Tires: New development from polyurethane

As Autoblog reports there might be tires on the way reducing tread separation while increasing mileage and improving recyclability:

"Amerityre, the manufacturer of off-road closed-cell polyurethane tires (for products such as bicycles, garden equipment, and wheelchairs), is working on perfecting a process to bond polyurethane treads to conventional rubber tire carcasses. Such a process, if applied to heavy-duty over-the-road retreaded tires, could potentially reduce tread separation while increasing mileage and improving recyclability. The company has recently demonstrated the ability to adhere polyurethane to rubber without pressure or vulcanization, and is conducting trials of its tires in a mining application."

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Source: Autoblog

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