TPMS Basics
A Tire Pressure Monitoring System or TPMS is an electronic system designed to monitor the air pressure inside the tire. In the Industrial and Mining […]
Continue ReadingManufacturing Safety Alliance of BC featured RIMEX, April 9, 2018. RIMEX shows how a company can undergo a cultural safety transformation and make the changes […]
A Tire Pressure Monitoring System or TPMS is an electronic system designed to monitor the air pressure inside the tire. In the Industrial and Mining […]
Continue ReadingManufacturing Safety Alliance of BC featured RIMEX, April 9, 2018. RIMEX shows how a company can undergo a cultural safety transformation and make the changes […]
Continue Readingphoto courtesy TIA It’s the air pressure inside a tire that supports the load, not the tire. And since air is a gas, it expands […]
Continue ReadingIn operation, all rim and wheel assemblies are subjected to loads and forces which can lead to structural fatigue and cracking. If cracks are left […]
Continue ReadingHuge haulage trucks, rough working conditions, even rougher roads are part and parcel of open pit mining. No matter where in the world a mine […]
Continue ReadingCorrosion is an ongoing and costly issue for OTR fleets working in extreme mining environments. It causes immeasurable damage to mining equipment wheels and […]
Continue ReadingYou’ve heard of the Big Bang, but how about this… there is enough explosive energy in a 40.00R57 tire/wheel assembly, inflated to 120 psi, to […]
Continue ReadingMaintaining Tension Let’s look at the stresses that affect a wheel and its studs. We want to know how wheels are attached and how to […]
Continue ReadingTo examine stud and nut tension, we’ll conduct an experiment that tests the tension achieved in a fastener, given specific amounts of torque. This will […]
Continue ReadingMaintenance “If it ain’t broke don’t fix it!” We’ve all heard this before, and it is a suitable way to look at some things, but […]
Continue ReadingCould there be gold in your wheel scrap pile? RIMEX Repair Experts think so. During a recent visit to a mine in Nevada, a RIMEX […]
Continue ReadingA Gillette, WY local paper, The News Record, features a story on RIMEX’s Gillette facility – the only OTR wheel repair center in the USA. […]
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