A two-piece tire assembly has a removable tread belt 12 for installing about the circumference of a tire carcass 14. An ingredient feed mechanism dispenses the ingredient to the machine. The invention enables the smart card to receive, after the disappearance of the permanent clock signal, a number of clock pulses which suffices for completing pending readwrite operations. The improved buoy recovery system employs a hollow bore hydraulic cylinder assembly that is attached to the turret assembly and configured as a chain tensioning system.