SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A SUPPORT STRUCTURE

A system for curing a portion of a tire assembly is disclosed. The system comprises an axial placement shaft (205); a first actuator (210) slid onto the axial placement shaft (205); a first retainer plate (220) adjacent the first actuator (210) on the axial placement shaft (205); a core (230) on the...

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Hauptverfasser: HOGAN, Michael James, BENZING II, James Alfred, CELIK, Ceyhan, EDWARDS, Steven Amos, BYATARAYANAPURA GOPALA, Arun Kumar, STOILA, George Michael
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Sprache:eng ; fre ; ger
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Zusammenfassung:A system for curing a portion of a tire assembly is disclosed. The system comprises an axial placement shaft (205); a first actuator (210) slid onto the axial placement shaft (205); a first retainer plate (220) adjacent the first actuator (210) on the axial placement shaft (205); a core (230) on the axial placement shaft (205); a plurality of first inserts (240) each axially and radially engaging a radially outer surface of the core (230) with first ends (244) of the first inserts (240) axially engaging the first retainer plate (220); a plurality of second inserts (250) each axially and radially engaging the radially outer surface of the core (230) with first ends of the second inserts (250) axially engaging the first retainer plate (220), each second insert being disposed circumferentially between two of the plurality of first inserts (240); a second retainer plate (260) securing opposite second parts (246) of the first inserts (240) and opposite second parts of the second inserts (250) to the axial placement shaft (205); and a second actuator (270) slid onto the axial placement shaft (205). Also, method for curing a portion of a tire assembly is disclosed.