Tyre Bead Forming Storage With Operator Access Opening
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Solution Overview
Problem
Tyre production plants with high flexibility and productivity require significant space and resources, particularly due to the bulk of apparatuses and storage systems needed for managing various annular anchoring structures and ensuring operator access for maintenance and inspection.
Innovation Solution
A method and plant design that includes a storage system with an opening for operator access and a handling device to manage annular anchoring structures efficiently, allowing for compact layout, easy maintenance, and simultaneous handling of multiple types of annular anchoring structures without compromising flexibility or productivity.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a storage system with opening and handling device is implemented, then operator access and maintenance ease are improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The storage system is divided into multiple compartments or sections, each capable of storing different types of annular anchoring structures. This segmentation allows operators to access specific sections through openings without disrupting the entire storage system, improving ease of operation while maintaining organized complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
A handling device acts as an intermediary between the storage system and the tyre bead-forming machine. This automated or semi-automated device manages the complexity of retrieving and positioning annular anchoring structures, reducing the operational burden on operators while maintaining systematic organization.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple types of annular anchoring structures are stored simultaneously, then flexibility is improved, but space requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The storage system utilizes vertical space and multi-level arrangements to store multiple types of annular anchoring structures. By transitioning from horizontal to vertical storage configurations, the plant achieves high flexibility in managing various tyre specifications without proportionally increasing the floor area occupied.
Solution Approach 2:
Different types of annular anchoring structures are stored in a nested or hierarchical arrangement within the storage system. Smaller or more specialized structures can be stored within or adjacent to larger storage compartments, optimizing space utilization while maintaining the ability to access diverse structure types.
3Productivity
If handling device is used to manage annular anchoring structures, then productivity is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The handling device is designed with automated retrieval and positioning capabilities that reduce the need for manual intervention. The system can automatically identify, retrieve, and position the correct annular anchoring structures based on production requirements, improving productivity while minimizing the complexity of manual operation procedures.
Solution Approach 2:
The handling device incorporates feedback mechanisms that monitor the status of annular anchoring structures in storage and adjust retrieval operations accordingly. This feedback system optimizes the handling process by preventing errors and streamlining operations, improving productivity without requiring overly complex manual control systems.
Data Source
AI summary
A method for verifying the correct formation of the beads in a process and a plant for building tyres for vehicle wheels, includes: loading a plurality of annular anchoring structures in a storage, disposing them in two groups separated by an opening; positioning a building drum provided with a carcass sleeve in a tyre bead-forming machine; picking up two of the annular anchoring structures from the storage and loading them on the tyre bead-forming machine. In a work area of the tyre bead-forming machine, on each of two axially opposite zones of the carcass sleeve, a respective annular anchoring structure is fit and each of the abovementioned zones is turned up around the respective annular anchoring structure to form the beads. The aforesaid opening allows an operator to conduct a visual inspection of the work area and/or access the work area during the entire work cycle of the machine.