Radial Tire

Advantages of Radial Tire over Bias Tire:


• High speed capability
• Better riding comfort
• More mileage
• Low fuel consumption (Low rolling resistance)
• Better braking / acceleration efficiency
• Better handling stability at high speed
Steps of tire design :

• Patter / dimension / cavity finalization….
• Selection of materials (from the existing tool box /
new compound , fabric etc development)…
• Safety factors are calculated for carcass, belt and bead etc..
• Fabric - belt material / epi / Construction / belt angles, bead
etc .. finalization
• Gauges / dimension (apex , rim strip, undertread etc) at
different area finalization…
• Preparation of layout

• Calculation of drum set / Drum OD / Lift etc…..
• Calculation component dimension / Green profile (Tread / SW / Apex)
• Preparation of check tires
• Analysis of check tires
• Fine tuning
• Testing - Indoor and outdoor
• Limited run and then production run