HANOVER, Germany — Continental A.G. is using autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) to move tires around its ContiLifeCycle ...
When it comes to tire manufacturing, it pays to keep things rolling—especially during the critical curing process. Unexpected machine failure during this step not only creates unwanted scrap, but it ...
Once the tread and sidewall have been applied, the handling robot places the tire on a transport trolley. An autonomous mobile robot, connected to the digital order system, then moves the trolley ...
Theophilus Karnaghan Seiberling, 100, a member of a pioneer tire-making family who had a second career as an inventor, died Thursday in Akron, Ohio. At age 82, Seiberling created a tire-curing process ...
There is a four-step process that brings the tire to life: components, tire assembly, curing and inspection. Raw materials are mixed in giant blenders called Banbury machines in the Mix Center, a ...
While true perfection may only be possible in unearthly realms, Goodyear's IMPACT (short for Integrated Manufacturing, Precision Assembly, Cellular Technology) produces "a perfect tire," according to ...
If you’re like us, you spend an unhealthy amount of your precious time thinking about tires. If you’re like everyone else, you probably only consider your tires when they’re causing you problems or ...
This process is typically responsible for around a third of the energy consumption for an individual tire. You can see the steam process as part of the fascinating video below, which lays out how a ...
For years it seemed that tire retreading plant chamber fires were an anomaly. Every now and then you'd hear of a retreader whose plant's chamber caught fire and the entire contents of customer tires ...
Stance is a big part of giving your Chevy the right look, but sometimes we make sacrifices in the process. For our early Chevelle project car we nailed the stance with about 4 inches of total drop up ...