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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2014
Vmi Holland B.v., Epe, NL;
Cornelis W. Janszen, Epe, NL;
Gerrit Mulder, Epe, NL;
VMI HOLLAND B.V., Epe, NL;
Abstract
The invention relates to a method and centering assembly () for centering a tire component (), wherein the method comprises the steps of placing the tire component on and conveying it from a first conveyor () towards a second conveyor (), determining the position of a first longitudinal edge (), transversely moving the first conveyor () and thereby aligning the first longitudinal edge () along a first reference on the second conveyor (), conveying the tire component from the first conveyor () onto the second conveyor () while determining the position of a second longitudinal edge (), wherein the tire component has a center between the first longitudinal edge () and the second longitudinal edge (), conveying the tire component from the second conveyor () towards a drum (), laterally moving the drum () to align the center of the tire component with a center of a desired application position of the tire component on the drum, and conveying the tire component from the second conveyor () onto the drum ().