Diseño y construcción de una prensa de vulcanización para la reparación de neumáticos en la vulcanizadora El Milenio

Abstract

This research was done in the tire repairshop “El Milenio”; it is located in Pichincha province, Quito city – Tumbaco, Interoceanica Avenue lot 8 and Guayaquil, which offers repairing services and the maintenance of all types of tires. To elaborate this technical project the needs of the tire repairshop were considered to design and build a press prototype for steam vulcanizing, for which the parameters of the damage tire were analyzed such as the measure of the break, dimension of the tire, number of canvas layers and checked if the damage could be repaired. A conceptual design was made in order to define an accurate methodology for the project, then the calculations of each of the elements that are part of the press were done and finally proceeded to the detailed engineering of the machine and once the design was concluded, the functionality test were done. The temperature, pressure and time are required parameters that were considered in the performance of the functioning test to obtain a correct repair and to support the applied loads that come in the technical specifications of each tire. The results of the design and construction of the machine in the tire repairshop were evidenced because it was possible to obtain a benefit for the owners of the damage tires, also it could be possible to offer a total repair of the tire and in that way, and it can finish the useful life for which it was designed.