Bandvulc Invests In Shearography Machine

Bandvulc Tyres Ltd recently took delivery of a new high speed shearography machine from Steinbichler in Germany. Assembly and installation was completed within three days and all went without a hitch.

The machine is now being used to inspect casings entering the retread manufacturing process. After extensive testing, casing shearography has shown to save on in-process rejects due to casing failures which would otherwise not be detected until each tyre is finally inspected before leaving the factory.

Following its installation this £150,000 machine is now handling 250 per casings daily. Through further automation and potentially extending the period of operation, this will increase the quantity processed close to 80 per cent of total volume through the manufacturing facility.

Machine operator, Matt Bateman is very enthusiastic about the new equipment and comments, “It’s a really excellent piece of equipment; fast, accurate and easy to operate”.