How Are Tyres Made?

 As a driver, we all know how important tyres are for our cars, but the tyres have to cover a long journey to reach to us. It starts with the extraction of raw material and ends up in the manufacturing of highly advanced tyres. Tyres are essential not only because they help a vehicle to run, but as they also provide your car with the necessary performance and fuel efficiency. The manufacturing processes and ingredients used in tyres play an important role in the making of perfect tyres.

To explain it to you how tyres are made, let us guide you through the whole manufacturing process:

Choice of Material

High-quality steel is used to form the base of the tyres. Steel with excellent strength is used to manufacture steel belts and also the cores for the beads of tyres.

Natural rubber is first extracted from the trees. The liquid paste of the rubber is solidified with the help of acids and then are pressed under a die for easy transportation.

Synthetic rubber is artificially manufactured by mixing a number of chemicals together. Synthetic rubber in a tyre provides the tyre with requisite performance, wear resistance, and various gripping levels on the roads.

Base textiles assist in the fortification of tyres by serving as a base material for the tyres.

Manufacturing lines

After the raw materials are supplied to a manufacturing facility, it is time for the development of individual components of tyres.

The carcass: Body of the tyre is made by feeding finished steel cords into the calendar. The cords are then inserted into a composite rubber sheet which forms the overall body of the tyres. The sheet is then cut according to the needs of tyres and are rolled up and kept into a corner till other processes are not completed.

Knead-able Rubber Tread: Tread is a crucial part of your tyres. Tread prevents your tyres from slipping on the roads and provides the necessary traction. It is made out of knead-able rubber composite that is pressed into sheets of the endless tread by the specially designed extruder. Based on the requirements the tread is then cooled off and rolled into a sheet or processed in the facility itself.

Cords of textile: The threads of textiles are then inserted into the carcasses of the tyres just like steel cords, and further from the body of tyres.

Bead of steel: Steel bead is responsible for a tyre to be easily fitted on the rims. The bead is made from ring-shaped steel wires that are coated with layers of rubber. Rubber apex is provided in the bead to give extra strength to it.

Sidewalls and inner lining: Sidewalls are made with extra care as they make the load-bearing component of the tyres. The walls are made of flexible yet strengthen rubber which is then rolled out of the extruder. The lining is passed through a calendar and is pressed into thin and wide sheets.

Assembly of the components

In assembly lines, various parts of the tyres are brought together, keeping safety and quality aspects of tyres in mind. The tyres are assembled in two phases, first is the assembly of the casing and the second is fixing the tread onto the tyre. Tyres are then prepared for the flexibility and curing process known as vulcanisation by spraying them with a special fluid.

Vulcanisation of rubber

Curing of tyres is done by adding sulphur to the tyres and the process is named as vulcanisation. Vulcanisation helps the tyres to get to their final shape. Other features, like tread pattern and designs, are combined in this phase only. Vulcanisation of the tyres is like baking food, that makes the raw rubber elastic and strong at the same time. The tyres are baked under high pressure and temperature.

Continental tyres take the manufacturing of their tyres very seriously and therefore perform a rigorous quality check before bringing their tyres into the market. The tyres have to go through numerous visual inspections, X-ray examinations and various quality check to be deemed OK for sale. Tyres are then distributed among different retailers all around the world. We, at Fenham Garage Services, store a vast range of continental tyres Newcastle Upon Tyne to help you with your driving needs. If you want to buy Tyres Newcastle Upon Tyne that will suit your vehicle in the best ways possible, then book them online with us. You can also drive your car to us, or contact us to know more about our services.