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Smithers Rapra Retreading Book now Available through TRIB
TRIB has added a new title to its range of offerings in its online store. Tyre Retreading, a technical work by Smithers Rapra, provides details of the different elastomers – including reclaim rubber and crumb rubbers – utilised in the rubber
compounds used in the manufacture of different
types of retreads. There
are discussions about
reinforcing fillers and
other compounding
ingredients, their
efficacy, the use of
bonding agents, and
their relevance to the
tyre retreading process.
Precise guidelines for
the practical
compounding of
different categories of
rubber compounds used
to make retreads can be
drawn from the book. A
practical approach is
also taken to describe
the manufacturing
technology used in tyre
retreading.
The book then moves
on to describe the
innovations in green
retreading technology,
abrasion and flex fatigue deterioration of tyre tread. State-of-the-art methods for the inspection and testing of old tyres before rubberisation and after retreading are examined in detail, as well as techniques for the testing of basic raw materials and process
testing of prepared rubber compounds.
Nanotechnology (potentially the bringer of a revolution in the field of tyre retreading) and the development of the run flat tyre are described in
Schmidt, who accompanied the visit.
The participants later traveled to Sao Paulo, where they visited NSA Pneutec. The retreader, which has over 60 years of experience in the market, has been a Vipal partner
since 1997, when it became part of the Vipal Authorised Dealer Network. This is the largest network in Latin America, with 300 member retreaders, 225 of which are in Brazil.
Miss Retread Truck Tire Contest 2016
Have your retreads got what it takes? Then put your money where your mouth is and enter the Miss Retread Truck Tire Contest 2016. Is your retread the best looking in the business, let the world see by entering the competition at the North American Tyre and Retread Show in New Orleans.
The contest is now open! The winner will be the company that presents the most beautiful retreaded truck tyre.
Separate contests will be held for precured tyres and mould cured retreaded tbr tyres produced for commercial use.
The winners will be awarded a prize for their efforts, A prize of Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars U.S. ($2,500.00 USD) to the first place
some depth in this book.
This concise book is intended to be a practical guide for tyre retread manufacturers and a ready reference for students, researchers and academics.
winner of the mould cured category. And a prize of Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars U.S. ($2,500.00 USD) to the first place winner of the precured category.
Tire Tech Opens New Unit
Gus Lima Wins Treadsky Award
The Retread Tire Association has awarded Gus Lima of the RTA Member Latin Expo Group the RTA Choice Award, also known as the Treadsky Award.
Rob Czukor of the RTA Member, Tire Recycling Consultants, voted to
give Lima the award for sponsoring retread tyre expos that promote the industry.
Lima was presented with the award at the RTA Member Latin Expo Group meeting.
This is the second Treadsky award RTA has awarded.
Marangoni Tread North America has helped its dealer Tire Tech move into a new 42,000sq.ft unit in Birmingham, Alabama.
Steven Bailey, president of Tire Tech, said, “Our continued growth in the market presented us with the opportunity to purchase a larger facility to better serve our customers with all of our services under one roof which include:
• Marangoni Ringtread (the splice-
less retread) and Unitread
precure treads
• New commercial and industrial
tyres
• Fleet services
• Full service mechanical shop • Paint and body shop
• Towing and recovery services • Trailer shop
• Easy access from Interstate 59 The new facility not only satisfies our current growth needs, it also provides us with additional acreage to expand well into the future.” Tire Tech Inc. is a dealer for Wilson County Tire & Retreading, a Marangoni independent retreader located in Lebanon, Tennessee. While touring the new facility, Rick Majewksi /Vice President of Wilson County Tire & Retreading met with new and existing customers eager to learn about all of the services as well as retreading using the Ringtread system technology that included, fleet owners, fleet maintenance managers, owner operators and commercial truck dealers.
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