Veli-Matti Hakal of Cimcorp explains the company's Dream Factory concept for the tire industry and details how manufacturers can integrate the concept into both greenfield and legacy facilities.
Peter Haan of Siemens highlights the advances made in the development of digital twins for tire manufacturing facilities, which now incorporate multiphysics as well as mechatronic models.
Stefan Kukaka, of Mesnac’s European Research and Technical Center (MERTC) talks through the development and capabilities of the company’s latest P-Pro2 tire building machine.
VMI CEO Harm Vortman gives an overview of the company’s latest developments, including its latest offering, Revolute, a flexible and scalable system for bead apexing.
Akin Kilic of Uzer Makina highlights the latest developments in tire press and mould technology, including advances for the production of TBR using the company’s floating column system.
Ingo Busch of Festo outlines the latest valve developments for tire presses, highlighting steps the company has made to reduce maintenance requirements and improve operational reliability.
Deepan Paresh Shukla of Continental Bladders explains the latest developments in bladder technology for large sized OHT and the challenges presented by new-generation UUHP PCR tires.
Arnaud Dufournier provides an overview of some of the latest tire testing technology developments from his company, including the ability to conduct R117 tests with its indoor machines, wet grip measurements using its Automated Indoor Tire Test Track (AI3T) machine and rolling resistance measurements with its Rolling Resistance Machine (RRM)
With supply chain issues at the forefront of many manufacturers’ minds, Zeppelin’s Guido Veit sums up the material handling and storage systems the company is developing to improve production resilience in tire factories
Rodakalis Rodakalakis of Glebus Alloys highlights some of the company’s latest products for the tire industry including advances in spring vents for curing presses and new developments in wear plates.
Manuel Bessler talks about the development of UTH’s TPE Reworker, a two roll plasticizer which features an integrated gear pump, allowing for more efficient recovery of expensive tire material from production processes.
Lieven Keymeulen of Milliken Textiles introduces the company’s latest MilliCap product, an innovative cap ply which can replace traditional tire cord. The material not only provides a lower rolling resistance due to the use of less rubber in the tire, it also improves production efficiency, removing the need for encase cords in rubber.
HF Group’s David Laczkowski and Bernd Pape delve into the details of HF’s latest Cure master press and explain how digitalization is increasing efficiency, sustainability and maintainability of the equipment.
