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, an automobile today still has only four points of connection with the street, each barely the size of a postcard. Black Market of the four tyres is crucial for a safe journey, and all of this under the most diverse operating conditions. This explains the extremely top quality requirements that each tyre manufacturer defines for 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, and through various tests on the finished tyre. Needless to say, the reject rate ought to be minimised and each production step should run sustainably in the long run. Precise and reliable measurement technology is required 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 must not only survive, but measure for as long, as accurately so when reliably as possible. For the checking of sensors, switches and pressure gauges, WIKA also offers the appropriate 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 contribute to sustainability. Their durability prevents rejects in production, as well as the subsequent costly downtime, and it reduces the price of spare parts. Extensive field studies by a ?global player? show significantly longer operating times for WIKA pressure switches and pressure sensors, and thus sustainable savings in maintenance and servicing. In particular, premature failures of pressure switches and pressure sensors on curing presses previously led to frequent production line downtimes. This is explained by the very particular loads. Rapid pressure and temperature changes driven by the shortest possible production cycles, alongside 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 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 will provide you with the solution. You will discover many more application examples in the Industries section on the WIKA website and inside our brochure. For those who have any questions, your contact will gladly help you.