Scientists road-testing new tire made of recycled rubber

Light truck tires made from a recycled rubber compound produced by Magnum/SRI are undergoing on-road testing and validation by the Rubber Research Institute at the Malaysian Rubber Board’s Tire Laboratory (RRI).

The RRI scientists are also tasked with preparing proper research standards because a suitable protocol does not yet exist for specifically dealing with the Magnum/SRI tires, which have a recycled content level of 14 percent.

The test truck is equipped with a black box packed with monitoring hardware and tracking systems to check all aspects of the vehicle’s operating conditions to be included as part of the evaluation. Control-tires are also mounted to impartially gauge and compare how well the Magnum/SRI compound performs under actual driving conditions.

The company says tire makers will glean considerable raw material savings if production tires can be made with recycled content.

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