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Students of Ƶ studied technologies of advanced tire production at the Ikon Tyres plant
28 March

An excursion to the tire plant Ikon Tyres located in Vsevolozhsk was organized for students of the Department of Nanostructured, Fibrous and Composite Materials named after A.I. Meos of Ƶ. Students and teachers of the University of Industrial Technologies and Design studied all stages of high-tech production of the enterprise and discussed with its representatives cooperation in the implementation of developments in the field of polymer composite materials, including modern tires.


Ikon Tyres is the most modern tire production plant in Russia and one of the most modern in Europe. The plant uses advanced technologies, installs and operates high-tech automated equipment, and carries out constant quality control at all stages of production. The plant operates around the clock and produces summer and winter tires for passenger cars and SUVs for the Russian, Kazakh and Belarusian markets.



During the tour of the plant, the students of Ƶ saw some stages of production of rubber compounds from natural and synthetic rubber for further tire production, and also studied the processes of tire component production, for example, rubberizing of metal cords. The company's engineers demonstrated the assembly of components into a single product, as well as the process of tire vulcanization.


Ikon Tyres specialists also introduced the students to the stages of quality control: at the first stage the operator visually checks the tire for defects in 120 parameters, at the second stage the tire undergoes automatic quality control with the help of special equipment.

In addition to a tour of the production facilities, the representatives of Ikon Tyres presented to their guests the internship programs and opportunities for students in connection with the development of new products of the tire plant. Besides, the participants of the meeting discussed the directions of joint research and development work and cooperation in the implementation of developments in the field of polymer composite materials, which are carried out in the Department of Nanostructured, Fibrous and Composite Materials named after A.I. Meos of Ƶ.