For much of its history, tyremaking has been a multistage and highly labour intensive industry, involving building up the tyre carcass in layers manually on a drum. Each layer of material is often cut ...

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 ...

An autonomous mobile robot, directly connected to Continental’s digital order system, transports a tire to the curing press using a trolley. Continental_PP_AMR1 The use of AMRs gives employees at the ...