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by only having to replace the actual wear part of the sealing ring. In addition, the insert is easy to install on envelopes, easy to handle, and comes with a “wear indicator” which will tell the user when to replace the insert.
Offered in a variety of sizes from 14 inch to 24.5 inch, the Accu-Fit Sealing Ring products are made to fit over all the popular existing metal rings currently used with traditional, single-piece rubber sealing rings. This retro-fit feature means that conversion to the Robbins LLC Accu-Fit Sealing Rings is seamless and painless while providing for immediate opportunities to start saving money in today’s challenging retread plant environment. Installation of the Accu-Fit Sealing Ring Base and Insert is extremely
easy with minimal effort.
Robbins expects that the Insert will outperform existing sealing rings in terms of number of cures. Once the “wear indicator” bands show that replacement is suggested, the user simply replaces the insert with a new one. These inserts are lower in price, thus starting the savings process. As soon as the user installs the replacement insert, they will have saved money in comparison with buying two regular rings. Testing suggests an annual savings of 25 per cent or more on a user’s rubber sealing ring expenses. In addition, this system aims to save time and the environment by having less landfill waste.
The system is available now. End users can contact their favourite Robbins distributor.
emphasised Fabricio Nedeff, Commercial Coordinator for Vipal Europe.
Nedeff added, “these long- standing partnerships are proof that we are truly on the right path and because of that we celebrate this achievement with them.”
Vipal hosted their partners across a number of European locations to celebrate their partnerships
TRM and Leader Rubber Company Strengthen Their Partnership
Marangoni Announces Price Increases
The African continent is one of fastest growing markets in the retreading business for TRM, with important technological investments being carried out in the market, and more than fifty TRM machines running in the factories of the region’s top retreaders.
The visit of Leadertread’s
CEO, Brett Sproson, in
TRM’s Italian
headquarters was the
occasion to make an assessment of the running activities and inspect the buffers ready to be delivered to the African market.
Beside traditional retreading machines like buffers and building machines, the Black Swan, TRM's proprietary strip winding technology for cushion gum application, is confirmed by TRM as the company’s the top seller due to its high quality, flexibility at the mix
From July the 1st 2018, Marangoni’s retreading division adjusted the sales price for rubber materials used to retread tyres across the European community.
According to the company, “this increase reflects that of the raw materials used by this sector but should also be seen in the context of the current conditions of the whole TBR tyre replacement market.” Following the judgement taken by the European Commission to impose anti-dumping tariffs on TBR tyres and retreads imported from China, steep price increases on Chinese imports have already been recorded. This is resulting in a repositioning of all products present in the market in a step by step process.
The impact of the imports of Chinese TBR tyres had affected the local European industry, leading to catastrophic volume reductions and
job cuts. With this in mind, Marangoni stated the following: “With the implementation of tariffs, fair competition is starting again and the whole supply-chain of tyre/retread material producers and retreaders are now asked to restore a fair and sustainable price level which might lead to the profitability needed to guarantee a viable future for these companies.”
For the time being, Marangoni’s increase will cover the recent raw material cost increases only. The increase will be at a level of about +0,15 €/kg for all countries in the European region.
Following the July’s price increase, Marangoni Retreading Systems will need to reposition itself too in the European Union member countries. Therefore, during the course of the third quarter, an additional price increase will value up to 6 € per tyre.
and low manpower skill requirement. "The forecast of sales show us double digit growth for these machines," said Alessandro Villa, Managing Director of TRM.
"We are moving from a reseller activity to becoming a full-service provider with complete management of spare parts and a preventive maintenance package for our customers," declared Sproson.
Vipal Hosts Partners in Europe
Bridgestone Unleashes Robots on Retread Operations
Vipal Rubber paid tribute to its customers in various European countries for the time they’ve been in partnership with a plaque in the shape of a truck. The tribute that was given to thirteen companies, which have been in partnership with Vipal Rubber for five (Bronze) and ten (Silver) years respectively, happened at the end of May and the beginning of June.
The customers who received the Silver plaque were as follows: Basvulk (Bulgaria), ATB Truck (Poland), Reifen Muller (Germany), RET (Germany), RuLa GmbH (Germany) and Újhartyáni
Gumifutózó KFT (Hungary).
The companies honoured with the Bronze plaque for five years of partnership, were: Alfaprotekt (Croatia), CARLING, spol s.r.o. (Czech Repubilc), Hoffmann Service KFT (Hungary), Pesa Gomme (Italy), R&M Auto (Bosnia and Herzegovina), RENOP, spol. s.r.o. (Slovakia) e ZVTR Protektirnica Dis (Serbia).
“This is the way we found to thank Vipal customers in Europe for their partnership all this time and the confidence they place in our products that today, are used in more than 90 countries.”
Bridgestone has announced the installation of its first robotic tyre buffer at its plant in Chaponost, Rhone.
The Kuka robot installed at Société Lyonnaise et Bressane
de Rechapage (SLBR), a
subsidiary of the
Bridgestone Group, can automatically buff the casings of tyres to be retreaded. The Kuka machine can buff very quickly and accurately, carrying out 90 per cent of the operations normally undertaken manually.
The implementation of
this automatic buffing technology was preceded by a survey conducted by Bridgestone among licensees of its Bandag network in Europe and the Middle East to identify the margins of
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