WOVEN ARAMID BELT IMPROVES TIRE DURABILITY. NO INTERNAL CUTS

Radial tires are most likely to fail at the shoulder, the area where the reinforcing belt meets the tire wall. This potential problem exists because the reinforcing belts are cut from rolls of rubber-coated cord materials, and cords, no matter what they are made from--glass, fiber, steel, or aramid fiber--do not adhere well to rubber. Armstrong Rubber Company is offering a tire that seems to solve this problem by making the reinforcing belt from continuous tapes. The tapes are 3/8 in. wide and are made from rubber-coated Dupont aramid fibers. A special machine weaves the tapes into a reinforcing belt which is incorporated into a tire called the Tredloc.

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  Penton Publishing Company

  Penton Building, 1111 Chester Avenue
  Cleveland, OH  United States  44113
• Publication Date: 1983-5-12

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 74-75
• Serial:
  • Machine Design
  • Volume: 55
  • Issue Number: 10
  • Publisher: Penton Media, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 0024-9114

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Durability; Manual safety belts; Radial ply tires; Tire treads; Tires; Woven fabrics
• Old TRIS Terms: Belts; Radial tires
• Subject Areas: Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00381010
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-035 434
• Files: HSL, USDOT
• Created Date: Jan 30 1984 12:00AM