About Indag Times

Indag Times is the monthly newsletter of Indag Rubber Limited. This is an Endeavour to

keep you informed about the latest developments in the retreading industry in general and

Indag Rubber in particular.

You will find the 360* view of outstanding performances , may it be from dealers ,retreaders,

transporters or our own employees. We will also give you technical information and product

details. This is more of an attempt to provide the information that you value.

About Indag Rubber

The Khemka Group founded Indag Rubber during the early 80’s and pio-

neered the introduction of cold retreading technology in India. Since then

the company has provided retreading material to our customers ranging

from precured tread to curing envelopes.

INDAG TIMES Monthly

ISSUE 01 NOVEMBER 2013

THIS ISSUE

OUTSTANDING RETREADER 2

OUTSTANDING EMPLOYEE 2

OUTSTANDING DEALER 2

TEHNICAL INFORMATION 3

PRODUCTS & USAGE 4

CONTACT US 4

CERTIFICATE OF EXCELLENCE

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Mr. Prabodh Pandey was given

the certificate of excellence for

his outstanding performance in

sales.

Mr. Prabodh Pandey shares the

secret of success by quoting the

famous lines of William

Shakespeare.

(a) Know more than others.

(b) Work more than others.

(c) Expect less than others.

Mr. RAJIV VERMA— Owner of INDIA SOLE, KOLKATA

Mr. Rajiv Verma of INDIA SOLE, Kolkata was awarded the certificate of excellence

for his outstanding growth from 1.5 ton per month to 6 tones in one and a half

years. He is fully satisfied with marketing support, material supply and equipment

maintenance.

He gives the credit to the marketing team of West Bengal . He says that it was only

due to excellent support from marketing team that such a thing became possible.

From providing the technical assistance to timely supply of materials , it was the

combined efforts of entrepreneurial abilities of Mr. Rajiv Verma and the deter-

mined marketing team of Indag Rubber, which made this outcome possible.

Further , he says, that there has been excellent performance in terms of MILEAGE,

DURABILITY etc. This again underscores the superior quality and unbeatable per-

formance of Indag Rubber over its competitors.

OUTSTANDING RETREADER

INDIA SOLE– KOLKATA

OUTSTANDING

INDAG EMPLOYEE-

MR PRABODH PANDEY

OUTSTANDING DEALER

BHARAT TYRES—DEHRIONSON

OWNER– MR. IQBAL KARIM

Bharat tyres , Dehrionson is one of the larg-

est dealers of retreading material in that

zone.

Mr. Iqbal Karim is an example of how one

should go about entrepreneurship. Not only

has he been able to expand his business , but

also his rating is very high on consumer satisfaction.

He has encouraged the use of branded retreads among the retreaders and

counseled them how a branded retread can be a boon to the vehicle and

the vehicle owner.

The retread of his choice is INDAG . He says INDAG is best among com-

petitors and highest among customer demand and consumer satisfaction.

Our technical expert Mr. Rajiv Mathur warns about the consequences of mistakes in the Initial Inspection.

They are-

1) Missed or non repaired punctures may result in a lack of tread to tyre adhesion at the time of retreading.

2) Missed or Undetected cas-ing separations in the tyre at the time of retreading may result into retread failure.

Divide the tyre into sections :

Liner ( 1 & 2 )

Bead ( 3 & 4 )

Sidewall ( 5 & 6 )

Crown ( 7 )

1)Liner inspection ( 1 & 2 )

Spread the beads

Use your hands to inspect tyres to check the pinch of nail/bolts/any hard material pene-trating the liner

Make start mark on liner

Rotate tyre one full revolution and inspect visually and manually area 1 & 2

Examine liner for injuries, open splice, cuts nail holes.

Discolor of plies

Remove all nail hole patches. Remove any other patch not in good condition.

2) Bead Inspection ( 3 & 4 )

Keep beads spread

Make start mark

Rotate tyre one full revolution and inspect area 3 and then same for area 4.

Examine beads for any exposed or damaged body plies which can never be repaired.

3 )Sidewall Inspection ( 5 & 6 )

Relax the beads

Rotate the tyre one full revolution and in-spect area 5 and same for area 6.

Check for separations ,cracks, buldge ozone or weather Aggression ( < 1.5 mm deep ) or distortion.

A code marking system on the sidewall to identify the type of repair is required

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TECHNICAL INFORMATION (PART 1)

INSPECTION INSTRUCTIONS

REQUIREMENT

A well lighted spreader with full access to the Tyre.

Inspection tools : Probe ,Pliers ,knife, Hand hold, Drop light, Chalk/Yellow crayon, cleaner

Tyre must be dry and clean : Remove all dust.

Put tyre on spreader and spread beads enough to have unobstructed view of the liner.

4) Crown Inspection ( 7 )

Leave bead relaxed

Mark start mark

Slowly rotate tyre and inspect area 7.

Probe all cuts and holes to determine size

and depth,

Remove all stones, foreign material.

Job Card—For each tyre a job card is needed

with all information on it.

Rejections

Any damage on radial ply in bead area

Bead distortion

Sidewall cracking extending into plies.

Blister or humps in liner (Shoulder area)

Excessive circumferential cracking in bead or

shoulder area.

TREAD PATTERNS & USAGE

VEHICLE– TRUCK

LONG HAUL/MINIMUM

BREAKING AND ACCELARATION–

REAR AXLE DRIVE AS WELL AS

TRAILER

GOOD BLACK CASING

TERRAIN-PLAIN

TREAD PATTERNS & USAGE

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VEHICLE– TRUCK/BUS/LCV

L O N G H A U L / M I N I M U M

B R E A K I N G A N D

ACCELARATION– ALL AXLE

GOOD BLACK CASING

TERRAIN– PLAIN

FACTORS OF PERFORMANCE

NEEDS OF TREAD PATTERN

DESIGN APPLICATION

1) RIB DESIGN TREAD

2) LUG DESIGN TREAD

3) RIB LUG DESIGN

TREAD

4) DIAGONAL

PATTERN DESIGN

TREAD SELECTION

PRIORITIES

1) LONGER CASING

LIFE

2) FUEL ECONOMY

3) TREAD WEAR

4) WET/SNOW

TRACTION

INDAG RUBBER LIMITED

11 ,COMMUNITY CENTER,

SAKET, NEW DELHI,110017

011 26963172

WWW.INDAGRUBBER.COM

For Feedback & Suggestions:

Avijeet Khaitan– 8826890850

avijeetkhaitan@indagrubber.com

VEHICLE– TRUCK/BUS

L O N G H A U L / M I N I M U M

BREAKING AND ACCELARATION–

REAR AXLE

GOOD BLACK CASING

TERRAIN– PLAIN