A module for manufacturing a cured tire from a plurality of tire
components is disclosed. The module has a plurality of component appliers
located at spaced locations along a predetermined path, and a mobile tire
building trolley for movement along the predetermined path and two
detachable tire building drums for mounting on the movable trolley. A
tire curing station has one tire mold for curing the assembled tire
components while mounted on one of the detachable tire building drums.
The tire is cured as the other detachable tire building drum on the
mobile tire building trolley is having tire components applied. One or
more of the plurality of component appliers includes a means for forming
the tire component at the location of the applier. The applied components
include a liner, a pair of bead cores, a ply, a pair of sidewalls, a pair
of chafers, and one or more belt layers and a tread. Optionally the
applied components may also include an apex, wedges, overlays, underlays,
gum strips, and elastomeric inserts. The module has a means for
transferring the detachable tire building drums to the tire mold and
further has a means for extracting the cured tire while mounted on a tire
building drum from the mold. The tire curing station includes an
induction curing means.