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Vipal Rubber at WasteExpo in Las Vegas
Huge Impact for Marangoni at Énykk Open Day
For the third consecutive year, Vipal Rubber was one of the highlights at WasteExpo, a trade show held from May 7-9 in Las Vegas, United States. During the three-day event, Vipal’s booth received customers, partners and managers from many companies interested in getting to know and purchasing the company’s new technologies, including VM540 tread, a new development from the brand at the trade show, as well as the VT200 and VZY2 designs.
Among the visitors to Vipal’s booth at the trade show were representatives from retreaders, including Vipal White’s Tire, in North Carolina (USA), Llanco, from the city of Monterrey (Mexico), Ultimate Tire from Kingston (Jamaica), Techno Pneu from Rimouski (Canada), Tire Solutions from Clearwater, in Minnesota (USA) and the Paramount tyre dealer in California (USA), MAVS Tires.
“This was the third year in a row that we attended WasteExpo, which lets us be closer to our customers and partners in the region, in addition to presenting Vipal’s best solutions for the U.S. solid waste collection chain,” said Gabriel Fuma, Vipal’s Commercial Manager in the United States. “The main objective of the treads we exhibited is performance and duration of retreaded tyres on garbage trucks,” added Fuma, who was accompanied by the General Manager for the region, Antonio Brito, and Vipal’s Technical and Commercial representatives, Leonardo Oliveira and Amaramh Velazquez.
Seeking to ensure greater efficiency and profitability in mixed segment operations, the
VM540 tread, with an exclusive Vipal exclusive design, was developed to provide high adherence on different surface types. Additionally, the design features Eye Control technology, which helps the end user identify the tread wear level.
Suitable for both paved and unpaved roads, the VM540 is designed for tyre retreading on trailer and drive axles and is also an option for off-road and regional applications. The tread’s design concept, with robust shoulders and slotted grooves that resist damage caused by twists and turns, gives the product high performance under heavy load conditions and resistance for working in stop/start operations, prevent both lateral and central damage. It also features a compound with excellent abrasion wear resistance and groove flaps in its bottom design, which provides greater resistance to aggression and fewer rocks embedded in the tread, increasing casing durability and service life. Also featured during the event, the VT200 is a Vipal tread with cross-cut blocks to provide excellent drive power. The grooved structure is designed to minimise rocks and other objects embedded in the tread, and its characteristic design enables self-cleaning of the tread, making it a good choice for highway cargo transport. The VZY2, on the other hand, is recommended for radial tyres and mixed axles, used on mixed surfaces (road and off-road), offering excellent adherence on different types of terrain and fewer rocks embedded in the tread.
of this product has far exceeded expectations and proven to be an indicator of the foreseen increase in demand for these rings.”
Énykk, previously known as Kiszalföld Volán, is a long-term Marangoni customer that provides local, intercity and international passenger transport services in four Hungarian counties. The company utilises the RINGTREAD System and precured materials to produce retreads in their own plant in Györ,
introduce the retreading business to Hungary back in 1981. This happened following the purchase of RTS (Ringtread System) equipment and precured material from Marangoni. Since then, the organisation has worked alongside Marangoni in a partnership that is closing in on 40 years.
Over this time, the relationship has seen many technological advancements in the Györ retreading plant such as Marangoni’s building machine, the RingTreader Series 1000, and the
recently purchased autoclave. Specifically, Énykk has invested in a state-of-the-art shearography technology, enabling the company to reduce its production times, since defective tyres are eliminated at
the start of the process. On top of this, using the shearography machine further decreases the claim rate, increasing the safety of retreaded tyres, which is an imperative when dealing with passenger transport. These Investments, says Marangoni, highlight not only Énykk’s commitment to efficiency but to retreading and successfully deploying a full tyre life cycle policy as well.
On the 12th June 2019, a delegation of 30 bus company managers from all over Hungary attended a meeting hosted by Énykk at their headquarters. During the workshop, Marangoni Retreading Systems representatives held a presentation that captured the audience’s attention by presenting the
unique advantages
offered by
Ringtread,
Marangoni’s
spliceless
retreading system.
During the
meeting, a special
focus was on the
first RD4 235 XXS
rings recently
delivered using the
newly
industrialised mould. Ringtread RD4 is the ideal solution for intercity long-distance buses due to its operating safety, enhanced traction and low noise, whilst maintaining high mileage and performance levels. After the end of the event, Daniel Brichta, area manager of Marangoni Retreading Systems said; “RD4’s range extension will satisfy the increasing demand in tyre size 285/70R19,5 used on the Credo buses made by the Hungarian producer Kravtex. The response to our presentation
Hungary. The retreads are used by Énykk’s fleet, composed of around 1.400 buses and also sold to third- parties, mainly in the western part of the country. It is expected that the firm will soon be marketing the Ringtread product to new fleets also in other counties.
Énykk was the first company to
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