Thank you for posting this. I work for a tire manufacturer in the United States. There is no automation, everything is done by people. I enjoyed watching this.
Yep its also why American made tire are so bloody expensive.. and because American made tires are done with union hands they cant compete price wise on a world market. If I was Goodyear or firestone CEO. .. every domestic factory would be automated.
I worked in a tire plant for a few years. Brings back memories seeing some of the processes. Their facility is a hell of a lot cleaner than ours was. They take better care of their equipment too.
*Absolutely incredible production process! It's astonishing how the equipment was designed and manufactured to create these tires. A true inspiration.*
All of that magnificent production technology and they left the most important thing out. Stamp the max tire inflation pressure in BIG PRINT. BTW, every tire manufacturer fails to do this as well. The important info is in tiny print.
I'm floored by how clean their mixing department is. Haven't been in the tire business in 11 years and I'm pretty sure I'm still cleaning carbon black out my nose and ears 😂😂😂
The one advantage was you got half an hour washing time at the end of each shift. You also got to know your workmates rather well as you needed someone to do your back.
Worked at General Tire in the 70s. This video looks nothing like our plant did. Key things I remember are dirt and noise of the banbury’s, the smell of the rubber, the bandaged fingers of the tire builders, the heat and steam of the curing room. An occasional blowing of the bladders in the curing presses. Fond memories in a way. I found this video really interesting!
I've heard Vietnam is booming economically. A lot of the rubber production is in SE Asia so makes sense to have the factories there. Thanks you've documented the process well here.
my friend told me years ago that's what the Vietnam war was over rubber, and I thought he was BS he was drafted and he went through basic training and his battalion was going to Vietnam he split and he stayed gone until he knew it was safe to come home
@@giaphan536 Đây là dây chuyền sản xuất vỏ xe hơi thương hiệu nổi tiếng KUMHO (của Hàn Quốc), không phải của Nhật Bản, và nhà máy sản xuất đc đặt tại Bình Dương, VN thôi (không phải Vietnam Tire đâu nhe!).
The $tuff looks TOP $HELF , likely Germany or $wiss....NOT JUNK from Canada , ask Geza Foods Brantford how they liked their new palletizer from Mississauga Ont....LOL.....U.K RUBBI$H !
in manufacturing as large as this, there is usually an internal group of Industrial, Mechanical and Electrical engineers who design the layout and equipment. Most of the components are purchased and some are custom made. Once the design is set and components are decided, another set of trademen assemble and set up the equipment in place with guidance of the engineers.
An even greater wonder: Who made the people who made the equipment that makes the tires? What an amazing Creator we have, who has made the people who can make such things!
Just bought four new Kumho tires for my wife's car about a month ago and then stumbled across this video. Having worked as an Industrial Electrician in different manufacturing industries (now retired / not meant to be a tire pun) all I can say is that I'm very impressed with the process, the automation, the cleanliness of the facility and the quality of their product. Thanks for sharing this. 👍
@@vicpetrishak7705 Sorry bud. I never worked for them. I just made a observation after watching the video. But thanks for that well thought out and reasoned reply. You're parents would be proud of you.
I am truly impressed by this video. I have not encountered "Name Brand" manufacturers releasing such an in-depth view. I've owned Kumhos' and was pleased with them.
This factory is cleaner than most British food manufacturing facilities. I like the way that the plastic wrapping on raw-materials in incorporated into the product.
Interesting. I was a Deputy Sheriff in Nevada and we used Kumho speed rated tires on out Police Interceptors because they are way cheaper than the Goodyear Eagles. We would put about 40-50k on them before we had to change them out. Would often have times where we would drive at 130MPH for 100 mile stretches and never had an issue with them. When we first went with the tires we were mounting them on a rim and I saw they were made in Vietnam. I was mounting them for another deputy who happened to be a Vietnam Vet and he was “Well they couldn’t get me then, so this is how they are going to get me”.
@@davidjacobs8558 Not exactly along side but they were definitely there and their "rules of engagement" were to shot and kill anything that moved (i.e. take no prisoners).
