Sustainability may be the megatrend for the several-hundred tyre plants worldwide. Among other things, this consists of increasing both energy and production efficiency by avoiding rejects while simultaneously shortening production cycles.
Sustainability ? already during production
Despite all the electronic aids, a car today still has only four points of contact with the street, each barely the size of a postcard. Each of the four tyres is crucial for a safe journey, and all of this beneath the most diverse operating conditions. This explains the extremely high quality requirements that each tyre manufacturer defines because of its products.
Sustainability through precise measurement technology
The CPH7000 portable process calibrator
Tyre manufacturers ensure the compliance of their quality requirements through extensive testing of the recycleables, testing after and during the average person production steps, together with through various tests on the finished tyre. Of course, the reject rate should be minimised and each production step should run sustainably in the long term. Precise and reliable measurement technology is necessary exactly for this.
Pressure measurement and Industry 4.0
Modern machinery and systems, even with comprehensive condition monitoring and IIoT connection, cannot change the fact that tyre production is really a rough process. In this environment, sensitive sensors should never only survive, but measure as long, as accurately and as reliably as possible. For the checking of sensors, switches and pressure gauges, WIKA also offers the correct calibration instruments. From hand-helds for use in production, through stationary desktop instruments for the product quality assurance test room, to custom-built testing systems.
Sustainability in action: Robust measurement technology avoids production downtime
Robust pressure measurement technology: MW and S-20
High-quality measuring instruments make a contribution to sustainability. Popular prevents rejects in production, as well as the subsequent costly downtime, also it reduces the expense of spare parts. Extensive field studies by a ?global player? show Deadline operating times for WIKA pressure switches and pressure sensors, and therefore sustainable savings in maintenance and servicing. In particular, premature failures of pressure switches and pressure sensors on curing presses previously resulted in frequent production line downtimes. This is explained by the very particular loads. Rapid pressure and temperature changes driven by the shortest possible production cycles, along with superheated steam and sulphurous atmospheres, stress the measuring instruments and result in rapid ageing.
Costs of defective measuring instruments
Rejects
Production downtime
Spare parts
Labour
Even today, our customer is surprised that he had previously accepted these frequent failures as a technical given ? as unavoidable. In the meantime, WIKA supplies the group?s production facilities worldwide, with WIKA?s global presence guaranteeing both customer contact in the neighborhood language and fast delivery.
Note
The WIKA portfolio covers all relevant measured variables required for the control and regulation of most tyre machinery ? pressure, temperature, level and flow. You tell us your measuring requirement ? we shall provide you with the solution. You could find many more application examples in the Industries section on the WIKA website and in our brochure. Should you have any questions, your contact will gladly assist you to.