The Rubber Process Analyzer (RPA) is an important tool for developing – and controlling the reliable manufacture of – elastomers and compounds. The RPA can provide far more information than ...

A major portion—up to 15%—of the gas in a car’s tank is used to overcome the tires’ resistance to the road. So with green tires—or low rolling resistance tires—the fuel economy can increase greatly.

QINGDAO, China—Sailun Group Co. Ltd. has developed a liquid-phase rubber-mixing process that it claims can yield tire performance improvements in multiple parameters that previously were not possible.

DANVERS, Mass.—Maxam Tire plans to launch a premium tire line later this year that will offer reduced rolling resistance and increased tread life, thanks to new mixing technology being employed at the ...

Rubber is everywhere in modern vehicles, from tires to timing belts. Eventually, all these items wear out, usually by cracking after countless cycles of stretching and snapping back into shape.