Underground mining presents numerous challenges, including tight spaces, low lighting, high temperatures, dust, and rough uneven terrain. Specialized equipment, particularly solid tires, is essential to navigate these harsh conditions safely. Solid tires, unlike pneumatic ones, are puncture-proof and have a high degree of damage resistance can handle the severe terrain, providing continuity of operations, stability of equipment & tire durability.
Due to heavy machine weight & high payloads, tires mounted on mining machines need to be inflated to high pressures usually 10 bar (150 psi) or higher, due to which any tire blowout incident poses significant occupational risk to human life & equipment.
Besides air/pneumatic tire require regular inflation checks to ensure optimum tire performance.
Solid Tires are 100% puncture-proof & their full rubber construction does not require any scheduled maintenance thus enhancing safety for man, machine and the mine. Solid tires can play a critical role in eliminating mining accidents caused by tire & wheel blowouts.
Solid tires also offer greater durability and stability. Their low maintenance and long service life further contribute to operational efficiency in the challenging conditions of underground mining.
There is thus a strong use case use of solid underground mining tires as they increase safety, reduce downtime, improve operational efficiency and reduce overall cost of ownership.