The invention discloses a tire retreading process and tire retreading equipment. The retreading process comprises the following steps of: (a), initial tire checking; (b), polishing and cleaning; (c), gluing and drying; (d), cushion rubber pasting; (e), tread rubber pasting; (f), vulcanization; and (g), product finishing, wherein a tire is conveyed through a vertical conveying track in coordination with suspension arms in every step. The tire retreading process has the advantages of scientificity, high efficiency, high quality of produced products and the like. The tire retreading equipment comprises the vertical conveying track, a tire detecting machine, a tire tread polishing machine, a tire checking machine, a gluing room, a drying room, a cushion rubber pasting machine, a tread rubber pasting machine, an envelope disassembling and assembling machine, a steel ring disassembling and assembling machine, a transitional rack and a tire vulcanization tank. The tire retreading equipment has the advantages of high production efficiency, low production cost, convenience for operation, safety and the like.