Tire manufacturing is an extremely complex process that involves many variables coming together to create the one of the most highly engineered products on the market.
Tires are comprised of six major components (tread, belt, sidewalls, body plies, beads, and innerliner) and as many as 50 raw materials. Process control within the tire manufacturing plant is critical for ensuring high quality and consistent products on the final conveyor.
Why conduct periodic tire audits?
- Focus upon a minimum list of key features that impact tire performance in service and compare those features to prior analyses.
- Verify compliance to product design, reinforcement’s requirements and/or tread component composition specifications.
- Create the on-going capability for manufacturers, importers and dealers to make informed tire decisions.
- Mitigate risk in tire sourcing by verifying compliance.
Whether you are evaluating your internal processes, benchmarking best practices between plants, or potentially evaluating a potential tire supplier’s plant, THE KING ROSE has the expertise to provide objective, third party audits of the manufacturing facility. Our team will work with you to build an audit plan based on specific areas of concern or development. The most common processes that we evaluate include:
- Technology due diligence
- Raw material inspection and qualification
- Mixing
- Extrusion
- Calendering
- Stock preparations
- Tire building
- Curing
- Tire inspection and repair
- Tire testing
- On-site laboratory
After the audit, our consultants will provide a detailed report detailing areas for improvement and baseline metrics that could be used for quality verification going forward.