STMCS – the market leading laser tire mold cleaning technology from 4JET. The fully automated cleaning system combines the advantages of a laser-based cleaning process with efficient automation and thus achieves reproducible and best cleaning results, even in all details of a complex mold design.

The short cycle time, the robustness, the automation level as well as the intuitive user and maintenance concepts truly make the STMCS the industry standard for this application.

Without disassembly from the container the tire mold is placed on the easy to access cleaning table via crane or forklift. The operator selects the appropriate cleaning recipe and the complete cleaning process runs fully automatically. The automatic mold centring simplifies the loading of the system and the automatic mold recognition verifies key geometric data of the mold to be cleaned. Together with the mechanical collision detection system, it prevents machine crashes in automatic mode or minimizes resulting damage.

After passing through the cleaning program, the mold is moved out of the cleaning chamber and machines equipped with a double table automatically start cleaning the next mold. Operating times are minimized and the utilization of the system is improved by around 20% . Typical cleaning times per mold range from 30 minutes for a summer tire mold to 60 minutes for a winter tire mold with complex sipe arrangements.