Tire Development History
The birth and development of the automobile is a great achievement of the world's scientific and technological progress, an important footprint of human progress, and makes mankind enter an automotive industry era from the era of carriage. In the early days of the automobile, in order to meet the comfort, handling stability and power of the automobile, scientists constantly carried out research and innovation, and constantly promoted the progress and innovation of the tire industry.
In 1839, Goodyear developed "rubber vulcanization technology", which successfully developed rubber that would not decompose at any temperature below the boiling point. 38 years after Goodyear's death, in order to commemorate Charles Goodyear, who made great contributions to the American rubber industry, Frank Kipling named his tire company Goodyear.
In 1888, John Dunlop made rubber into a tube, wrapped it around the edge of a wooden wheel, and then filled it with gas. The elasticity of this tire can not only fully absorb vibration, but also protect the mechanical performance of the car body. The first pneumatic tire in the world was born, and this technology was first applied to bicycles.
In 1891, Andrew Michelin developed a detachable pneumatic tire for bicycles. On June 11, 1895, Michelin brothers applied the pneumatic tire technology to the automotive field.
In 1903, Mr. J.F. Palmer invented twill textiles, which have good wear resistance and can greatly prolong the service life of tyres when applied to the field of tyres. This invention led to the advent of bias tyres.
In 1930, Michelin company added a rubber sealing layer with a thickness of about 2-3mm on the inner wall of the tire, and successfully developed the first tubeless tire, that is, vacuum tire.
In 1946, Michelin company invented radial tire, which improved the service life of tire by 30-50% and reduced the fuel consumption of automobile by about 8%. The use of radial tires has ushered in a real technological revolution in the tire industry.
Since the advent of radial tire, people have made great progress in tire pattern pattern, structure design, skeleton material design and development, and rubber formula design and development, which makes tire performance increasingly perfect.
