Checking for Tire Heating

2009 Dr B C Paul
Note These slides contain material from slides dating back to
2000 and also contains screen shots from the program FPC
developed by Caterpillar Equipment Company
 Haul Trucks are Very
Large

Tires flex and can get hot as a

result of working under load
To avoid tire blow-outs we use
Ton Miles Per Hour TMPH
Each tire has a rating
You get the average load *
average speed and compare to
the TMPH rating
 FPC Fussing

If you have been doing the

things shown in class FPC has
been protesting about no TMPH
rating and no cost data
(Because up till now we have not
learned about them and have been
ignoring the issue)
 Go Back to the Fleet Input
Screen
Go to the Fleet Input Tab and
Note the place for TMPH entry
When you see the little 3 dot
Box it means there is a
Subscreen for putting in or
Calculating more
Ill click the box
 Up Comes the TMPH
Screen

Ton Miles Per Hour = (Average load on a tire)*Average Speed

 The Program
Automatically Gives You
Loaded And Empty weight
Distribution
Well How Do I Get That
TMPH Limit Number
The tire specs table in
The Cat handbook

This tells me my
789 has 37.00R57
Tires with an E 4 Tread
Checking the Tire Section
of the Cat Handbook

Most Manufactures also

Have similar ratings
For each of their tires
(which is where Cat
Got the info for the
Handbook)
 Reading the Table

Average Aggressiveness Tread

535 TMPH per tire

Rating is done at 100 F standard we are in a hot desert so we will

Derate by 25% (manufactures have tables for higher non-standard temp)
535*0.75 = 401
Input the Data and click Ok
Go to the Production and
Cost Tab and the Tire
Temp subtab
 Zooming In

The typical cycle time with delays and operators achieving 95% of
Theoretic potential is 602.66 tmph on the front tires and 483.27 on
The rear.

The numbers are in red because if we run the trucks this way we
are
Going to have blow outs
 If You Thought That was
bad look what happens
with no delays

Interesting note notice it is the front tires that overheat first. They
Have less weight but the back axle has dual wheels. Of course a front
Tire blow out is also more likely to cause loss of control (Murphy strikes
Again)
 Now What Do You Do?

Your going to have to slow the

trucks down
There are several ways of doing
this
Jump Back to the Project
Screen

People usually dont work all 8 hours of an 8 hour

Shift. Typical is 50 minutes/hour or 83%. Lets
Change it.
That Got Our Rear Wheels
Under Control

We will still blow out the front tires.

 Limitations and
Alternatives

We could always impose a lower

shift efficiency
How well do you distribute the time not
working
Shift efficiency often counts time in to
the job site and out at the end of the day
that can still leave a block of time for
heat to build in the tires.
You can force TMPH into bounds with a
shift efficiency but in practice you
have to remember to keep your time off
distributed (or you will only get rid of
blowouts on your computer screen)
 My Trick

Impose speed limits on haul roads

Its easy to enter
But can you enforce it in the field?
Impose a break at the dump point
Raise your dump time to allow for the
truck to be pulled aside to cool the tires
after each dump
(Remember what ever you do on
computer screen you better be able
to do in the field)
 My Trick

My Results

My enforced tire
Cool break