Talk:Tire manufacturing

Steric acid, not static acid, is the filler added. Steric acid acts as a plasticizer and as a mold release. Static acid doesn't exist --74.70.122.165 (talk) 01:30, 6 December 2011 (UTC)

complex process
Tire Manufacturing is a complex process, starting with the raw materials which pass several processes to arrive at the finished tire. The scope of the article is to include both current materials and processes, together with a tire manufacturing history.G4sxe 19:28, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

following this link may get you some info on tire manufacturing: http://www.etyres.co.uk/car-tyres-batteries

Silica
Shouldn't you Add Silica in your materials list. This is a filler used with or instead of Carbon Black in tread and sidewall compounds. This filler is becoming more widely used in premium tires. Ucplantid 17:12, 22 June 2006 (UTC)ucplantid

Silica appears in the section discussing materials. Zengineerwerks 23:42, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

Natural vs. synthetic rubber
"The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company is trying to adapt. Its raw material of choice now is natural rubber rather than synthetic rubber, made from oil. To sustain profits, it is making more high-end tires for consumers willing to pay upwards of $100 to replace each tire on their cars.

These steps have not been enough, however, particularly now that the cost of natural rubber is also rising sharply, along with that of many other commodities. So Goodyear has raised the prices of its tires by 15 percent in just four months."

It seems that a shift is happening towards using more natural and less synthetic rubber in making tires. It would be good to get some real data, and integrate into the articles. -69.87.203.130 (talk) 16:25, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

Excellent article
This article gives excellent information. It is very hard to find out how tyres are made, and this article gives the required information crisply and cleanly, in good English and without fuss. My thanks to the author, to whom I am seriously indebted! UBJ 43X (talk) 18:02, 16 December 2009 (UTC)