METHOD FOR TAKING APART TIRES

A tire dismantling method is provided that is capable of dismantling a reinforcing member from a tire in which a thermoplastic material and the reinforcing member are an integral unit. The dismantling method is of a tire including a tire frame member (17) formed of a thermoplastic resin, and a reinforcing member (26) laid up at a tire radial direction outside of the tire frame member (17) and formed of a material with a higher rigidity than the tire frame member (17). The tire dismantling method includes an opening-out process of cutting the tire along a width direction to make the tire into a belt shape, and a reinforcing member separation process of crushing the belt shaped tire to separate the tire frame member (17) and the reinforcing member (26).