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Akarmak AKR 550 Cushion Gum Extruder for Insamar Chile
sending old tyres there for retreading, noting that sub-par raw materials were being used for the process.
As a result of the sub- standard tyres being rejected by the depots, the retreaded tyres are being stored at the
factor y.
Apparently,
even the Ampara depot, which is located in adjacent to this retreading factor y, opts to send tyres to a private company in Polonnaruwa for retreading. The normal lifespan of a tyre
Akarmak successfully commissioned its new AKR 550 Cushion Gum Extruder with Tread Builder machine at its customer, Insamar, Chile. Akarmak offers two standard types of cushion extruder: AKR 555 Cushion Gum
per month tyre volume can invest in its cushion gum extruder line of machines receiving short term return for their investment.
The machine offers great advantages to the users including its fully automated
retreaded using modern technology at the factor y is about 3 months. However, many of the tyres produced there recently, are claimed to have lasted less than a month.
Extruder and AKR550 Cushion Gum Extruder with Tread Builder.
The efficiency of the AKR550 has been ver y well received by Insamar with its significant savings and the quality increase. According to Akarmak, any retreading shop with minimum 500-600 tyres
cushion gum building application, covering skives with maximum 4 mm depth without the need of manual operation, having standard cushion gum rubber stock for
FRSC Arrests Nigerian Retreader
Sri Lanka’s SLTB Under Investigation
The Sri Lanka Transport Board (SLTB) operates it own in-house retread facility. However, the quality of the tyres produced there are deemed to be sub- standard, and this has resulted in the opening of an investigation into the processes at the plant.
The Deputy Minister of Transport announced that investigators have already taken custody of several samples of tyres that were produced by the factory, but were rejected by various SLTB depots on the grounds of being unusable.
which falls under project, was
ever y size of a lower cost gum rubber.
The Nigerian Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) unit in Zaria, Kaduna state, said it had arrested a 50-year old man, Mohammed Tudunwada, who allegedly specialised in retreading old tyres. Commander of the unit, Boyi Ali-Maigari, told newsmen recently in Zaria that the suspect’s factory was located at Tudun Wada area of the town, where he had been perpetrating his illegal business.
Mr. Ali-Maigari attributed most road crashes to tyre problems of vehicles, saying that there were recurring cases of tyre violations by motorists.
“Investigation shows that most drivers patronised retreaded tyres.” he said.
He, however, lauded the efforts of the Federal Government for banning the importation and use of “tokunbo” tyres.
The commander said that the measure would guarantee the safety of lives and property of Nigerians.
He said the unit would organise a sensitisation workshop for stakeholders in the transport
industry on the dangers of using retreaded tyres. “Let me use this medium and call on motorists and other stakeholders in the sector to stop patronising second-hand tyres to discourage those in the business.”
The market in Nigeria is a difficult one for retreaders. The industry is faced with a raft of problems, from the sale of illegally imported second-hand tyres through a poor roads infrastructure and intermittent power and fuel supplies to a lack of clarity on the legality of retreading, all of which is compounded by the hugely variable quality of the retreads produced in Nigeria.
tyre and offering of strip cushion
The factory,
the Gal Oya
handed over to the Sri Lanka Transport Board in the 1980s. With the exception of rural depots, this is the only workplace that adds economic value to the SLTB.
A considerable sum of public funds was spent in 2008, to acquire modern tyre retreading technology for the factory. While the factory has provided an efficient and fruitful service for SLTB since then, it has been discovered that since 2015, many depots have ceased
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