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MAKING THE CUT
| 题名： | MAKING THE CUT |
| 正文语种： | eng |
| 作者： | Ben Spencer |
| 摘要： | Retreading has long served as a sustainable way to get more life out of truck and bus tyres, and this process has certainly yielded benefits for Michelin. The company has recently marked its 100-year anniversary of retreading with a claim that this process has given a new lease of life to around 30 million worn tyres at its plants in Stoke-on-Trent in the UK and Hamburg, Germany. At the Stoke-on-Trent factory, retreading operations commenced in 1968. The site produces Remix and Encore tyres (see box, p12) from 17.5in to 22.5in and has benefited from more recent material handling innovations such as robots, while also relying on automated conveyors to transport tyre casings between different posts in the factory. On its own, the site has apparently produced 10 million tyres and saved 50,000 tonnes of raw materials. Around 60% of retreads produced in Stoke-on-Trent are destined for fleets operating in the UK and Republic of Ireland, with the remainder exported to mainland Europe. |
| 出版年： | 2023 |
| 期刊名称： | Transport engineer |
| 期： | Dec. |
| 页码： | 10-12 |
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