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REIFEN ESSEN
Salvadori on Show
After returning from a successful event in Johannesburg, where Salvadori exhibited alongside Matteuzzi and Cima, Salvadori headed off to Sao Paulo in Brazil for recaufair, and then has three big events in succession, IFAT in Munich where the focus will be on Salvadori Recycling and Salvadri Retreading Tech., and then to Reifen Essen, followed by Automechanika in Dubai.
The most important event remains Reifen Essen, for which Salvadori has dedicated its presentation to service. With a very large stand bringing in much of its sales department and the “new” generation of both products and staff to meet the clients.
This presentation will highlight the new 1500m2 warehouse where Salvadori can stock many more products, which will enable the company to half the time of delivery of the goods, according to Marco Favazza, from the Sales Dept.. The Sales Department has seen the addition of four new members of staff bringing the total number of languages spoken in the company to 24.
“Last year, with the designation of
Salvadori as the Official Distributor of MAE Products for the German market, we got excellent results, and we’re going to increase them”, explained Marco. “We will bring a bit of MAE in our booth, with the specific Salvadori -MAE catalog so that visitors can see and also touch
with own hands the new ST Envelopes, made with Compression Mould Technology, that ensures self- lubrication, so it gives a better yield and has a longer product life; so the customer saves costs on all fronts. “In addition to products for curing, we will also leave a lot of room to show recent productions for the workshop from Salvadori, such as the hard metal milling cutters and grinding carbides.
Matteuzzi RAS 98E Ultra computerised truck tyre buffer
Italmatic’s New MATIC TOP Buffer
to detail and perhaps safety features. However, computer technology has advanced in leaps and bounds over the past 25 years, and so has everyone’s expectations of computer use.
Matteuzzi has kept pace with the developments in computer technology, ensuring that its computerised buffers remain the reference for the global marketplace. The same factors that drove computerisation of buffing 25 years ago remain true today, repeatability is the key advantage of the computer. It ensures that every tyre is buffed as it should be, every time. So long as the casing and tread data are fed in correctly, the computerised buffer will ensure a perfectly buffed casing for the tread to be applied. This repeatability comes with precision, no room for human error, and every casing is buffed to the specified standard.
Computerised buffing is also quicker than manual buffing, and since it is more accurate and more efficient, it has lower costs associated with operation than a manual buffer. Retread shops around the world using Matteuzzi computerised buffers will often have one man operating two buffers at the same time, making him much more efficient than he would be with a manually operated machine.
There are other advantages to
computerised buffing. Blades last longer, they operate at the optimum speed and they are controlled to ensure that they don’t cut too deep, so there is no risk of overbuffing and cutting into the belting, which damages the blades.
Matteuzzi’s 25 years at the top of the market, supplying equipment universally to the retread sector has ensured that the company has kept pace with the ever changing demands of the market and its computer user interface has been simplified to the level at which all operators are comfortable with the machine.
Today’s computerised buffers have minimal human intervention, the hands-on approach only needed for loading, unloading and selecting the programme required. This enables the operator to step away during buffing, freeing him up to complete other tasks, or operate a second machine. It is also safer, and the latest machines can be shut down by way of a pressure plate on the floor so that if anyone enters the buffing area the machine will cease operations and so minimise the risk of injury to operators.
Matteuzzi will have a wide range of computerised buffing and inspection machinery on display at its stand in hall 10 of Reifen Essen.
Since 1967 Italmatic has been a leading company in the production of machines for retreading tyres. With its two plants at Cassina de’ Pecchi, Milan, Italy (Inspection machines, buffers, builders, extruders, buffing blades, carbide tools, other
colour touch screen, Rockwell “brushless” motors, blade cooling system, automatic tyre circumference measurer, steel ply detector, automatic brushing unit.
Moreover, the machine is very versatile, being able to handle a range
accessories) and at Capannori, Lucca, Italy (Autoclaves, presses, moulds), Italmatic Group is the only one able to supply machines to retread any type of tyre for any need from A to Z, through to the supply of complete turn-key plants.
Italmatic has just delivered to an important truck tyre retreader the first brand new computer controlled MATIC TOP buffer.
The new Italmatic buffer stands out for being equipped with the most modern devices, like the new Rockwell hardware and software, with 15”
of tyres from 16” to 24”, and it is covered by remote assistance available 24/365.
Therefore, the Matic Top buffer is a competitive machine for its price and is innovative with its features.
With this new machine Italmatic wishes to re-launch strongly its image as a manufacturer of machines and accessories for tyre retreading.
Also the new complete catalogue “No. 7” is available, covering the whole range of machines for tyre retreading presented through the Italmatic programme.
Matteuzzi: 25 Years of Computerised Buffing
25 years ago Matteuzzi introduced the first computerised buffer in response to an increasingly competitive European market where manufacturers felt the need to rationalise production and enhance quality. Emilio Matteuzzi, on launching the new computerised buffing line, stated that he believed that buffing was an important step in
quality tyre retreading and that the process of buffing was the one area where the retreading process could benefit from computerisation. This was a concept supported by many manufacturers.
At the time the retread sector was also starting to see a huge development as pre-cure retreading joined traditional hot cure. This multiplied the types of profile that the buffer needed to work with. It became obvious that computerised buffing was the way ahead, and Matteuzzi took the lead when it launched its first computerised buffer back in 1989.
Many of those original buffers are still in operation, many in their original format, others upgraded with new computer technology. The physical process of buffing is pretty much standard and changes in the set up of the machine are restricted
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