Assembly and installation was completed within three days and all went without a hitch.

The machine is now being used to inspect casings entering the retread manufacturing process. After extensive testing, casing shearography has shown to save on in-process rejects due to casing failures which would otherwise not be detected until each tyre is finally inspected before leaving the factory.

Following its installation this £150,000 machine is now handling 250 casings daily. Through further automation and potentially extending the period of operation, this will increase the quantity processed close to 80% of total volume through the manufacturing facility.

Machine operator Matt Bateman is very enthusiastic about the new equipment and comments, "It’s a really excellent piece of equipment; fast, accurate and easy to operate.” (Tyres & Accessories/Staffordshire, U.K.)