Industrial Training

By
Aditya Vinayakrao Narkande
(2230331612517)
Introduction

Smart driving habits and good maintenance can prolong the life of a tyre.
However, wear and tear eventually catch up and they’re no longer fit for use.
Car owners have a choice of buying a new choice or opting for retreading,
which can be an efficient way of saving money. Retreading is an option for
tyres that have sustained some wear, but still have enough rubber on them to
be useful for driving.
  During hot retreading, the process of applying the tread material is virtually identical

Hot Retreading Cold Retreading

to the production of a new tyre. The tread material is taken directly from the
extruder and applied to the buffed casing. Afterwards the tread/casing assembly is
cured in a vulcanisation mould with the required tread pattern.

• “Cold” retreading involves vulcanization without a mould at a temperature of

between 95 °C and 115 °C. The tire is put together using a pre-vulcanized tread
liner (= new tread) and a non-vulcanized cushion gum layer. The bond between
the carcass, the cushion gum and the precured tread is created in an autoclave.
Pre-cure retreading has become fully established in the truck tires sector since
the introduction of radial tires in the mid-1960s.

Different type of
retreading
Hot Retreading
Cold Retreading
Advantage of Retreading

• Retreads are quite safe and are being used in all kind of vehicles nowadays. May it be
taxis or trucks, school buses or military vehicles, retreading is being used in all of
them. Retreading is highly environment friendly. When the existing tyres are made
ready for further use, the manufactures save landfill space. Also, it reduces carbon
dioxide emmission and saves millions of gallons of oil which is required to
manufacture new tyres. Therefore, when you get your old tyre retreaded instead of
buying a new one, you play a major role in saving the precious natural resources.
There are many economical benefits of retreading as the retreaded tyres are less pricey
in comparision with the new ones. This definitely helps you save a considerable
amount of money. You can retread your old tyre at least twice or thrice and this helps
you save upto 40% of your money every time because if you go for a new set of tyres
it will cost you almost double of the price of a retread one.
Disadvantag of Retreading

• Retreaded tyres are generally a lot less expensive than the new ones, however,
after the budget tyres have come into play, the scenario has changed to a large
extent. Now, it seems that budget tyres are even less expensive than the
retreaded ones and as they are freshly made tyres, they obviously have better
quality than the retreaded tyres. Hence, a customer is more likely to prefer
budget tyres to the retreaded ones. In retreading, a new lease of rubber is put
on the casing of a worn out tyre without changing the cords of infrastructure.
Hence, the quality of the retreaded tyres always stays a lot down than that of
the new tyres. No matter how well it works after retreading, there has to be
some issue with a retreaded tyre.
Conclusion
Tyre molding plays a crucial role in the production of high-
performance and safe tires. Understanding the various molding
processes, challenges, and future trends is imperative for driving
innovation and quality in the automotive industry
Thank you