Initial Inspection
Building/ Applying Tread
Cure Area
Buffing
Repairs
100
This is the symbol used to mark a nail hole, 1/4" of smaller- left line pints to the hole.
What is Tick tack toe (hash tag)?
100
12" or (305 mm)
What the minimum acceptable splice length?
100
ARC, ICE, RAT
What are the three Bandag curing methods?
100
23, 365, 8110, 8120, 8400, & 8450
What are Bandag buffer module numbers?
100
Removal, Cleaning, Filling and Reinforcing
What are the 4 basic steps of repairing tires?
200
Per the procedures in the book, the 3rd and 4th rotation inspects this part of the tire.
What are the beads?
200
-1/8" to +3/8 " (-3mm to +10mm)
What is the minimum and maximum overlap and underlap of splice lengths?
200
8" (203 mm)
What is minimum distance from the tread splice (strip wic) to the envelope valve?
200
Two-to-five thirty seconds of an inch.
What is the required remaining undertread depth after buffing the crown?
200
Tire has been run without any air pressure or run with very low air pressure. (less than 80% air pressure)
What is run flat?
300
This is the proper distance (inches) between the two carbon balls in your NDT IIB electrical cabinet
What is 11/16" (17.5mm) ?
300
Maximum height the cushion at the splice can be above the tread surface.
What is 1/8" (3mm)?
300
10 PSI
What is the maximum regulator setpoint pressure for inflating tubes for Rim and Tube application?
300
15-25 psi
What is the the normal running tire inflation pressure during the buffing process?
300
3.5" or 89 mm
What is the non-repairable area (distance) in medium and heavy truck tires. Measured from toe to sidewall from the interior.
400
Greater than what percentage of tires failing in process can be traced back to poor initial inspection.
What is 50%?
400
This is the maximum tread offset distance measured from bead to design feature on the tread.
What is 3/16" or (5mm)?
400
This valve turns on 20-30 minutes after the chamber turns on, supplying pressure to the DPC valve.
What is the Delay DPC valve?
400
RMA 3-4
What is the required RMA crown buff texture of a casing?
400
32 mm in Crown, 25 mm in Shoulder, and 20mm x 130mm or 32mm x 80mm in the Sidewalls.
What are the maximum injury sizes Bandag repairs can be installed on.
500
Cuts, Snags, Inner liner cracking, Torn Beads, Ozone Cracking, Equipment Damage, Sidewall Seperation, Stone Drilling, Run Flat, Repair Failures, Trad Seperations, & Impact Breaks
What are causes of a tire being rejected at initial inspection?
500
No more than 5/8" (16mm)
What is maximum amount of allowable exposed rasp buff texture beyond cushion in shoulder/sidewall area?
500
Last 30 minutes of the cure.
What is the most important (critical) timeframe of a cure?
500
The curvature of the tire crown between the shoulder of the tire after it has been buffed.
What is the buff radius?
500
An injury that results in damage to the radial body ply
What is a sidewall section repair?
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