How to extend the life of curing bladders – Tire Technology Expo Interview with Volker Börger
It’s high time castor oil was replaced as the plasticizer of choice for tire curing…
Browsing: Opinion
Yokohama in UHP tire market comeback
Yokohama Tire finds the right mix as it attempts to recapture market share Back in…
The tire materials of the future – Tire Technology Expo interview with prof. Gert Heinrich
Gert Heinrich, senior professor at Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden, TU Dresden, discusses mechano-adaptive…
Why the tread pattern is one of the most difficult tire elements to model virtually
In previous columns I’ve discussed some of the challenges that come with modeling the behavior…
TTI technical editor Joe Walter discusses how a tire’s design makes it more than the sum of its parts
Surprisingly, composite and/or laminated materials used in manufactured goods predate the founding of ancient Rome.…
Talking about tire recycling
Martin von Wolfersdorff of Wolfersdorff Consulting gives an overview of the current state of play…
Legends: Hans-Rudolf Hein
Having become synonymous with runflat tire development, Rudi Hein picked up the TTI Lifetime Achievement…
TTI columnist Greg Smith discusses how to detect and communicate tire durability
Consumer tire durability has always been a concern in the tire industry and this has been…
Resident TTI columnist Joe Walter emphasizes the importance of understanding tire fatigue
Structural materials suffer fatigue damage by repeated loadings and unloadings – more so if subjected…
Should worn tire testing be standardized?
Prof. Toshio Nishi, representative director of the research association of nano-structured polymer at the Beijing…