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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2007
Stephen Manuel, Flat Rock, NC (US);
Robert Young, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Stephen Manuel, Flat Rock, NC (US);
Robert Young, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A., Granges-Paccot, CH;
Abstract
Methods, apparatus and computer programs for correcting a buff of tread from a crown of a tire, the steps of the method including measuring the distance between the tire crown surface and the belt at each of the plurality of locations; calculating a projected distance between the crown surface and the belt at each of the plurality of transverse locations across the crown using proposed buff radii, choosing a new position of the buffing radius origin from the one or more proposed origin positions on the centerline of the tire; and buffing the tread from the tire crown along the arc described by the buff radius having the buffing radius origin at the new position.