Dump trucks that haul materials through quarries, stone yards and other rough environments are notoriously vulnerable to damaged sidewalls. And when a truck’s tire is shredded or blown, it can slow down or even stop the entire production.<\/p>\n
Now there’s a new product that fits over the side of truck tires, providing a tough exterior barrier that prevents rocks, scrap and other materials from damaging tires on industrial vehicles. It’s called Sideflex<\/a> and its made by the German equipment maker Erlau AG.<\/p>\n Sideflex is made up of a robust set of wheel nuts and extensions that support a flat ring, to which is attached a fanned array of overlapping plates. These plates create a barrier that deflects rock debris and other materials that can pierce the tire’s sidewalls.<\/p>\n Sideflex is mounted using steel components and the plates are made out of a specially engineered polymer that allows the plates to flex and deform upon impact, then spring back to their original shape.<\/p>\n Previously, some dump truck tires were protected using tire chains. But these slowed trucks down, raised fuel consumption, and could damage tires. Sideflex offers a more convenient, safer and cost-effective solution to the problem of protecting dump truck tires in rough terrain.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Dump trucks that haul materials through quarries, stone yards and other rough environments are notoriously vulnerable to damaged sidewalls. And when a truck’s tire is shredded or blown, it can slow down or even stop the entire production. Now there’s a new product that fits over the side of truck tires, providing a tough exterior … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,293],"tags":[1079],"class_list":["post-7229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-material-handling","category-news","tag-material-handling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7229","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7229"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7229\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12381,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7229\/revisions\/12381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}