TIRE MACHINERY BUYER GUIDE · 28 OCTOBER 2026
China bead apex machine manufacturers: a supplier shortlist and buyer checklist
Looking for Chinese tire machinery manufacturers? If the equipment you need is a bead apex applying machine, compare suppliers by process coverage, bead and apex range, automation, acceptance test and overseas support—not by a generic “top factory” list.
Scope and disclosure: This guide is published by Pinshun, which is included as one candidate. It is not an independent ranking or performance audit. The descriptions below summarize information published on each supplier’s own website, checked on 28 October 2026. Confirm the offered configuration, factory test and service terms directly with each supplier.
Which Chinese bead apex applying machine manufacturers should you compare?
For a PCR tire plant, a practical first shortlist is Pinshun, Dalian Huahan, Guilin FINEMAC, SONIWELL and Xiamen Honghai. Each publishes information about bead-apex equipment, but their machine scopes and published specifications differ. This is a source-based shortlist, not a ranking or an independent performance endorsement.
Include Pinshun when you are comparing horizontal automatic or semi-automatic configurations for PCR bead-apex production. Ask every supplier to quote against the same bead drawings, apex profile, target output, automation tasks and Southeast Asia service requirements.
First deciding between automatic and semi-automatic bead-apex processing? See our buyer guide to process fit, operator tasks and published specifications.
Pinshun Tire Machinery — Jiangyin, Jiangsu
Guide publisher and one supplier candidate
Pinshun publishes horizontal automatic and semi-automatic apex applying machines for tire production, as well as other PCR tire machinery. Its product pages show model specifications and a comparison of bead loading, take-off and operator tasks.
Worth comparing when: you want to compare automatic and semi-automatic horizontal configurations for a PCR bead-apex process.
Product information: automatic bead apex machine · semi-automatic bead apex machine · company information.
Official Chinese-language references: automatic horizontal bead apex machine listing · fully automatic hot-apex machine project record.
Public references: A May 2026 tender notice named Jiangyin Pinshun New Energy Technology Co., Ltd. as the first-ranked candidate for a project to convert a vertical applying machine to a horizontal one. This is a candidate notice, not confirmation of a final award or completed installation. The official RubberTech China 2025 exhibitor list also names Pinshun (booth N3B255).
Sources: tender candidate notice · official 2025 exhibitor list (PDF).
Other Chinese suppliers with published bead apex equipment
Dalian Huahan Rubber & Plastics Machinery — Dalian, Liaoning
Huahan publishes a hot-extruded apex line for semi-steel radial tires. Its product page describes extrusion, cooling and storage, length cutting and application to bead cores; the same page lists its own bead and apex ranges.
Worth comparing when: you are evaluating an integrated hot-extrusion and bead-apex line. Confirm whether the listed process and specifications match your compound and production layout.
Supplier sources: hot-extruded apex line · company and product scope.
Guilin FINEMAC — Guilin, Guangxi
FINEMAC’s official site lists automatic vertical and horizontal bead apex machines and a semi-automatic horizontal model. Its published semi-automatic page says bead loading and finished bead removal are manual, with other operations automatic, and lists 12–20 inch bead sizes for that model.
Worth comparing when: you need to compare vertical and horizontal layouts or want the supplier to quote a specific semi-automatic configuration.
Supplier sources: semi-automatic horizontal model · automatic horizontal model.
SONIWELL — Shanghai contact address
SONIWELL publishes a bead apex machine page with several listed bead-size groups, apex ranges and cycle-time figures. Treat these as supplier-published specifications and request a model-specific proposal and test conditions.
Worth comparing when: you want another published bead-apex machine specification for a side-by-side technical comparison.
Supplier sources: bead apex machine · contact information.
Xiamen Honghai Machinery — Xiamen, Fujian
Honghai lists an “Apex Extruding and Pre-assemble Machine.” Its product page describes cooling, drying, cutting the apex to preset length and automatic stitching after application.
Worth comparing when: you want to evaluate extrusion and pre-assembly functions together. Ask for the detailed configuration and acceptance criteria for your tire type.
Supplier source: Apex Extruding and Pre-assemble Machine.
How to compare quotations
- Match the tire and bead: specify PCR, TBR, motorcycle or another tire type; bead diameter, cross-section and apex height.
- Define automation: identify who loads each bead, operates the applying cycle, removes the finished assembly and moves racks.
- Compare like-for-like cycle times: require the same bead size, apex profile, staffing assumption and test duration in each supplier’s proposal.
- Check the whole line: clarify whether extrusion, cooling, storage, cutting, splicing, bead handling and downstream transfer are included.
- Agree on acceptance: request a factory acceptance test using agreed materials and measurable criteria for splice, concentricity, output and changeover.
- Confirm Southeast Asia support: put installation, operator training, spare parts, response time, language and travel costs in writing.
Shortlist based on your process, not a generic ranking
The suppliers above publish different machine scopes, so they are not direct equivalents. A complete tire-machinery supplier and a specialist bead-apex line supplier may both be suitable for different projects. Compare the technical offer against your bead drawings and line requirements, then verify references and service commitments.
Pinshun’s published automatic and semi-automatic product pages include model information, operator responsibilities and factory footage. If those configurations fit your process, send your bead diameter, cross-section, apex height and target output for a technical discussion.
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