Technical developments - Materials & Properties
Technical change is vital to the tire (tyre) industry and, although there are few breakthroughs in the chemistry and physics of tire (tyre) design and manufacture, the pace of evolutionary change is speeding up.
This report examines the main materials used in tire construction to assess the developments that are happening and then looks at the properties of the tire in order to see what progress has been made and where future effort will have to be concentrated.
Materials:
- Natural rubber
- Synthetic rubber
- Carbon black
- Silica
- Other fillers
- Steel cord
- Fibers
- Chemicals
- New materials
Properties:
- Durability
- Weight
- Noise
- Rolling resistance
- Inflation
- Wet surface performance
- Ageing
This report is in preparation but the publication date is not yet decided. If you are interested in this subject please e-mail Neil Mullineux at: editor@worldtirereport.com
An Apology
Half the world uses the word "tire" whilst the other half uses "tyre". Unfortunately search engines don't realise that they mean the same. In order to be recognised by the search machines we have had to resort to the irritating strategy of duplicating the two words. Sorry!
Technical developments - Materials & Properties
Technical change is vital to the tire (tyre) industry and, although there are few breakthroughs in the chemistry and physics of tire (tyre) design and manufacture, the pace of evolutionary change is speeding up.
This report examines the main materials used in tire construction to assess the developments that are happening and then looks at the properties of the tire in order to see what progress has been made and where future effort will have to be concentrated.
Materials:
- Natural rubber
- Synthetic rubber
- Carbon black
- Silica
- Other fillers
- Steel cord
- Fibers
- Chemicals
- New materials
Properties:
- Durability
- Weight
- Noise
- Rolling resistance
- Inflation
- Wet surface performance
- Ageing
This report is in preparation but the publication date is not yet decided. If you are interested in this subject please e-mail Neil Mullineux at: editor@worldtirereport.com
An Apology
Half the world uses the word "tire" whilst the other half uses "tyre". Unfortunately search engines don't realise that they mean the same. In order to be recognised by the search machines we have had to resort to the irritating strategy of duplicating the two words. Sorry!