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TTIPL offers to takes over the total management and maintenance of mining operators’ tyres, thus guaranteeing a reduction in
OTR tyre mounting and demounting from equipment & wheel assemblies, tyre management software ideally formatted for each specific mine
40.00/R57 tyres fitted on 240- ton dumper trucks,” explained Harsh Waidhan, Director, Waidhan Engineering & Industries. The site is planned to service government-owned companies engaged in operations within the mining belt.
The new site will be installed with OTR tyre buffing and building machines, as well as a segmented tyre curing press for the segmented mould cure process. “The project will be regarded as the biggest segmented cure OTR operation for radial mining tyres in the countr y once operations begin early next year,” said Waidhan. The machiner y is a combination of Indian and
government is spearheading reforms in the mining sector, which are expected to push mining activity in the countr y, also increasing the population of 150-240 ton dumpers.
“Now the mine sizes are increasing, and deeper mining requires large dumpers fitted with radials,” explained Waidhan. The new site will be installed with multiple presses by the middle of next year for curing tyre sizes of 40.00R57 (240-ton dumper), 33.00R51 (150-ton dumper) and for 37.00R57 (190-ton dumper). Currently, Waidhan operates three-sites with two in Singruali and one in Korba opened early last year. While the Singruali sites caters to the OTR and
overall tyre costs of around 30% within the first contract year. “Currently, we are operating about 30 tyre management projects across India with clientele including Reliance, Bokoro, Tata Steel, Vedenta, Hindustan Zinc etc. We hope to add another 5-10 customers and increase the tyre management projects to 35-40 projects by end of this year. We are in touch with more mining companies and hope to attract them as customers,” he assured. The company offers Total Tyre Management Services to all the HEMM (Heavy Earthmoving Machinery) equipment for large mining operations globally. On asking about tyre management services offered in the international market, Sahil said, “We have also been serving a mining client based in Lusaka, Zambia from 2007.”
The services it offers includes OTR tyre bay management, OTR tyre retreading (Up to 57" Tyres), on-site OTR tyre repairs, OTR tyre maintenance services,
site, OTR tyre tracking with records all integrated to reduce OTR operational tyre costs and increase overall OTR tyre life.
New OTR brands to be offered soon
Tyre Technocrats is also a leading multi-brand OTR new tyre distributor and offers a basket of brands like BKT, Goodyear, Apollo and MRF under one roof. The distribution network is spread across India, supplying tyres to all major companies with the support of a strong sales distribution and after-sales service network. The company offers wide range of tyre products for surface mining, underground mining as well as for port, construction and industrial applications.
“We have plans to further expand the OTR tyre range, and soon we plan to offer international brands like Michelin, Bridgestone and Yokohama,” added Talreja.
Waidhan Investing in New Mining Tyre Facility
Chinese equipment with an in- house fabricated tyre repair unit.
“We are investing about INR 7 crore in the first phase and another 3-4 crore by the middle of 2021 with a cumulative investment of more than INR 10 crore,” added Waidhan. The new unit is planned to achieve the retreading and repair of
350 tyres per annum initially, rising to 1,000 tyres p.a. in the second phase.
Currently, the Indian
TBR tyre sectors, the Korba facility focuses on TBR and light OTR tyres only. Currently, the three operational units retread about 11,500 tyres annually.
Waidhan Engineering & Industries Pvt Ltd (WEIPL) is setting up a new mining tyre retreading facility in Singrauli in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. The new site will be spread over 80,000 sq ft
and will be dedicated to both ultra-large OTR retreading and repairing.
“The new facility will retread and repair tyres from the smallest size of 33.00R51 (150- ton dumper) to giant
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