2:20 pounds of glue according to regulations 3:10 mix glue (prepare glue) 3:23 Glue rolling and coding 5:55 Glue the finished product on the back of the tire 6:13 glue code and glue data border 8:45 go to the roll and wait for the workpiece to be assembled 9:35 Cut the thread for the tire blank 9:50 embryo creation 10:40 Install 2 steel rings (steel frame) 12:50 high temperature vulcanization 16:00 quality check 17:20 final check 17:40 shipping and packaging I used to work on tires before, but I didn't have modern, advanced machinery like this, so I understand a little about the process.
I bought Kumho light truck tyres for my Ford Ute. Good load rating and better traction on wet roads than I expected from a less expensive tyre. Very happy with them, as I drive every day and need a good load rating for carting soil and mulch for the gardens on the weekends
I remember the ancient machinery they used back in the 40s and 50s. It was all hard work and stifling heat. Can one imagine the making of the machinery in this video. Amazing.
I’m sure a lot more people too. Jobs for people who needed them. Not a single worker in the process here. Not good compared to the 40s. When we made stuff and those people could be middle class
I used to work at this Kumho factory in the industrial park of Vietnam Singapore VSIP ii Binh Duong Vietnam a while ago, now watching the video, I miss the memories of that time so much.
Купил вчера Кumho да они намного мягче чем Мишлен. Kumho сейчас для меня лучшая из лучших шин! Больше европейские колеса покупать не стану, только Корея. Корея Корея Корея молодцы!!!
This video bring back my memory of the time I used to work at a tire factory in Saigon Vietnam in 1983-87. It was the "HTX Cao Su Q. 3 (Rubber Cooperative 3th District)". We made everything manually. The rim and the layer of threads were recycled from old foreign made tires. All were natural rubber. Some were smoked crepe (2:56?) and some were fresh white bowl shape. The black color of the tires comes from very fine carbon powder to provide wear resistance property. At end of each shift we looked like comingout from a coal mine. There are a lots more chemical and the rubber sheets each has different property for the side, tread and around the rim. It is good to see modern factory there now. Thank you for the video
learnt a lot from this video , i sell and install hundreds of tires i always wondered how these things are manufactured, and how tires sustains all the road conditions and carry tons of human and steel on top , its an eye opener KUMHO is great tire i always recommend it
2:20 cân keo theo quy định 3:10 trộn keo ( luyện keo ) 3:23 cán keo và đóng mã 5:55 cán keo thành phẩm mặt lưng lốp 6:13 mã keo và viền số liệu keo 8:45 vào cuộn chờ ráp phôi 9:35 cắt bố chỉ cho phôi lốp 9:50 tạo phôi 10:40 lắp 2 vòng tanh ( khung thép ) 12:50 lưu hóa nhiệt độ cao 16:00 kiểm tra chất lượng 17:20 kiểm tra lượt cuối 17:40 xuất xưởng và đóng gói Trước đây mình từng làm về lốp xe ,nhưng kh dc máy móc tiên tiến hiện đại thế này , nên nhìn cũng hiểu chút ít về quy trình .
(translated to english) 2:20 pounds of glue according to regulations 3:10 mix glue (prepare glue) 3:23 Glue rolling and coding 5:55 Glue the finished product on the back of the tire 6:13 glue code and glue data border 8:45 go to the roll and wait for the workpiece to be assembled 9:35 Cut the thread for the tire blank 9:50 embryo creation 10:40 Install 2 steel rings (steel frame) 12:50 high temperature vulcanization 16:00 quality check 17:20 final check 17:40 shipping and packaging I used to work on tires before, but I didn't have modern, advanced machinery like this, so I understand a little about the process.
Excellent! Not thinking of doom and gloom, but it made me think how important the outside supply links are for the raw materials needed for these manufacturing companies, disrupt that flow the company's in trouble, there's a fine line there.😎
Fascinating how automation has been applied. Next challenge is disposing of tires after their useful life is ended. Thanks fot the video so informative.
Great video, beautiful tires, amazing factory, so quiet & clean! I spoke with a tire expert long ago who told me it's very difficult to make a perfect tire. This factory makes it look easy!
Very interesting comment! I've consistently gotten better results with off-brands like Mohave and Hercules than name brand tires like Michelin and Firestone. This surprises me. You've shed a little light on the mystery. FWIW I may shop for Kumho tires next time.
