TIRE COMPONENT CENTERING METHOD Russian patent published in 2018 - IPC B29D30/44 B65H23/02 

FIELD: technological processes; transportation.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to the tire component (9) centering method and centering device (1), at that, the method includes stages of the tire component placing on the first conveyor (2) and its transportation from the first conveyor (2) towards the second conveyor (3), the first longitudinal edge (91) position determining, first conveyor (2) movement in the transverse direction and thereby setting the first longitudinal edge (91) in accordance with the first base position on the second conveyor (3), tire component transportation from the first conveyor (2) to the second conveyor (3) with the second longitudinal edge (92) position simultaneous determining, at that, the tire component has center between the first longitudinal edge (91) and the second longitudinal edge (92), the tire component transportation from the second conveyor (3) towards the drum (4), moving the drum (4) laterally to align the tire component center with the tire component onto the drum placement specified location center and the tire component transportation from the second conveyor (3) onto the drum (4).

EFFECT: invention enables improved tire component centering relative to the drum.

30 cl, 11 dwg