Category: Industrial Tyres

Like all good doctors, TyreDoctor is in the business of ensuring the health of its clients, with the overall goal of preventing serious injuries and waste of resources. TyreDoctor specialises in OTR tyres for the mining and heavy earthmoving sector, with a strong presence in open-cut and underground mining operations across Eastern Australia. Its work revolves around tyre and rim repair, testing, fitting, and supply, as one of Australia’s two largest independent distributors of Michelin, Maxam, Yokohama, Goodyear, and other major OTR brands. OTR tyres are serious business. TyreDoctor specialise in 45-inch and larger – focusing on 57 and 63-inch dump truck tyres. At 4.5m in diameter, one tyre weighs 6-tonnes, which includes 2-tonnes of stainless-steel cord. An in-depth understanding…

Keeping its customers wheels turning is the number one priority of OTR Tyres, with an innovative approach to tyre repair and safety. Specialising in on-site earthmover and OTR machinery tyres, OTR Tyres’ expert team of mobile tyre technicians manage a fleet of field service units and tyre fitting trucks for all on-site fitting and maintenance. OTR Tyres combines world class facilities, tools and equipment with professional and experienced technicians to ensure tyres are serviced to the highest standards. The company offers a comprehensive range of tyre service and repair options including on-site coverage, call-outs and emergency repairs. OTR Tyres’ global sourcing and supply capacity gives it the added ability to source the right tyres and wheels for all requirements and…

A new joint venture between Australia’s largest tyre recycler Tyrecycle and Kariyarra Contracting will specialise in the processing of end-of-life (EOL) off-the-road (OTR) mine-site tyres within Western Australia’s Pilbara region. In early 2019, the Kariyarra Aboriginal Corporation (KAC) became aware of a problem facing Pilbara-based mining companies relating to an intractable waste stream for which, at that time, there wasn’t an appropriate solution that avoided disposal. The waste stream relates to end-of-life, off-the-road (OTR) tyres with approximately 40,000 tonnes produced and managed in-pit (i.e. buried on-site) each year in the Pilbara region. By mid-2019, KAC had undertaken an extensive investigation into the technical and commercial feasibility of options for recycling OTR in the Pilbara. The Corporation’s due diligence identified Tyrecycle…

AN increase in haul truck rolling resistance has been found to have a significant triple effect on costs, according to a recent study. Research by Western Australian School of Mines professor Dr Rodger Thompson showed that fuel burn, plant damage and cycling times all suffer at the hands of a poor haul road surface. He found three factors of a failing or uneven haul road sent operational costs up. Firstly, the energy required to ‘climb’ the weight out of each depression in the road was adding up to 5pc in fuel costs; secondly, the increased cycling of suspension and friction on tyres was accelerating truck maintenance; and lastly, the cycle times were suffering badly. The study found that the addition…

The Soft Ride compound provides operators with a level of comfort comparable to a foam/solid filled pneumatic L5 tyre, while the purpose-designed cut resistant tread compound that ensures maximum tyre life. MINING needs tough equipment that won’t fail under pressure or rigorous workload. During the service life of a machine, a mining operator might spend as much as the full purchase price of that machine on replacing tyres. They are a critical part of the mining machinery and they are exposed to some of the toughest conditions including exposure to rocky debris, sharp-edged walls, high load capacities and the extreme heat of the Australian outback. That is why Trelleborg developed its Soft Ride series of solid OTR tyres, designed specifically…

TRELLEBORG’S innovative tyre solutions have always been developed in response to the challenges faced by its customers. So when the need to develop a softer-riding solid OTR tyre than was currently available to the market, Trelleborg developed its innovative Brawler ‘Soft Ride’ compound which built on its predecessor’s formidable attributes of sheer toughness, excellent wear performance and the unique elliptical ‘suspension’ apertures. The tyre has re-defined what operators can expect in terms of comfort and what machine owners can expect in terms of equipment longevity from their solid tyres. The machines used by the Australian mining industry are diverse and expensive and the tyres that protect those machines need to be the latest technology. Whether it’s loaders, skid steer machines,…

MINING is a tough game. It all comes down to how much material you can extract for the least amount of money and any interruptions to that extraction process cost companies many, many thousands of dollars. Specialising in on-site earthmover and OTR machinery tyres, OTR Tyres’ expert team of mobile tyre technicians manage a fleet of field service units and tyre fitting trucks for all on-site fitting and maintenance. OTR staff are experts in the mobilisation and de-mobilisation of heavy equipment, working to minimise downtime for tyre removal and re-fitting once on site. With global sourcing and supply capacity, OTR Tyres has the ability to source the right tyres and wheels for your requirements and is the chosen project partner…

WHEN a single tyre has such a high dollar value, let alone considering safety factors and the cost of production downtime, it’s simple logic to use a preventative maintenance approach to managing tyre damage in a mining fleet. That’s why TyreDoctor, which has specialised in OTR (off-the-road) tyre repairs since 1986, put so much emphasis on the importance of a preventative maintenance tyre repair program for mining fleets. “Sure, we’ll repair a tyre once it’s failed – if it’s repairable,” TyreDoctor tyre repair division manager Harvey Hester said. “But in nine out of 10 instances once a mining tyre actually fails it’ll be damaged beyond repair. “That’s just a waste of an expensive tyre – whether it’s a 33-inch underground…

PULFORD Air & Gas is one of Australia’s oldest air compressor companies, specialising in the design, manufacture and service of quality air compressors and nitrogen gas systems since 1925. Since 2005, Pulford has concentrated on developing a nitrogen inflation system for the mining industry to increase the safety level of operators and site staff. Its NitroPlus range of nitrogen tyre inflation systems are used across the transport and mining industries in Australia. With systems currently in operation in the Hunter Valley and Surat Basin, as well as numerous South Australian and Western Australian mine sites, Pulford’s experience in the field has given them the capability to design custom systems to meet each client’s specific needs in harsh Australian mining conditions.…

GLOBAL Tyre Information (GTI) has been supporting the WA tyre industry for more than 33 years, and has applied that wealth of knowledge and experience gained into developing the GTI tyre monitoring system. Development started in 2004 to design a tyre pressure monitoring system (TPMS) that would be a standalone plug-and-play unit with no infrastructure needed on site. A lot of trial and real time testing was carried out on one of GTI’s client mine sites to fine tune and create a robust and real time output tyre monitoring system. Whether it is a mine site or a construction site, operations rely heavily on equipment, and equipment relies heavily on its tyres. Employing a robust system such as the one…

THE Brawler HPS Soft Ride tyre is Trelleborg’s premium solid OTR tyre, specifically designed for the toughest climates and industries on earth. The tyre has re-defined what operators can expect in terms of comfort and what owners can expect in terms of equipment longevity when using solid tyres. The purpose-designed ‘soft ride’ compound, together with the unique elliptical apertures and deep tread layer, mean the Brawler is fast becoming a solution for mining applications around the world. In comparison to its predecessor, the unique design of the Brawler HPS Soft Ride significantly reduces vibration to give ride comfort equivalent to a foam/solid filled pneumatic L5 tyre, while delivering the durability and toughness of a solid tyre. This demonstrates Trelleborg’s commitment…