With the increasing demand for raw materials, these raw materials to carry large trucks overwhelming. Related to the giant machine Mine tires are numerous reports of inadequate supply, mining companies are also unable to feel.
RumourMill from the beginning in 2004 to work overtime to make tires, but from the feedback situation, the market's giant OTR tire demand is much greater than the supply manufacturers. Recently, the Turkish Construction Machinery Australia Bridgestone tire company announced that due to a shortage of supply of raw materials can not accept any new customers. As a work of the three major tire manufacturer Bridgestone, one of the introduction of this initiative will undoubtedly make the problem even more serious. According to Bridgestone / Firestone sales, Deputy Minister of Manny Cicero, said that the world works had been day tire production at full capacity, but the supply situation has not eased.
On a global scale, the demand for coal is increasing, which led to large-scale mining machinery and mining machinery of the tire shortage. The troubled tire maker of the world's problem is that all types of tires by the increasing rate of consumption and prices as a result of the rise in short supply.
Mine Dump machinery led to the frequent replacement of tires is not a major factor in wear and tear, but I cut. Now major companies are beginning to tire emphasis on the driver for the management of the training schedule in order to improve the life of tires.
Mining companies around the world to meet the demand for ore, increase production, and the introduction of new mines and continue to expand production at the same time expand the size of the existing fleet. General mining company whether or not to replace the fleet of vehicles are taken to cycle assessment system, and the tire maker is based on the assessment of the number of mining companies. The problem is that the vehicle has not really been able to replace, but for the time being put aside for other parts of the vehicles used. In 2005, after the major ones, are all over the world tire manufacturers and mining contractor's hand in hand, a slight surplus in the year-end inventory, but in 2006 the situation becomes completely different, there will not have the inventory.
l tire demand, slow supply
The tire shortage is well known, but the shortage is not limited to a particular size or a particular type of tire performance among the most serious shortage of mining equipment and vehicles used by large tires (49 inches, as well as Above). Mine car tires in the global market as well as the Australian market for its giant tire market share of nearly 40 Bridgestone tire company estimated that the current mining industry in the tire supply gap of about 25% to 30%.
Customer demand in 2004 grew by 50% to 100%, Australia increased by 40%. According to the original practice, the incremental demand through to a point B to be dropped to make up the volume, however, a significant increase in global demand for ore, lead to the global tire sales in a tight situation.
A company ranging from 1 to 3 the number of vehicles, as a result of the supply of tires and garage idle for several weeks, such a scene in many places have become commonplace.
At the same time, tire manufacturers to produce at full capacity already, even though some of the smaller manufacturers are also entering the market, can not ease the tension between supply and demand.
Despite the tire manufacturer to obtain the necessary raw materials, no question, however, such as Bridgestone manufacturers to limit the increase in tire production to prevent a sudden decline in demand shown by the cautious or understandable. In the next two or three years, the production of tires will have a larger increase, but whether the demand will continue to move up is unknown.
2, and the use of tire maintenance
Some mining companies such as the North Queensland, Australia's mining company Xstrata Heng Lier Bannister, in recent years has been dedicated to effectively extend the service life of tires tire management plan, have been successful in bringing life from the tires up to 3000h 5000h, which must be attributed to driver training programs, as well as road improvements. Now all the drivers in advance on a simulator for training, and this speed is the cause of tire damage one of the main reasons because of the high-speed tires more easily cut surface damage.
Now everywhere is full of tire-related accidents caused by improper use of a natural phenomenon. For example, a standard 6 truck tire with the actual allocation of only 4 tires and the other was collecting discarded tires that have not been any processing Reloaded, which was partly buried there and painted white or red to decorate the tires and the road back In the second-hand market, or else is being returned to the truck used in the mining area. This will undoubtedly bring about a serious security risk, especially for those who cheer for tire maintenance personnel. Flat tire, it is extremely unlikely, but those who have been abandoned as a waste product, as well as the origins of the tires have the risk of high maintenance personnel can not know the circumstances of its maintenance.
Led to the replacement tire wear is not the main reason why, but I cut, nearly 50% of the replacement was still down by the tire tread can be used. I have cut the main problem is to use, not the tire manufacturer, as well as tires and the day-to-day management, and the driver driving habits, road tires, vehicle control, and maintenance are all very important factors. In most mines, the proper use of the tires failed to draw enough attention to, and be mistaken for a one-time items for human use. Now, tire manufacturers and drivers on how to develop good driving habits to extend tire life by the issue of communication has become increasingly close. With the training of pilots, as well as the improvement of road conditions, drivers are recommended to the implementation of a set of their maintenance procedures and to ensure the good use of tires.
Tire management of this aspect is particularly important if the tires meet the requirements of management, to a large extent can improve tire life. In the mining giant Bridgestone tires mechanical aspects of the development, design, manufacture and application of the accumulated experience of those who have enough to buy a brand new knowledge, so as to further improve tire management, to extend tire life.
Bridgestone Tire mining engineering company introduced a smart tire management program (smarter tire management program), can help customers better manage tires. Including, tire performance data analysis methods; According to the tire performance and functional characteristics and local weather and road conditions, give details of the proposed rationalization; pilot training procedures for the management of tires and related note; tire custody and control aspects of the creation of training courses . Also included in the actual conditions, suggest that you change the tire and how to use the parameters of mining machinery to improve the life of the tire and maneuverability.
3 to resolve the contradiction between supply and demand in other ways
On the tire to repair and refurbishment of the most common method of providing these services become more and more prosperous.
Due to large-sized engineering giant tire supply can not meet the market demand, buyers will have sights on the refurbishment of the purchase of tire choice.
Rubber formula is a growing sound science, improved tire material in order to extend the service life of the tire research has also been carried out. Silicon carbide nano-earth elements is to address the issue of tire life and the development of new materials, but the giant tire on the use and easy to tire caused the cost is too high. U.S. nanotechnology products company's net R & D of new nano-materials, the tire manufacturer's application shows that the product can reduce the wear as much as 50%.
4 Forecast
Large-size mining machinery tire production in recent years will continue to have a serious shortage of trends, such as the Goodyear plant in 2006 produced the large-size mining machinery tire buyers have long been under the orders of the major companies have invested heavily in In order to expand production at the end of 2008 until the formation of larger capacity, so that the shortage is expected to be alleviated. Michelin France in the next 5 years 85,000,000 U.S. dollars into the expansion of the U.S. state of South Carolina Lexington area mining machinery tire production plant by the year 2010, the plant giant mining tire production machinery will be doubled. At the same time, the company has invested 55,000,000 U.S. dollars Campo Grande, Brazil established a new factory to increase production of the giant tires. Bridgestone's Shimonoseki its tire plant expansion investment, is expected to be completed by early 2008, 2006, at the same time be completed by the end of the anti-government tire plant expansion project.
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