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US Retreaders Choose Aftersoft Retread Software
New Russian Tyre Designed For Retreading
Barnsley, UK-based, MAM Software Group, Inc. and its North American subsidiary, Aftersoft Network NA, has announced that Free Service Tire and Bastian Tire & Auto Centers, retreaders based in Tennessee and Pennsylvania respectively, are replacing their existing retread plant software with MAM’s VAST FA/R Retread software package.
Launched earlier this year, VAST FA/R Retread is a comprehensive, Windows-based retread plant management solution. It is designed to fulfill the needs of independent retreaders that are looking for a modern, feature-rich solution to replace legacy 'green screen' UNIX applications.
"Our existing software is tied to a single retread process. As a flexible, independent solution, VAST FA/R Retread will enable us to maintain, add or change retread production alliances to suit our business," said Harrison Wexler, Executive Vice President - Commercial, of Free
Service Tire Company. "It is a proven product, with an extensive user base. We are excited that it will work 'out of the box' and integrate fully with our existing point-of-sale software." "VAST FA/R Retread is an innovative solution that complements our existing VAST point-of-sale software," said John Fischer, VP of Sales and Marketing for Aftersoft. "For some time, we have provided support for third-party solutions such as Bandag's BASYS, Michelin's BIB TREAD and Goodyear's GTracs. VAST FA/R Retread provides independent retreaders with a modern alternative that is capable of handling today's retread processes.
"We are delighted that Free Service and Bastian have chosen VAST FA/R Retread to manage their retread processes. They required very specific features and their decision to choose VAST is testament to the functionality and flexibility of the software."
Often berated for a lack of quality and a once only use, Russian tyres have had a poor reputation, both as new tyres and from a retreadability point of view. As in other markets that have opened up in recent years there has been a great demand for improved quality. Now, at the TATNEFT Nizhnekamsk tyre complex, the group has launched full-scale production of a new range of tyres with a universal tread pattern. The first of the new universal products, produced by
the factory of solid steel cord tyres (SSC) was a KAMA NU-301 model of size 275/70 R22.5 designed to be installed on any axis but primarily on city buses.
New tyres are characterised by a more solid shoulder area, which allows increased bus traction quality, which is important in winter conditions. Reinforced tyre carcass sidewalls provide for improved protection against the impact of curbs and tyre cuts, as well as added stability on dry road surfaces and on wet asphalt. There are three large longitudinal ribs
with special lugs providing for tyre stability while driving in all weather conditions, while four deep grooves between them reduce the risk of aquaplaning.
A special sidewall wear indicator allows the user to continuously monitor the state of the tyre.
The undeniable advantage of the tyre is its appropriateness for deepening the pattern by regrooving, the need for which will be relayed to the bus owner by the special knife-shaped wear indicator. Tread wear reaching to the "snowflake" indicator means that the further operation of the tyre is not recommended in winter. Another option is the possibility of retreading. Tyre retreading and recapping are the most effective ways of extending the service life of the tyre. The improved quality of these Russian manufactured tyres augers well for the future of retreading in Russia, where it has until now been held back, in part, by the lack of quality casings.
Canadian Lyna Manufacturing Seeks Distributors
Lyna Manufacturing Incorporated is seeking distributors to move its signature product line, Tire Lyna TCC to the next level. The company is seeking distributors worldwide
with trusted relationships in the heavy commercial and industrial transport sector. The ideal distributor is one with a wide reach whose dealers and customers rely on them for value added products.
Tire Lyna was founded in 1996 and currently supplies major fleets, off road, mining and industrial tyre users in Canada, USA, UK, Europe and China. The original product was developed to help save tyre casings for retreading. Additional products were also developed to fill the void in industrial, miming and off
road applications, according to Noorez Devraj, President and Founder of Lyna Manufacturing Incorporated.
Tire Lyna’s mission is to produce environmentally-
friendly casing solutions that will help increase the productivity of its customers while decreasing the volume of tyres being prematurely discarded into landfills each year.
Devraj added, “our team has experience in the tyre industr y, and this product out
performs any product we know by leaps and bounds. We have the real world test data, independent laborator y data and fleet results to prove the cost advantages of Tire Lyna.”
China Raises the Bar
on Recycling / Retreading
Start-ups
20th August, the Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) released new entry requirements for both the tyre retreading industry and the scrap tyre utilisation industry, covering areas such as quality, safe production, and recycling.
These include directives regarding where a retreading facility may and may not be set up – no new retreading plants are to be established in environmentally sensitive areas – and also calls for greater consistency in the production process as well as the implementation of product quality control systems and testing equipment in line with national and industry standards.
Based on the requirements, existing tyre retreading and processing enterprises should have a minimal
annual production capacity of 20,000 size 9.00-20 tyres. New retread plants must have a capacity of 30,000 per annum, and recycling facilities a capacity of at least 10,000 tons per year.
The policy also delivers energy consumption limitations of less than 15 kWh per standard 9.00-20 tyre and mould cure retreading less than 18 kWh. When recycling waste tyres, the process used to produce recycled rubber should consume less than 850kWh per ton, the production of rubber powder less than 350kWh per ton and processing using pyrolisis less than 300kWh per ton.
Existing retreaders and waste tyre processors have a two year window to ensure that they meet the new standards.
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