CCM - Continuous Compound Mixing system

The CCM mixing facility represents the logical completion of the MIRS™ project, the compounding process becomes part of the automatic factory managed on-line.

CCM , an absolutely unique process for the production of compounds, is able to ensure the quantitative control of materials with a level of precision that has no precedent in its segment of the tyre industry.

The CCM permits management of the complexity given by 40 components - from polymers to additives, from carbon black to sulphur and silica - the presence and composition of which varies depending on the type of tyre being produced.

The Continuous Compound Mixing represents a unique technological breakthrough; the lead time, which is about 24 hours in the traditional mixing process, is greatly reduced to 4.7 hours, energy consumption is lowered by over 20%, the variability of the physical properties of the compound is 70% lower.

The computerized management of the feed flows permits a total control of ingredients and chemical reactions, temperatures and mixing conditions; it also drastically reduces the production of powders to levels up to 90% lower than the limit set by European Union regulations.