Compagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin

Franck Guerin

Thomas Simonelli

Thibault Boncompagne

Jean-Charles Ferrand

Michaël Massoptier-David

In an electric vulcanization process, open loop and closed loop control modes can be used for controlling a heater output.

Operation of a tire vulcanization system

In an electric vulcanization system, a temperature of a heating medium in a fluid-tight enclosure is detected and adjusted during a current curing cycle.

Regulating temperature during tire vulcanization

A tire vulcanizing device includes a vulcanization mold and a central part. The vulcanizing mold includes molding parts that defining a curing chamber therebetween. Inside the curing chamber is arranged a heating and ventilation apparatus structured for use with a heat-transfer fluid. The central part is structured to collaborate with the vulcanization mold by providing support to a heat-transfer fluid inlet and establishing communication between the heat-transfer fluid inlet and the curing chamber. The central part includes heating elements that are configured to be brought into operation before the heating and ventilation apparatus is brought into operation to cure a tire using the heat-transfer fluid.

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Clermont-Ferrand, France

Franck Guerin