Here in Argentina, we have a factory that uses almost the same system, not as updated. I have worked in it for 34 years but in Energy Services. The factory is called FATE (Argentine Factory of Glued Fabrics). I like this video.
very interesting process for good quality of tires. Wow fully automatic factory! This video teaches me that the factory movement to Vietnam is not only because of labor cost in Korea, but also because the natural rubber material is still used. I just have thought that all the tire raw matetial is coming from any by-product during the petroleum process.
France used to have hundreds of rubbers plantations in Vietnam in the early 1900 for their Michelin tires company, nowadays there are less rubbers plantations because of the population grow and people need lands to live
That is an amazingly complex process with most of it automated. That one machine that took a rubber circle and in one final step, stamped the tread and other markings but you couldn't see what was going on inside - then out popped a finished tire. Really impressive.
The "green" tyre is put into a mold and the rubber bladder inside got pressurised with steam to around 10-20 bar (atmospheres) and the tyre sink in to the inside of the mold and vulkanizes under heat, probably around 160-200 deg C. I guess it would take 10-20 minutes for a car tyre. A really big and thick tyre take many many hours. You can see the inside of mold that hold all the shapes that imprints on the tyre.
Ngạc nhiên khi hôm nay lại thấy video này, tôi làm trong nghành sản xuất cao su tự nhiên ở bộ phận kiểm soát chất lượng (quality control). Cảm ơn vì đã làm video này tại Việt Nam, tỉnh Bình Dương cũng là một nơi có nhiều nhà máy cao su tự nhiên, mọi người có thể nhìn thấy dây chuyền máy móc hiện đại nhưng công nhân nhà máy cũng khá vất vả và những nơi này sẽ có mùi khá khó chịu cho những người mới đặt chân đến.
That was a cool video. State of the art processing with little human contact. Wish they'd develop a better tire changer making it easier to mount tires on rims.
Nice to see a process I've always been curious about laid out in front of me. The Vietnamese factory is impressively clean. The tires are also made in the home of the business, South Korea and also the U.S. I also liked seeing some of the comments below talking about the quality and reliability of the Kumho tires. Why? The Can-Am Spyder RT I bought last August came with three new Kumho tires on it and I do like to make my motorcycles earn their keep so good rubber is a must. The bluidy alloy rims seep a bit of air as they are wont to do but the tires have performed spectacularly so far. Also, Bombardier recommends Kumhos as replacements and supplies them as standard on their new vehicles. The ABS, traction control, skid control and the single pedal computer-controlled braking are set to use them best. The whole machine is fly-by-wire with a 1,000cc fuel-injected 100hp Rotax engine. Bombardier liked the Rotax engines so much they bought the company over in Austria. A good Canadian/Austrian touring machine made in Canada about 250 km from where I live...with quality Asian tires to boot. Now if the dang weather would smarten up....
As a former auto mechanic I can say that mixing brands of tires on a vehicle with traction control can cause havoc on a traction control system. Same stated size but slightly different.
@@maxwellcrazycat9204 Mixing brands...absolutely. But what if I change all three to stickies? Will that make the computer go cross-eyed? Would the change of compound make a difference?
@@AndyTN64 Nope, sorry Andy. Wikipedia and others say: "Kumho Tire (formerly known as Samyang Tire) is a South Korean tire manufacturer. It is a subsidiary of Chinese tire conglomerate Doublestar ." Damn! I'm riding on Chinese rubber. I boycott China totally. Now I have to find a brand that will work that is not profiting a dicktator.
Times are changing. The old tire companies will not change on their own. Like resisting the radial tire design. Many tire plants are ran until the machines fall apart. So quiet and clean, how long has this plant been in operation it looks very new. I did not see the X-Ray machines, just run-out force machines? 😎 Great video. Thanks.
Now that you have seen this, know that expensive tire and cheap tires are made in much the same way. The cheap tires will have cheaper additives and tire patterns. Tires used to last 5000 miles. Now, to compete, they have to last longer! Fun video!
I worked for the Armstrong Rubber Co. in 1953 as a maintenance mechanic. They made tires for Sears Roebuck (All-State Tires) I assure you the tire builders worked like crazy because of piece work rates and it was blazing hot in the heater room where they cooked the tires. I'm 95 but remember well.
The white liquid is a lube and helps seal the tire when they "force" or check for the high spot of the tire hence the pink dot on the side of the tire. This is matched up to the rim when the tire is mounted on a rim.
