APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING BEAD WIRES FOR PNEUMATIC TYRES COMPRISING A HEAD FOR SWITCHING BETWEEN CUTTING AND CRIMPING TOOLS

摘要

The invention relates to an apparatus (1) for manufacturing a bead wire (9) intended to reinforce a pneumatic tyre, the apparatus comprising a receiving table (2) which is designed to receive a braided torus (3) which comprises a braid wire (4) which extends longitudinally from a first end section (5) to a second end section (6), a cutting tool (20), a crimping tool (30) designed to crimp a sleeve (14) around the first and second end sections (5, 6), and a configuration unit (40) which is designed to automatically switch the apparatus (1) from a cutting configuration (C20) in which the receiving table (2) cooperates with the cutting tool (20) so as to position the braided torus (3) and the first and second end sections (5, 6) so that said first and second end sections (5, 6) are sectioned by the cutting tool (20), to a crimping configuration (C30) in which the receiving table (2) cooperates with the crimping tool (30).