Name: Tread Patterns: Not Just For Looks
Uploaded: 2021-04-21T17:21:04.989254+00:00
Duration: 109 s
Channel: Tire America Admin
Description: While the tread defines a tire’s look, it also determines its performance. The tread is made up of ribs, grooves, and tread blocks that grip the road or terrain, with channels to push out water, mud and debris and maintain traction. Like any recipe, there are hundreds of design and composition details that decide a tire’s function.

While the tread defines a tire’s look, it also determines its performance. The tread is made up of ribs, grooves, and tread blocks that grip the road or terrain, with channels to push out water, mud and debris and maintain traction. Like any recipe, there are hundreds of design and composition details that decide a tire’s function.

<p>While the tread defines a tire’s look, it also determines its performance. The tread is made up of ribs, grooves, and tread blocks that grip the road or terrain, with channels to push out water, mud and debris and maintain traction. Like any recipe, there are hundreds of design and composition details that decide a tire’s function.</p>

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Tread Patterns: Not Just For Looks

Tire Construction: More Than Meets The Eye

Tires may look simple, but they’re one of the more sophisticated components on your car. More than 60 different materials, including rubber, steel, nylon, Kevlar, wax and silica, go into creating a modern tire designed for performance, durability and safety. No wonder the ingredients that go into making tires are closely guarded secrets.

<p>Tires may look simple, but they’re one of the more sophisticated components on your car. More than 60 different materials, including rubber, steel, nylon, Kevlar, wax and silica, go into creating a modern tire designed for performance, durability and safety. No wonder the ingredients that go into making tires are closely guarded secrets.</p>

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Tires are so essential to the basic function of our cars that it’s easy to forget just how sophisticated they are. Tires are made up of around 60 different materials, including rubber compounds, steel mesh and cables, and often nylon, Kevlar or other high-strength fabrics. Each component serves to enhance strength, rigidity, durability, performance and safety.

Tread Patterns: Not Just For Looks

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