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Micropoise Mtms 6 2013 Rd4
Micropoise Mtms 6 2013 Rd4
ForPassengerandLightTruckTires
DesignedtoOptimizetheTireMeasurementProcess
ModularizedforFlexibility,Efficiency,andProvenPerformance
MeasureDynamicBalance,Geometry,andForceinaSingleSystem
MinimizesCycletime,Downtime,FloorSpace,andManpowerCosts
MicroPoisesModularTireMeasurementSystem(MTMS)isamachine
configurationcombiningtireuniformitymeasurement,dynamicbalance
measurementandtiregeometryinspectionintoasingleprocess.Initsmost
efficientconfiguration,thesystemconsistsofthefollowingmodules:
TireEntranceStationwithBead
Lube
ASTECPLUSTireEvaluation
Center
AccessDropConveyor
DynamicBalanceEntrance
AkroDYNETireDynamic
BalancerTestStation
TGISSL(SheetofLight)with
AkroSCANintegrationinto
AkroDYNETestStation
AccessDropConveyor
UniformityandBalanceMark
Station
TireSorter
BaseonstandardASTECPLUSandAkroDYNEperformancecriteriaand
normalmarkingprocedures,thetotalsystemcycletimefortheabove
MTMSconfigurationcanbeaslowas21seconds.
MODULAR TI RE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM (MTMS)
Thekeydesignfeaturestoachievedesiredcycletimeinclude:
BeadlubricationonlyonceattheEntranceStation.
ASTECmeasurementcyclesaslowas20.6seconds.
AutomaticTiretransferdirectfromtheASTECPLUStotheAkroDYNEhandler
AkroDYNEmeasurementcyclesaslowas18seconds.
GeometryinspectionattheBalancer,notattheASTECPLUS.Inthiswaygeometry
inspectionnormallyisnotadditivetosystemcycletime.
Onlyonemarkerstation.UniformitygraderesultscanbepassedtotheAkroDYNEfor
UniformityandBalancemarkinginasinglestep.
Singletiresorterattheendofthesystem.
MTMSsacrificesnothinginthewayofperformanceorflexibility:
Auxiliaryfeaturesareeasilyaddedsuchasbarcodereading,addedmeasurementvalues,
manufacturingoperationscommunication,tirespotting,etc.
Othermodulesareeasilyintroducedsuchasasecondlubestation,secondmarkerstation,
entrancecenteringconveyors,etc.Thismayaffectcycletime.
Toolingchangeoversremainquickandeasy.
RefertotheASTECPLUSandAkroDYNEProductTechnicalDescriptionsfordetails
respectivetoeachofthesemodules,andrelatedoptions.