Let's learn some helpful information about the history of tire development

The birth and development of automobiles is a great achievement of the world's scientific and technological progress and an important footprint of human progress, which has enabled mankind to enter an automobile industry era from the horse-drawn carriage era. In the early days of automobiles, in order to meet the comfort, handling stability and power of automobiles, scientists continued to conduct research and innovation, and continuously promoted the progress and innovation of the tire industry.

In 1839, Goodyear developed the "rubber vulcanization technology" and 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 Coberlin named the tire company he founded 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 fully absorb vibration and also well protect the mechanical properties of the vehicle body. The world's first pneumatic tire was born. This technology was first used on bicycles.

In 1891, Andrew Michelin developed a removable bicycle pneumatic tire. On June 11, 1895, the Michelin brothers applied pneumatic tire technology to the automotive field.

In 1903, Mr. J.F. Parma invented twill textiles, which have good wear resistance. When applied to the tire field, they can greatly extend the service life of tires. This invention led to the advent of bias tires.

In 1930, Michelin added a rubber sealing layer about 2 to 3 mm thick to the inner wall of the tire and successfully developed the first tubeless tire, that is, a vacuum tire.

In 1946, Michelin invented the radial tire. This design method increased the service life of the tire by 30 to 50%, while reducing automobile fuel consumption by about 8%. The use of radial tires has ushered in a real technological revolution in the tire industry.

Since the advent of radial tires, people have made great progress in the design and development of tire patterns, structural design, skeleton materials, and rubber formulas, making the performance of tires increasingly perfect.