HIGH-SPEED LASER CLEANING APPARATUS FOR A TIRE

The invention relates to a tyre cleaning device for cleaning an inner surface (118) of a tyre (108) by means of laser radiation, having: a positioning device (106, 128), which is configured to position a tyre that has an inner surface and defines a circumferential direction and a tyre axis of rotation (110); a cleaning head, which is configured to position a radiation path (114) and to emit a laser beam along the radiation path onto the inner surface of the tyre; a control device (120), which is configured to move the radiation path (114) and the inner surface (118) relative to one another; wherein a relative movement of an intersection point (132) between the radiation path and the inner surface defines a positioning path (144) over the inner surface of the tyre (108) and a speed along the positioning path; wherein along the positioning path the average speed of the intersection point (132) in the circumferential direction is more than 5 m/s. The invention further relates to a method for cleaning a tyre and a tyre cleaned in this way.