Topic: "How it's Made" - tires

[Stev-o]

Heres another one of those videos, it's shot in the Shinko plant in Korea. Pretty amazing that all that's involved in manufacturing, these tires still only cost starting at around US$105

Ironic that a Harley is their test bike?!

https://www.rideapart.com/news/658379/shinko-motorcycle-tire-production-video/

https://www.cyclegear.com/tires/shinko-777-cruiser-tires?gclid=CjwKCAjwitShBhA6EiwAq3RqA5s_02HweR43mVbBKQsmHt0MQ3bihwkSmfh6FmFfitbE793uh6UlVRoCT-EQAvD_BwE&sku_id=817348

[jgger]

Being a carpenter by trade, I make stuff by beating on it, so this stuff always fascinates me. 

I built the foundation for a heat treating building for a place that made spun aluminum tanks. It took me forever to return from a bathroom break because I was gaga watching all the machines working. A,D,D, ?  Maybe a little.

Thanks for posting Steve.

[ekpent]

I'll never look at a motorcycle tire the same way ever again. That's a lot of steps and have to respect the person that designed all those machines and the people putting the pieces together..  I thought I could smell a little rubber odor leaking out my laptop watching that ! 
  There is a show on TV  called "How its Made" that is always very interesting to watch.

[Stev-o]

  There is a show on TV  called "How its Made" that is always very interesting to watch.

Yes, I like that show too.  It moves along quickly and the narration explains it nicely
[the tire video could be better but gives a good visuals]

[C317414]

Cool video!

I found this one that explains the various processes:

[HondaMan]

Thanks for sharing the tire video! I worked in the Gates Rubber plant when it was here in Denver, circa 1990s, building automation machinery (like in the video) for it, producing mostly rubber belts and the early cogged rubber belts. Yep, those big machines. My primary job was "making them go" and "make the machines test every quality check item", which included making the machines reject the bad ones. It was COOL. Dayton Rubber holds all that equipment today, in Ohio.

Even more fun, though, was building automation for making products that get...ummm...very big, very quickly and loudly, often destroying something else in the process. I especially liked attending the tests of the products that came out of these machines - usually with protective gear, from behind blast shields, with earplugs, helmets, and body suits...