Tyre Compounding for Improved Performance


Book Description

This is an overview of the factors tyre compounders and engineers must consider when developing compounds for tyres. It discusses compounding ingredients for tyre rubbers by class including polymer types. The future of tyres in vehicles is also outlined. An additional indexed section containing several hundred abstracts from the Polymer Library provides useful references for further reading.




Tyre Recycling


Book Description

This is an expert overview on the topic of tyre recycling. It summarises current practices and the factors that have contributed to their growth and efficacy as viable, economically and environmentally sound methods of dealing with post-consumer tyres. The primary area of study of this report is the EU, but reports from the US have also been cited. Statistics from the EU markets, which illustrate changes in the industry since the inception of the European Tyre Recycling Association a decade ago are incorporated. Around 400 references with abstracts from recent global literature accompany this review, sourced from the Polymer Library, to facilitate further reading. A subject index and a company index are included.




Light Vehicle Tyres


Book Description

Annotation. The tyre industry is the largest single rubber manufacturing industry in the world. The high performance demanded of tyres has led to extensive research and development in this field and constant innovation. This report takes an overview of the latest technology combined with the market situation worldwide. The report is designed as a systematic analysis of the passenger car industry. It begins with a broad view of the industry examining the major markets and manufacturers. Later in the report the chief characteristics of the industry and the major economic and commercial pressures are identified. Three chapters in the book discuss the three major markets for tyres and profiles of the largest manufacturers are provided.




Recycling and Reuse of Used Tyres


Book Description

Substantial quantities of used tyres are being discarded annually throughout the world and this is likely to increase in line with the growth in road traffic. Given the environmental economic implications of this waste, the many regulating bodies world-wide are actively promoting policies aimed at recycling and reuse of the material for recovery as a valuable resource. However, in many parts of the world, recycled tyre technology is still in its infancy.This book presents the proceedings of an International Symposium organised by the Concrete Technology Unit, University of Dundee which brings together some of the worlds leading experts in the field of used tyre recycling.




Tyre’s Girls


Book Description

Tyre’s Girls is about two sisters who as young women bond and support each others’ lifestyles, choices and dreams. They have the same father, Tyre but different mothers. They live on both the East and West coasts of the country but the distance is only by miles because for they share a true, sisterly love.




Nanotechnology and Tyres Greening Industry and Transport


Book Description

This report provides insights into the policy issues related to nanotechnology use in the tyre industry: the status of nanotechnology innovation, the economic and social costs and benefits, their safe use, and decision making.




Tyres in Mining and Allied Sectors: Status and Outlook


Book Description

Papers presented at the National Seminar on "Tyres in Mining and Allied Sectors : Status and Outlook", held at Dhanbad in 2003.







William of Tyre


Book Description

In this study the authors offer the first full-scale study of William of Tyre as a historian.