Mechanical carcass building and shaping drum for car tires

VMI has now released its mechanical carcass building and shaping drum to replace bladder drums on its VRP range of TBM’s. However, the new mechanical drum is also suitable for non-VMI tire building machines.

Bladderless carcass drum

VMI’s new bladderless carcass drum runs now production tests with a number of selected customers. The tests that are close to completion, have surpassed expectations of this innovative development and have demonstrated improved uniformity levels of tires and shorter production cycles. Also substantial cost savings are achieved due to elimination of bladders. The advantages of a bladderless drum are widely recognized.