Tire changing can be costly and time-consuming without the right equipment. Adding a tire changer to your garage offers numerous benefits to help increase your business’s productivity and profitability.
What Is a Tire Changing Machine?
A tire changer makes quick work of mounting and dismounting a tire from the wheel rim. Various components contribute to the mounting and dismounting process, including:
- Rim clamps and tabletop: Mechanics place the tire on the tabletop, which rotates the tire for mounting and dismounting, while the adjustable rim clamps hold the rim firmly in place.
- Foot pedals: Tire machines have different pedals. A clamp control pedal that opens and closes rim clamps, a tabletop pedal that rotates the table, as well as a pedal that operates the side bead breaker.
- Air pressure system: When mounting the tire to the rim, mechanics use the air pressure system to inflate the tire, which includes a hose, inflation gauge, inflation pedal and pressure bleed valve.
- Mount and demount mechanism: This portion of the tire changer includes a bill-shaped duck head that separates the tire from the rim, moved by a swing arm and set by a vertical slide that maintains stability around the rim.
- Bead breaker: The bead breaker system includes a curved metal blade controlled by an arm overhead that loosens the tire bead, separating the tire from the rim.
Tire Changing Machine Benefits
Tire changing can be tricky by hand, requiring experience, hand tools, physical strength and attention to detail to ensure the tire and rim remain undamaged. Bringing a tire changer into the process offers several benefits for your service center.
Saves You Time
Changing tires may be one of the most common responsibilities at any service center or garage. Doing this task by hand can be incredibly time-consuming, keeping your customer waiting and your staff busy with one customer for longer. With a tire changer, your team can remove and replace tires on rims in a fraction of the time, allowing your team to serve more customers for maximum productivity.
Increases Your Garage’s Efficiency
A tire-changing machine requires less physical exertion than removing and replacing tires by hand. Incorporating a tire changer into your shop’s workflow ensures your team can tackle more tasks in the same amount of time. The result is greater efficiency, helping your staff complete jobs faster and on time.
Lowers Costs
Investing in tire changing equipment saves time and allows your team to complete more tasks in a day — reducing your labor costs per job. Another saving is the expense of replacing or repairing damaged rims, which is a risk when changing tires by hand. You’ll also save on costs related to workplace accidents, since using a tire changing machine is much safer.
Offers an Excellent ROI
Tire changers are a smart investment when you consider that tire changing is a core part of your business and daily responsibilities. While there is an initial cost required to buy a tire changer, your team will be able to handle much more work with the equipment. As a result, your daily turnover will likely increase, making the tire changer an excellent investment.
Get World-Class Tire Changers From CEMB-USA
Save time on tire changing with best-in-class equipment from CEMB-USA. From high-performance models to space-saving machines, we deliver superior quality and highly responsive service, which is why we are the country’s leading wheel service equipment manufacturer.
Contact our team today to discuss your garage’s tire changer needs. Your area’s regional manager can help you find the ideal machine for your operation and budget.
