Tire & Rubber Industry
Hottle & Associates has extensive experience throughout the full spectrum of tire & rubber manufacturing. The Hottle team has over 350 years of combined experience in this industry, including project work in the following areas:


COMPONENT PREP
Extruder Systems
  • Extruder Design
  • Controls / Programming
  • Mill-To-Mill / Feed Conveyors
  • TCU's
  • Heads / Dies
  • Support Structures
  • Weighing
  • Stitching
  • Cooling
  • Guiding
  • Skiver
  • Windups
  • Blowoff / Foam Roll Drying
  • Cementing
  • Marking / Striping
  • Piping
Calender Systems
  • Calender Design
  • Controls / Programming
  • Mill-To-Mill / Feed Conveyors
  • Support Structures
  • Letoff
  • Splice Press
  • Compensator
  • Cooling Drum Stand
  • Drying Drum Stand
  • Festoon
  • Pull Roll Stand
  • Windup
  • Calender Attachments
  • Stock Gage System
  • Guiding System
  • Piping
MIXING
Mixer Systems
  • Controls / Programming
  • Carbon Black
  • Pigments
  • Oil
  • Charging
  • Piping
Sheeting Systems
  • Controls / Programming
  • Mills
  • Extruders
  • Roller Dies
  • Piping
Cooling Systems
  • Controls / Programming
  • Slurry
  • Batch-Off
  • Wig-Wag Laydown
  • Skid Indexing
  • Ventilation
  • Blowoff Drying
  • Slitting
  • Marking
  • Piping
MATERIAL HANDLING
Controls / Programming
Green Tire Systems
  • Hook Conveyors
  • Belt Conveyor
  • Paint Machines
Cured Tire Systems
  • Automatic Sorting
  • Accumulating
  • Inspection
  • Balancing
  • X-Ray
  • Grinding
  • Painting
Overhead Handling
  • Monorails
  • Bridge Cranes
  • Hoists
  • Manipulators
Powered And Non-Powered Trucks
Storage
TIRE BUILDING
Controls / Programming
Machine
Drum
Servers
Stitching
CURING
Controls / Programming
Loader
Presses
Molds
PCI's
Surge Conveyors
Takeaway Conveyors
Piping
TESTING
Controls / Programming
Hydro-Burst
Force-Variation
Balancing
Tire Uniformity
Endurance Testing