RETREADING RADIALS: NEW DEMANDS GENERATE AUTOMATED TECHNIQUES

By 1985, an estimated 65 percent of the U.S. replacement truck tire market is forecast to be radial, up from today's 40 percent share. At the same time, the use of retreads is on the rise as new-tire prices escalate. Fleets are retreading their tires one or more times and experts say that a good steel-belted-radial-truck-tire casing can be retreaded three to four times and will give 10 percent better mileage than the original tire. This article focuses on the new radial-retreading technology, imported from Europe, which is now gaining acceptance in the United States, specifically the Italian "Italmatic System" introduced by the Oliver Rubber Company, Oakland, California.

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  McGraw-Hill, Incorporated

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  New York, NY  United States  10036
• Publication Date: 1982-6

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 107-108
• Serial:
  • Fleet Owner
  • Volume: 77
  • Issue Number: 6
  • Publisher: Primedia Business Magazines & Media, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 1070-194X
  • Serial URL: http://www.fleetowner.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Radial ply tires; Retreaded tires; Tires; Trucks
• Old TRIS Terms: Photomechanics; Radial tires
• Subject Areas: Motor Carriers; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00370275
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-033 674
• Files: HSL, USDOT
• Created Date: Feb 28 1983 12:00AM