TIRE WITH PRE-FORMED TREAD AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME

A tire manufacturing method includes providing a green carcass and forming a plurality of green tread segments by a compression molding process. The method further includes assembling the plurality of green tread segments about the green carcass, thereby forming a green carcass and tread assembly, t...

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Hauptverfasser: Stuckey Jon I, Seroka Edward, Givens Samuel, Snyder Dennis W, Walters Jacob, Nesbitt Adam K
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:A tire manufacturing method includes providing a green carcass and forming a plurality of green tread segments by a compression molding process. The method further includes assembling the plurality of green tread segments about the green carcass, thereby forming a green carcass and tread assembly, the tread having at least two bars and at least one void. The method also includes introducing the green carcass and tread assembly to a tread negative, aligning the at least two bars with corresponding mold features, and vulcanizing the green carcass and tread assembly.