Tires

Tires

A ring-shaped covering fixed around the wheel-rim of an automobile that both protects it and provides a shock-absorbant cushion to increase vehicle performance and speed.

Industry: Automotive; Rubber

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Oxidation

Automotive; Tires

Rust process that takes place in the steel belts when moisture, via damage, is allowed to get inside the tire. This can result in the tyre becoming unserviceable before normal replacement time.

Rubber compound

Automotive; Tires

A combination of raw materials blended according to carefully developed procedures. The rubber compound is specially adapted to the performance required of each type of tire.

Sipes

Automotive; Tires

Special slits within a tread block that open as the tyre rolls into the contact patch then close, breaking the water tension on the road surface and putting rubber in contact with the road to ...