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Gain Traction in Tire Production

New Technologies Improve Tire Production in a Competitive Industry
New technologies improve tire production in a competitive industry

Gain Traction in Tire Production

New Technologies Improve Tire Production in a Competitive Industry
Automotive & Tire
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The automotive and tire industry is in a period of significant change. With continuous changes in demand over this past year, the ability to scale operations is increasingly vital for tire producers.

With better visibility and digitalized processes, you can improve efficiencies in your tire production while reducing unplanned downtime and quality issues.


Stay ahead of the Curve

The Auto and Tire Revolution is Here to Stay. Be at the Forefront of Change.

The rapid rate of change in the automotive and tire industries can be both exciting and challenging. The latest advancements in technology amidst increasing demand are opportunities for tire producers and automakers alike.

Whether you're a tire manufacturer, a mature automaker, startup electric vehicle (EV) company or tier supplier, meeting scalability requirements and rising to the related complexities resulting from exponential EV growth, increased customization and other factors can be difficult.

No matter what you call this change, smart manufacturing, E-mobility, or Industry 4.0 Automotive, a fast start and rethinking how things are made will be vital to remaining competitive. To help ensure your success and get to market first, confidently, you need a trusted and seasoned partner at your side.

Take control and drive the change you need with the tools and intimate industry knowledge offered by Rockwell Automation. Our singular focus on automation, combined with our deep, proven automotive and tire manufacturing experience, offer an unparalleled understanding and the proficiency needed to enhance your production. Combining the imaginations of people with the potential of machines can help your plant work smarter, today and tomorrow.

Automotive and Tire Manufacturing
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Automotive and Tire Manufacturing

Operate more efficiently and get to market faster using concepts like Industry 4.0 Automotive.

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Get Smart About Tire and Rubber Optimization

Modernize Tire Design, Development and Production with Industry 4.0

The increasingly global tire industry is racing ahead as trends and technology evolve faster than ever before. SKU proliferation, smart tires, larger rim sizes, airless variations and increased mileage forecasts are just a few things you face. That’s why many tire producers are turning to smart manufacturing to help increase production efficiencies amidst all this change.

We can help you develop smarter solutions and scalable flexibility with our tire manufacturing automation and control systems. We make it easy to get the most out of every stage of tire production, from raw material processing and mixing, through final finish and inspection.

Our full-spectrum, connected approach eases integration and standardization across plants and throughout the production lifecycle.

Move Toward More Agile Tire Production
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Move Toward More Agile Tire Production

See how digital technology can help you transform what’s possible in tire production.

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Digital Tire Production: A Better Way to Manage Cost and Complexity
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Digital Tire Production: A Better Way to Manage Cost and Complexity

Learn how to make better design, operations, and maintenance decisions when you implement digital technologies in your tire operations.

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Tire Building, Where Rubber Meets Road

You can create productive, safe, flexible and easy-to-use tire building machines with our Integrated Architecture system. This high-performance system with integrated safety can help you:

  • Synchronize machine sections such as wind-up and let-off
  • Achieve tension and edge control
  • Optimize cut-to-length accuracy, independent of machine speed
  • Easily adjust to process changes such as tire dimensions
  • Tire Curing, and Ready to Roll

Further leveraging our Integrated Architecture system, you can improve equipment utilization and productivity in this critical, capital-intensive process. Get immediate access to process details like trends, alarms, recipe data and energy consumption so you can make more data-driven decisions. And, you can pinpoint the cause of quality issues or production disruptions to help optimize curing processes.

Automotive Production: Why the New Normal Must be Digital
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Automotive Production: Why the New Normal Must be Digital

Reimagining automotive production using digital technologies can help automakers and suppliers stay competitive in this time of great change.

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Keep Tire Production Rolling with Digital Solutions

Take control of these challenges with 3 digital technologies that expand what's humanly possible in your business.

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MES

Better manage the demands of modern tire production.

Protect Productivity

  • New workers can build tires to spec with enforceable work instructions that guide them through processes
  • Managers can better assign operators by viewing worker availability against production needs

Conquor Complexity

  • Stay productive, even as tire variations and mixes change, by controlling, sequencing, monitoring and documenting production faster and more effectively
  • Better track KPIs and reduce paperwork by automating data collection

Respond Rapidly

  • Make faster, smarter decisions using real-time insights like work-in-process (WIP) updates
  • Collaborate and communicate faster by connecting your operations across plants and global business systems
Learn more about MES

Analytics

Learn how your machines and plants can run better.

Predict Problems

  • Be alerted to impending asset failures so you can fix them before they happen and cause downtime

Optimize Production

  • Uncover where you can improve quality and more when you combine production data, tire records and other information
Learn more about our Analytics

Digital Twin

Discover a better way to desing, test and optimize machines.

Design

  • Create a digital replica of your machine and its operation to confirm it performs as expected

Test

  • Perform controls testing before a machine is built to avoid last-minute design changes and start-up delays

Optimize

  • Use a digital twin to virtually train operators, guide maintentance and test production changes
Learn more about our Dynamic Digital Twin Software

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Embrace Agile, Digital Tire Production

Learn how tire producers are turning to smart manufacturing to help increase production efficiencies amidst unprecedented change.  Experience how we can help you develop smarter solutions and scalable flexibility with our tire manufacturing solutions, including utilization of the FactoryTalk InnovationSuite platform.

Ready to talk to a Rockwell Automation consultant?

We offer industry expertise to help design, implement and support your automation investment.

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