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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2014
Applicant:
Pirelli Tyre S.p.a., Milan, IT;
Inventors:
Assignee:
PIRELLI TYRE S.P.A., Milan, IT;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 17/02 (2006.01); G01N 21/954 (2006.01); G01N 21/95 (2006.01); G01N 21/952 (2006.01); G01N 21/88 (2006.01); G01N 21/17 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/954 (2013.01); G01M 17/027 (2013.01); G01N 21/8851 (2013.01); G01N 21/95 (2013.01); G01N 21/952 (2013.01); G01N 21/17 (2013.01); G01N 2021/8887 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method, and related apparatus, for controlling tyres in a production line, includes: predisposing a tyre to be controlled; elastically deforming a lateral wall portion of the tyre by imparting a compression force on an outer contact surface of the lateral wall portion, the compression force having axial direction and sense directed toward the middle line plane; illuminating an inner and/or outer surface of the lateral wall portion and detecting an image of the illuminated surface; generating a control signal representative of the detected image; and analyzing the control signal in order to detect the possible presence of flaws on the lateral wall portion.