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Retreads and Michelin Retread Technology

If you are running trucks, you are probably running retreads. For more than 50 years, retreading has been a staple of the transportation business. As a Michelin retreader, Piedmont Truck Tires can bring your fleet up to the cutting edge of retread technology. Computer controlled from start to finish, the Michelin Retread Technology (MRT) system leaves the least possible room for human error while producing a superior quality retread.

Grazing light detects flaws

Our factory-trained inspectors use grazing light techniques to detect flaws in casings that, if not properly repaired, could lead to a costly tire failure. At the same time, our electronic NDT nail-detection technology finds hidden nails that may have embedded themselves out of sight of the human eye.

Buffer removes excess rubber

Our computer-controlled buffer removes excess rubber from your worn casing, ensuring that the tire runs cooler, thus reducing the chance of a tire failure.

Computer controlled tread builder

Our computer-controlled tread-builder ensures that the pre-cure tread is applied properly, producing a more round and balanced tire. The MRT process also applies the cushion gum rubber and tread on the same machine, reducing the chance for contamination and lessening the chance of premature curing of the cushion gum. And with road-proven Michelin tread patterns and rubber compounds on your tires, Piedmont Truck Tire retreads run cooler, perform better, and wear longer than many new tires.

At least four people will examine your tire carefully, both inside and out, before we put a retread on the road. Furthermore, our Casing Integrity Analyzer (CIA) and fluoroscopic x-ray machines ensure that flaws that could escape the human eye do not leave you stranded on the side of the road.

Casing Integrity Analyzer

The cumulative effect of this painstaking process is the best retread in the market, at a competitive price. With Piedmont Truck Tires in your corner, any retread can perform like a Michelin.

Michelin Retread Technologies (MRT)

Click on the Michelin Retread Technologies logo above to take a virtual tour of the MRT retread process.