Anti-degradants are important chemical ingredients that are added to rubber compounds to protect the rubber from chemical reactions with oxygen and ozone.

The wait for a sustainable, stable source of natural rubber for the tire industry is finally over.

This program reviews the challenges faced by the industry to incorporate sustainable materials into low rolling resistance tires.

In forensic analysis of tires having suffered a tread and outer belt detachement, several questions need to be resolved by the forensic analyst regarding the development of the crack system leading to the ire disablement and the amount of reapid wear over the delamination at some point prior to the tread detachment.

The relationship of tire tread depth to wet traction has been a subject of technical research and discussion since at least the mid 1960s.

The initial work on the subject, published in RPN in 2007, reported a wide range of rates of differential wear over belt separation.

Today the world is demanding ‘Green' machines, refrigerators, air conditioners, automobiles with ever increasing efficiencies so how do rubber products specially the tyre & automobile rubber components affects this picture and where can this ‘Green' demand lead the tyre, auto rubber components?  The global automobile and tyre industry are preparing themselves to address the above questions through systematic implementation of Green Technology in their respective industry.

Reverse Engineering is the process of duplicating an existing component, subassembly, or product, without the aid of drawings, documentation, or computer model.

This paper introduces Bridgestone Corporation's long term  environmental vision.

Set includes "Synthetic Rubber Feedback Trends: Seeking Order Out of Chaos," presented by Bill Hyde, Senior Director Olefins and Elastomers, IHS Chemical; "Challenges and Progress in Alternate Rubber Crop Research and Development," presented by Katrina Cornish, Ph.

Taraxacum kok-saghyz (TKS) is an important industrial rubber-producing plant that can be grown annually in Canada.

As tire litigation evolves, the roles of research scientists and tire engineers continue to expand.

Confidential tire manufacturing data including rubber compounds and processing details are increasingly vulnerable and represent areas of high risk to any manufacturer.

In recent years the markets for synthetic rubber feedstocks have experienced significant fundamental change with associated supply and price volatility.

Learn about current practices in the use of recycled tire rubber in asphalt, how and where engineers design asphalt systems with tire rubber and the performance and cost benefits that are achieved.