HERE IS AN ENQUIRY FROM A FORKLIFT USER..
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... we are metal scrap trader & recycler having scrap yard storage
facility at Kalyan near Mumbai, India & recycling facility at
Silvassa, India. We are facing high wear and tear of our forklift tyres
due to operation of forklift on shredded scrap material. We are looking
out for tyres which can give longer durability in our kind of
operations. Kindly advice if you offer the same and what shall be the detailed specification of the tyre offered and what will be approx. tyre life..?
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Dear Client,
High cut, chip & chunk resistance is a property of the rubber compound used for the tread & sidewalls of a tyre – there
are no published specifications for the same. The tread compound design, selection of right polymer(s) and reinforcing filler(s) and compounding techniques all play a very important role to yearn this property.
As to service life in extreme duty applications, we recommend our ‘Cut & Chip Resistant’ tyre if and only if the forklift user
complains of average of service life less than 3 months.
In such cases, we
assure that if he sticks to his load capacity and speed ratings and does not
abuse the tyre, he can expect minimum 50% to 100% improvement with Royal Cut & Chip resistant tyres. Many clients of ours have given excellent feedback when compared to standard market variants. Again this is not a prediction of service life but a minimum expected
performance.
Also this varies with the type & shape of metal objects. If you handle very sharp & heavy metal pieces regularly, then they will cause tread surface to shred, affecting the service life seriously.
But if the tyre simply runs on small metal pieces, metal trimmings, turning & boring scrap or small broken glass pieces with occassional heavy sharp objects, they will not
harm the tread very much. That is why we ask for a photograph of the
area.
If very sharp metal objects or hard-rocky substances are to be handled routinely, you must look for metal chains covers for tyres.
As you see, this is a very subjective game and depends on the type of use, operational conditions and cargo handled. When you buy tyres from us, we will also give you some improvement tips / fitments which
will help prolong the life of our tyres.
