Tire & Rubber Inks
Tread Striping Inks
APV’s Tread Striping Inks are offered in both water-based and solvent-based chemistries to mark tire treads.
Tread Striping Equipment
APV Engineered Coatings offers 2 different systems to apply both our solvent-based and water-based tread striping inks.
Equipment offered includes a Beugler Wheel® and a Capillary Pressure System. APV will recommend a system based on customer variables such as striping amount, tread temperature, dry time, and distance from application to cooling.
Beugler Wheel®
APV’s Beugler Wheel® striping system consists of a bottle of tread striping ink with a Beugler Wheel® cap. The bottle is placed upside down in a holder with the Beugler Wheel® cap against the tread. As the tread moves, it rotates the wheel allowing it to pick up the ink inside the bottle and transfer it evenly onto the tread. The Beugler Wheel® heads are available in a variety of sizes and pitches to allow different stripping widths and transfer amounts.
APV’s Capillary Pressure System
APV’s Capillary Pressure System is ideal for production lines that apply a high amount of ink per day. It consists of ASME pressure tanks, an air pressure manifold, an ink pressure manifold, and a control panel. Striping ink in the tanks is pressurized by the air pressure manifold, which then sends the ink through the capillary tubing to the ink manifold. The ink is then fed to the needle, and transferred to the tread. In addition to the air pressure manifold, each color in the system is also independently controlled by an extra sensitive regulator to increase or decrease pressure. These changes in pressure will in turn increase or decrease the flow rate of the ink. Should the conveyor running the tread stop for any reason, a control panel tied into the conveyor can automatically shut off the system.
APV offers industrial ink products engineered for a wide range of uses for OEM. Available in water-based or solvent-based formulations, our industrial inks can be used for transferring, marking, striping or coding.
Tire & Rubber Inks
Tread Striping Inks
APV’s Tread Striping Inks are offered in both water-based and solvent-based chemistries to mark tire treads.
