South African-based and African-focused, REMA TIP TOP offers a full OTR tyre maintenance programme for mining clients throughout the continent from a single point. All REMA TIP TOP’s solutions are locally available via its Africa-wide footprint of 12 service outlets with deep logistics capability.
There are a number of OTR (Off-the-Road) tyre management solution providers on the market targeting African mining. However, what makes REMA TIP TOP’s services stand out is its ability to devise practical solutions to specific challenges that a typical mining operation faces.
The Common Challenges
Through constant client engagement, REMA TIP TOP has identified the following common challenges in mining operations:
- Frequent, costly tyre damage: In abrasive conditions, OTR tyres suffer sidewall damage and tread cuts from sharp rocks or debris. This leads to unexpected downtime.
- Rising replacement costs and delivery delays: New OTR tyres can cost tens of thousands of dollars each, with long lead times disrupting mine schedules and planned haulage.
- Environmental and safety pressures: Mines need sustainable choices and safer work practices, which extend beyond simple tyre replacement.
The Practical Solutions
Accordingly, REMA TIP TOP has devised a specific scope of practical solutions to address these challenges. These include:
- Permanent hot-vulcanisation repairs: Using industry-leading tyre repair patches and advanced vulcanisation curing equipment, REMA TIP TOP offers solutions that restore tyres of all sizes, fully integrated to fit all applications. The curing equipment includes the Thermopress EM series and REMAVULC.
- Complete product offering: This ranges from tyre mounting and demounting equipment and tooling, valves and accessories, compounds and patches (of all sizes and applications), to cements, adhesives, and sealers. This offering ensures full in-house repair capability.
- On-site training and certification: Delivered through REMA TIP TOP Academy or on-site, ensuring technicians are fully qualified for safe, professional repair work.
More solutions are added in response to shifting customer requirements, as and when needed, to improve tyre reliability.
Latest Additions
True to form, REMA TIP TOP recently introduced new additions to the company’s solutions, including:
- Enhanced repair patches and chemicals: Formulations now offer stronger bonding, environmental compliance, a reduced carbon footprint, and up to 80% cost saving over full tyre replacement.
- Expanded vulcaniser range: EMI, EM II and EM III or the REMAVULC systems suit various tyre sizes and thicknesses, improving repair speed and quality.
Full OTR Maintenance Programme
REMA TIP TOP is cognisant that mining operations do not just need separate services, but one-stop convenience. To cater for this, REMA TIP TOP offers turnkey solutions, which bundle repair products, vulcanising machines, tools, training, and ongoing field support.
All these solutions are locally available via its Africa-wide footprint of 12 service outlets with deep logistics capability. This approach enables mining operations to implement a full OTR maintenance programme from a single provider.
Flexibility – Modular and Configurable
Worth mentioning about the full OTR maintenance programme is REMA TIP TOP‘s flexibility. The system is modular and configurable in the following ways: clients can purchase full start-up service solutions, key individual components, or specific service-based materials and tooling for all tyre sizes, tyre constructions (radial or cross-ply), damage frequencies, and in-house repair capabilities. What’s more, the company’s African group operations create bespoke solutions jointly with mining customers.
Committed to Serve Africa
The REMA TIP TOP team is committed to serving the respective needs of every client in the African mining sector. The team is eyeing opportunities that are opening up as new projects are being unveiled, pledging to offer tailored REMA TIP TOP tyre repair solutions.
