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2. Tire - Wikipedia

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   Tractor tires have substantial ribs and voids for traction in soft terrain. A tire (British spelling: tyre) is a ring-shaped component that surrounds a wheel's rim to transfer a vehicle's load from the axle through the wheel to the ground and to provide traction on the surface over which the wheel travels.

3. Inner tube - Wikipedia

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   An inner tube is an inflatable torus that forms the interior of some pneumatic tires. [1] The tube is inflated through a valve stem and fits inside the tire casing. The inflated inner tube provides structural support and suspension, while the outer tire offers grip and protects the more fragile tube.

4. Tire code - Wikipedia

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   TT: Tube-type, tire must be used with an inner-tube; TWI: Tread wear indicator – a device, such as a triangle or a small Michelin Man icon, located where the tread meets the sidewall, and indicating the location of the raised wear bars in the tire tread channels – TWI is also used to refer to the raised wear bars themselves.

5. Tire manufacturing - Wikipedia

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   Tire balance measurement is a test where the tire is automatically placed on wheel halves, rotated at a high speed and measured for imbalance. Large commercial truck/bus tires, as well as some passenger and light truck tires, are inspected by X-ray or magnetic induction based inspection machines, that can penetrate the rubber to analyze the ...

6. 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 ...

7. Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company - Wikipedia

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   According to Goodyear and EPA officials "the fuel-efficient line-haul tires deliver up to 4% improved truck fuel economy, and when used with other SmartWay-qualified components, each 18- wheel tractor and trailer used in long-haul can produce savings of up to 4,000 gallons per year, or more than $11,000 annually." [58]