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2. Budd–Michelin rubber-tired rail cars - Wikipedia

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   The Budd–Michelin rubber-tired rail cars were built by the Budd Company in the United States between 1931 and 1933 using French firm Michelin's "Micheline" rail car design. Michelin built its first rail car in 1929, and by 1932 had built a fleet of nine cars that all featured innovative and distinctive pneumatic tires.

3. Micheline (railcar) - Wikipedia

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   Michelines were a series of rubber-tyred trains developed in France in the 1930s by various rail companies and rubber-tyre manufacturer Michelin. Some Michelines were built in the United States by the Budd Company. [1] Most Michelines were self-propelled, but a number of locomotive-hauled trainsets were also produced.

4. Tweel - Wikipedia

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   The Tweel airless tire design. The Tweel (a portmanteau of tire and wheel) is an airless tire design developed by the French tire company Michelin.Its significant advantage over pneumatic tires is that the Tweel does not use a bladder full of compressed air, and therefore cannot burst, leak pressure, or become flat.

5. List of tire companies - Wikipedia

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   Titan Tire Corporation [84] USA: 1993 Goodyear (farm tires), Titan, Continental (OTR only) [85] Tigar Tyres Serbia: 1959 Tigar: Tomket Tires [86] [non-primary source needed] Czech Republic: 1997 Tomket (Czech brand of low category is made in China) Toyo Tire & Rubber [87] Japan: 1945 Nitto, Silverstone, Toyo: Trayal Corporation Serbia: 1955 ...

6. Michelin - Wikipedia

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   Michelin developed and patented a key innovation in tyre history, the 1946 radial tyre, and successfully exploited this technological innovation to become one of the world's leading tyre manufacturers. [8] The radial was initially marketed as the "X" tyre. [9] It was developed with the front-wheel-drive Citroën Traction Avant and Citroën 2CV in

7. Michelin PAX System - Wikipedia

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   So although comparable PAX tires were heavier than conventional counterparts, they were not that much heavier (Michelin claims four PAX System assemblies are equal to the weight of 4.7 standard tire-wheel assemblies). However, rotating mass and unsprung weight of the wheels and tires on the ground increased, which is a disadvantage.