Compagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin

Michelin Recherche Et Technique S.a.

Arkadiusz Waszkiewicz

Olivier Lauwers

Daniel Bonnet

Jean-Raymond Dusseaux

Sintering device comprising a laser source, the light power of which is capable of selectively melting successive layers of metal powders, and a reference plate on which the first metal powder layer is deposited and which serves as a base for the construction of an object, characterized in that the said plate comprises one or more recesses, the shape of which is determined so as to make the said recesses capable of receiving inserts of a given shape.

Supporting plate for a laser sintering device and enhanced sintering method

Method of manufacturing a lining element intended to be attached to a support block of a tire mould, comprising the following steps: manufacturing, by selective melting of superposed layers of powder, of an intermediate element comprising the lining element and at least one local support element for locally supporting the lining element, the lining element and the local support element being produced as a single piece, separating the lining element from the support element.

Method of manufacturing a lining element

The invention relates to a lining assembly () comprising a plurality of lining elements () intended to be attached to a support block () of a segment () of a mold for a tire, the lining elements () being intended to form tread blocks of part of a tread band of a tire, the assembly () further comprising at least one sacrificial connecting element () joining the lining elements () together.

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Olsztyn, Poland

Arkadiusz Waszkiewicz