Tires, rims and wheels
From calendering to palletizing finished tires
The path to finished wheels involves a complex process with many different steps. To stay economical and guarantee efficiency, optimization of production in plants with automation solutions is absolutely essential nowadays. Here, we at Zimmer Group offer the necessary experience to support you from the concept phase up to implementation, with more than 35 projects and over 5000 development hours in the areas of tires, rims and wheels. Our know-how in automation includes PCR (passenger car radial tires), TBR (truck and bus radial tires) and OTR (off-the-road tires). No matter the challenge you face in your production process, we will find the solution. Please contact us!
Our know-how includes:
- Knowledge of the quality requirements for tire and rim manufacturing
- How to tackle complex manual tasks through automation
- Preliminary studies to review feasibility
Tire construction
- Raw material
- Calendering
- Cutting
- Installation
Vulcanization/
Tire curing press
- Loading
- Unloading
- Storing
Tire finishing
- Trimming
- Inspection (visual, balancing, x-ray, load & movement)
- Stacking
Tire storage
- Palletizing
- De-palletizing
Truck loading
- Palletizing
- De-palletizing
- Truck loading
Shipping
- Shipping
GREEN TIRE
2-jaw green tire gripper
4-jaw green tire gripper
6-jaw green tire gripper
Finished tire
Double rick-rack gripper
3-jaw finished tire gripper
4-jaw finished tire gripper
Rick-rack individual gripper
Multi-stack gripper – Internal grip
Multi-stack gripper – External grip
Rim handling
Double rim gripper – External grip
Multi-rim gripper – External grip
INDUSTRY STANDARD
Rim gripper – Internal grip
Wheel handling
