- Industry: Automotive
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This is a reinforcing filler which, when incorporated into the tyre rubber compound, gives it a high resistance to wear.
Industry:Automotive
The supporting structure of the tyre consisting of plies anchored to the bead on one side and running in a radius to the other side and anchoring to the bead. Also called casing.
Industry:Automotive
Made up of thin textile fibre cables bonded into the rubber. These cables are largely responsible for determining the strength of the tire.
Industry:Automotive
At a given air pressure, how much weight each tyre is designed to carry. For each tyre size, there is a load inflation table to ensure the inflation pressure used is sufficient for the vehicle axle load.
Industry:Automotive
The angle between a line drawn vertically through a wheel’s centerline and the axis around which the wheel is steered; improves a car’s directional stability and on-center feel.
Industry:Automotive
An imaginary line down the centre of the vehicle. Alignment tracking is measured from this line.
Industry:Automotive
The sideways acceleration, measured in g’s, of an object in curvilinear motion. As a car traverses a curve, centrifugal force acts on it and tries to pull it outward. To counteract this, the tyres develop an equal and opposite force acting against the road. Also called lateral force.
Industry:Automotive
The amount of air pressure in a tire, measured in pounds per square inch (psi) before a tyre has built up heat from driving.
Industry:Automotive
Uses precision manufacturing to ensure an ultra-high level of tyre uniformity, while also employing powerful proprietary tread design software to minimised tread acoustics.
Industry:Automotive
An added rubber tyre component between the tread and belt that absorbs road irregularities for a smoother ride.
Industry:Automotive
