Running a 60" rubber mill

[@ohiomike204]

I ran mills hear in Akron at BF Goodrich and Firestone. I also operated them at Uniroyal/Goodrich in Alabama (I worked a lot of double shifts in Alabama..I was a LOT younger then!) I would not touch that mill without a belly bar, or at least a safety rope. Plus, I always wore leather gloves with the backs cut out-I could slip my hand out of the glove in the event of rubber wrapping around my hand. I always held the knife with it turned around the other way in my hand and I could keep the knife very low on the roll when breaking the rubber down and also rolling pigs......if a hand goes in the mill it's gone. Just a couple of observations. I still have a couple of my old mill knives out in the garage. They were very well made.

[@grumpyg9350]

I going to try this video on a loop and use it for when I am having hard time falling asleep.👍👍👏🏻👏🏻

[@redbeardsdiy1222]

I hope it helps you sleep

[@dantebix768]

Wow, no bar! and why not a double roller set up? It mills the rubber quicker, less work, and safe for the miller. I milled for Mega T for years. This video brings back memories. Thanks!

[@redbeardsdiy1222]

We had a foot bar and a bar over our head to shut it down. We would feed the rubber off the front on a conveyor belt 1/4" to 3/4" thick 16" to 36" wide to retread the loader tires. It all was very intimidating when I started. I dont now how many gloves I lost to that machine.

[@dantebix768]

@@redbeardsdiy1222 all mills weren't created equally ;) each to fit their own need. This guy makes it work and that's the key!

[@tyredlie]

Nice going there mate, us big fellas don’t need a belly bar, that’s for skinny wimps. I worked a 60” mill for 27 years and the boss loved my work, even the CEO came by and said to keep my work up, it’s cash for the little company and me.

[@redbeardsdiy1222]

Yea I'm a bigin to. I just did as I was trained to do. I enjoyed it, but when I first started it was very intimidating.

[@drewkuklo6569]

A belly bar is for wimps? Ya until that rubber flops back and grabs your hand and that mill squeezes u out like a tube of toothpaste

[@antaltakacs7466]

@@drewkuklo6569 happened in Sweden, to a temp tho. Tarkett owned plant. She screamed for a couple of seconds, then she stopped screaming...was told to sweep under there, caught her pony tail, she went in the middle. No safety bar whatsoever

[@redbeardsdiy1222]

Thats horrible.

[@BananaMan-ru6uk]

If you close the gap and thin it out , you can roll it with your left hand , between smashing the ingredients and rolling it. It will mix better and faster. You can run more batches per shift and still pass testing.

[@josephackeret7911]

I worked for cooper power and Eaton bought them the year I retired. Me and another guy ran a 60 in mill no belly bar , we had cables above near the chute opening. We mixed upstairs and that dropped on the mill. Never ran it that fast (maybe a little) mostly at a low to mid speed. I was a feared at first but I had to do it. Yes, I picked that job.

[@timothyfields2179]

I ran a 60 inch mill for good year rubber. The belly bar was a must .

[@redbeardsdiy1222]

I felt so unsafe running this machine. I dont know how many gloves it ate

[@tauredgamer9798]

@@redbeardsdiy1222 no its safe..and easy to work..And more secure .but you dnt have it

[@drewkuklo6569]

We also have automatic mill plows for thicker and stickier batches of rubber like that

[@richschafer3354]

I Did it for Goodyear for 7 years we had belly bar trust me they work well

[@redbeardsdiy1222]

I liked working their i just did not like this machine. It will eat you.... it would eat at least one of my gloves a day...

[@ohiomike204]

@@redbeardsdiy1222 I an mills for years and would wear leather gloves with the back slit down. The gloves came off easier, but it made it safer. I would rather clean out a couple gloves than my hand.

[@jokers7890]

I wonder how many people have been sucked into these. I also wonder if the flesh would blend in with the rubber to make some really nice tires.

[@Wootguy238]

Just found out last night that it blends in.

[@redbeardsdiy1222]

I don't want to even think about that...... I hope they are ok

[@Wootguy238]

@@redbeardsdiy1222 just went arm deep. Hopefully they come out okay.

[@celestial7150]

We had an incident where I work - guy lost all the skin off of his hand.

[@drewkuklo6569]

are u making rolls and feeding the rubber off that mill or just dropping it repeatedly? after all the mill videos ive seen on here my company blows them all out of the water with our setup

[@redbeardsdiy1222]

The chunks I'm throwing in the top are lugs that have been cut out of a tire. When I have that bar up their it is cutting to the width of the tire we are reworking, and I throw it on a conveyer belt and 2 guys at the other end catch it and retread the tire.

[@drewkuklo6569]

We have a mixer that blends the rubber and chemicals and it falls down though a chute strait onto the mill below when it's done mixing and from there that goes up a conveyor to a strip mill where its stripped to size and sent to a hang up rack and then when it comes off the rack its packed and shipped out

[@Ichbaar]

@@drewkuklo6569 exactly the same setup we have. You don't happen to work for Hexpol?

