Team:Brasil-USP/Project/TireComposition
Tire Composition
Project
Tire is one of the most important components of any motor vehicle, supporting its weight, its cargo and making direct contact with the ground. It is responsible for turning the motor power into traction, as well as for the stability of the vehicle and its efficiency of braking. Tires are mainly composed of different types of rubber, fillers - such as clay and silica - carbon black and minerals and chemicals that speed up the vulcanization process, making these materials very difficult to recycle. Each of the different rubber types present very different properties which require great precision in manufacturing.
| Ingredient | Passenger Car Tire | Lorry Tire | OTR Tire |
| Rubber/Elastomers1 | 47% | 45% | 47% |
| Carbon Black2 | 21.5% | 22% | 22% |