adjustable to the cut angle of the front edge of each successive piece of material when picking up and transfering the front edge to the drum and adjustable to the cut angle of the rear edge of the piece when picking up the rear edge, and is then adjusted to the front edge cutting angle before depositing the rear edge on the drum