[@redbeardsdiy1222]

I think their is a hexpol in statesville nc

[@antaltakacs7466]

@@drewkuklo6569 exact same setup at Airboss

[@luigi3680]

Hay que cerrar un poco el molino tarda en calentar la goma y si le ponen una cinta volteado trabajará más comodo y un cable de seguridad

[@TruthTeller20242]

This is what I do for a living but my mill os much bigger it's connected to a calendar mill line that I'm the foreman of but I only make 16 an hour and I'm trying to find a better job that will pay me more to do this I've been doing this for 3 years and I'm very good at it

[@redbeardsdiy1222]

16 an hour is not bad for around where I live. This was the biggest rubber mill in the plant I worked at. I worked their for about a year

[@TruthTeller20242]

@@redbeardsdiy1222 I've been doing this for 3 years not 3 weeks it probably auto corrected me and I didn't realize it lol since the beginning of 2018 and thanks man guess I better be thankful for what I have instead of wanting more ya know thanks for your reply and have a great day bro and where are you from?? I'm in akron ohio

[@TruthTeller20242]

@@redbeardsdiy1222 hey I found a way better job doing the same thing and I'm at 17.50 an hour we get large bonuses and a raise every year I feel like I made it to the big times!! I'm so happy just wanted to share thanks!

[@redbeardsdiy1222]

@@TruthTeller20242 hey man thats great. Good job. Always keep moving forward and you will succeed.

[@TruthTeller20242]

@@redbeardsdiy1222 hey thanks!!!!!

[@bjmacgable]

Je sais que cela demande plus de force mais la bonne manière de tenir le couteau est le bras tendu vers le bas ... Il faut simplement une bonne lame. Sinon, gare si le couteau vas vers la cuisse, voire vers les bijoux de famille!

[@GPgman]

no belly bar? wtf

[@redbeardsdiy1222]

+Gary Pelletier nope

[@pingywon]

Nope

[@redbeardsdiy1222]

+pingywon lmao.... that's what I said when I first saw it

[@dakotajones1602]

What kind of mill knife are you using

[@redbeardsdiy1222]

Dakota Jones it was a little custom knife we made their out of old knives. Blade was about 2 to 3" long with a big handle

[@dakotajones1602]

LOYDS WELDING I have about 8 mills I run and still haven’t got a good knife I like yet I was just curious

[@tyredlie]

I had four mill knifes made out of the big hacksaw blades, three inches on the end sharpened like a Stanley knife and the rest was wrapped in hard rubber and cured in the the steam pot.

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[@drvinson8947]

Why are you running so fast? Where’s the belly bar and the blender roll? 🤨🤦🏻‍♂️

[@redbeardsdiy1222]

Man this is how the machine was setup. I never realized how many safety's it didnt have till all of your guys comments. I always felt unsafe running it. I don't know how many gloves that thing ate

[@drvinson8947]

LOYDS WELDING Here ya go man: www.osha.gov/laws-regs/regulations/standardnumber/1910/1910.216 Be safe out there. 🙏🏼 Your employer should be ashamed putting people at risk like that. That machine will chew you up and spit you out and not bat an eye.

[@eriemillpressco.4890]

We would be happy to sell your employer a set of belly bars or any other mill safety.

[@johnrob1977]

This fella needs to work on his craft a bit.

[@redbeardsdiy1222]

This is how I was trained to do it. Im not sure what the right way is this was a retread company. We did skidsteer tires all the way up to 15' tall loader tires.

[@CopperheadWelding]

what's all this about bubba

[@redbeardsdiy1222]

+Matthew Laced a company i worked for running a rubber mill i always liked seeing machines in action. when i put the bar on i set it to the right size and it cuts it to the width of the tire we are working on

[@PreetyPreety-w9l]

I am raja ram rubber mill opretor job and I'm sure it will take care and I will send a message to open

[@ncstarrider]

no belly bar ?? safety cables ?? this machine will eat you !!!

[@redbeardsdiy1222]

they had a foot break and a poll overhead you could pull or push for a e break

[@redbeardsdiy1222]

+Jason Odermatt this one had a foot stop and a bar above my head to pull.

[@redbeardsdiy1222]

Jason Odermatt year man I didn't like to run it. it ate at least one or two sets of gloves every other day

[@4x4le]

All of ours at bridgestone have bellybars

[@tauredgamer9798]

@@redbeardsdiy1222 but bar front of us in the middle under the arm is most safe than foot or head..Sir i am workong same work from.last 10 years ..

[@ayaheacul-1841]

The velocity of roll is too quick

[@martymorgan2870]

Where is the blender roll at the top

[@alexbeis338]

Где аварийная рама и кто их учит так нож держать !

[@poluprimatpoluprimat2517]

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[@drewkuklo6569]

if you were trained to cut rubber on a mill with this knife technique u should quit now

[@redbeardsdiy1222]

This is how I was trained to do it.

[@bradcamaro17]

Lol yeah they taught the wrong way, not only is this way more dangerous its also way harder on the body to cut with the back on your hand like that. Only cut like this as a last resort

[@redbeardsdiy1222]

It killed my hand and arm the first 2 or 3 weeks

[@bradcamaro17]

@@redbeardsdiy1222 not your fault they should have shown/known easier ways to do it.

[@antaltakacs7466]

Yea those slabs look rather thick, and you need the force to cut thru it. When I run 3/4 inch i have to resort to this style sometimes.

[@dharelalico4381]

Safe 1st😠😠😠

[@joshuaweng6330]

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[@alaitain]

If I was the Manager or Supervisor, but mostly the CEO ,I would fire this guy !!! No safety ware, eye, hard hat.. and the way he's working , No safety bar! He took off..And the quality of his work... It's sloppy..

[@redbeardsdiy1222]

This is me running the rubber mill. Their was no hard hats issued. No safety glasses issued. Their was no belly bar safety on this machine. Just a foot stop and one over head. And how is this work sloppy how are you supposed to run a rubber mill?