In sensitive conditions and environments such as medical, food and paper it is an important clean floor.
The MAGNUM Non Marking black version of the standard fork truck tyre was initially developed to save on cleaning time.
Its performance was attributed to a non-staining additive used in substitute to amounts of carbon black in the tyre. The natural rubber remained.
More demand for the use of non-marking tyres to keep floors clean created the production of “white non marking tyres”.
However the materials used to create the “white” properties in replacement to hard wearing carbon black meant a considerable concession to tyre life.
The newly developed SOLIDEAL MAGNUM Grey Non Marking tyre from Bearcat is a clear improvement over its 'standard' Non Marking predecessors.
- Increased wear resistance and durability: new Grey Non Marking material has had positive impact on the life. Grey Non Marking press-on cushion tyres life expectancy approaching that of black press-on cushions: Black = 100% / Non Marking = 60-70% / Grey Non Marking = 80-90%.
- Ride comfort: grey Non Marking Magnum resilient tyres are better than that of white non marking tyres and similar to that of black resilient tyres. Better on operator + better on machine.
- Lower rolling resistance: compared standard white non marking tyres. As a result, less energy consumption and lower heat; good for tyre life and employability of the machine to hire fleet companies.
- High performance materials: the use of new developments in non marking compounding creates a more durable and solid stance. The material is also less infectious in dirt and dust.
- Addition of natural antioxidants: slows the aging process and makes the tyre more resistant to coldand UV radiation.
Construction features:
- Resilient tyres have a 3 layer construction with grey non marking tread, black non staining middle and black normal heel compound. The sidewalls are covered with the grey non marking tread compound and the black non staining middle guarantees a stable color of the sidewalls.
- Pneumatic tyres will have a bead to bead grey non marking tread and sidewall compound. Some discoloration of the sidewalls due to the staining of the black carcass compound is likely to be expected, but less then on the today’s white version.
- Press-on cushion tyres are one layer tyres with a machine grey anti corrosive paint at the steel band. Storage in a dry place remains however a must. * In order to identify the difference in between profiled and smooth tyres and in between grey and white NM, the protective PE film will have ash color for TR and brown color for SM tyres. Furthermore, switching to SOLIDEAL Magnum GREY Non marking tyres has the benefit of following factors:
- The absence of the (conductive) carbon black acts as a non conductive to static electricity. This is particularly important in areas with volatile substances.
Key features of SOLIDEAL’s new grey non marking non marking tyres:
- Overall better cosmetic look and appearance
- Less sensitive for contaminations in manufacturing and in use
- Improved color stability in manufacturing
- Improved adhesion to steel
- Overall better mechanical properties, including tensile strength, elongation at break, tearing resistance, abrasion, thus improved durability and life
- Lower rolling resistance, energy consumption and heat built up.
- Considerably longer fatigue life
- Extra age resistance due to the presence of Natural Antioxidants
- No Bleaching Agents added, which do have a long term weakening effect on white rubbers.
- Improved UV resistance