Pioneering Ringtread partner increases capacity

Marangoni Retreading Systems reports the installation of a new Ringbuilder 3003 at the plant operated by Reifen Müller GmbH, one of Europe’s largest retreaders. The long-time Marangoni partner was the first European retreader to use the Ringbuilder technology, and this additional machine gives the Reifen Müller facility in Germany the capacity to turn out a further 200 tyres every eight hour shift.

The 3003 is an optimised version of the Ringbuilder 3000 and offers provides fully automated extruder and applicator operations. The only manual actions required are the loading and removing of the casing and placing the rings on the divaricator fingers. The machine automatically recognises the casing and to positions the cushion gum and wingformer accordingly. According to Marangoni, the use of a laser centring device ensures the ring is precisely aligned with the casing and correctly positioned (with the possibility of fine manual adjustment).

“The advantages of the tyres made in our plant using Ringtread technology were immediately clear, both to us and our customers, and indeed demand has grown constantly,” comments Uwe Müller, owner and managing director of Reifen Müller. “Uniform processing and excellent values in terms of concentricity and balance mean that our product offers clear advantages over tyres made using traditional flat strips. Our mission is to offer our customers tyres that are absolutely reliable, guaranteeing the highest performance and reduced vehicle downtime, and consequently economic benefits. In this way, they don’t buy ‘just’ a retreaded tyre.”