DUTCH rubber and tyre machinery supplier VMI has launched its Exxium car and light truck tyre building machine that has a cycle time of 44 seconds. The machine can handle 12”-24” rim diameter tyres and can be automated.
With more complex tyre designs, with additional full rubber components, steel and/or fabric chafer strips, it requires operator involvement, to allow for quality assurance.
VMI says it has used a design approach to completely rethink the actual purpose, simplify where possible and question the conventions. Based on this it has launched two other machines, the Maxx and the EdgiQ breaker cutter splicer. The Maxx machine has been further improved and is distinguished from the Exxium by a complete hands-off and eyes-off philosophy, featuring robots and requiring special apexed bead stacking equipment.(PRA)
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