VMI’s new MAXX radial tire building machine demonstrates an excellent performance

Recently the VMI MAXX, VMI’s latest TBM for radial car tires, was accepted by its launching customer. The target for the acceptance test to build 260 tires in 4 hours time was exceeded by building 267 tires in 3 hours and 40 minutes.

The MAXX, presented at the Tire Technology Expo in Hamburg earlier this year, received the Tire Technology Expo 2009 Award for innovation and excellence. Since the installation of the MAXX TBM it has been running production continuously. Later a new system for sidewall centering and a barcode applicator have been added to the machine, and these are also running to the customer’s satisfaction.
The final enhancement of the MAXX is planned for 2010, when a robot which will be placed next to the machine, for automatic loading of the bead apexes and for the unloading of the green tire. This addition will allow one operator to supervise 2 MAXX TBM’s.
 

Several VMI customers have had the opportunity to visit the new MAXX machine, and they were without exception very positive about its performance. To see this machine running is really convincing.
The quality, reliability and the output of the new MAXX, assure a great market for this new VMI development. The MAXX will certainly become a worthy successor of the VMI 248 TBM !