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Tires
A ring-shaped covering fixed around the wheel-rim of an automobile that both protects it and provides a shock-absorbant cushion to increase vehicle performance and speed.
Industry: Automotive; Rubber
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camber thrust
Automotive; Tires
Side or lateral force generated when a tire rolls with camber, which can add to or subtract from the side force a tire generates.
carbon black
Automotive; Tires
This is a reinforcing filler which, when incorporated into the tire rubber compound, gives it a high resistance to wear.
carcass
Automotive; Tires
The supporting structure of the tire consisting of plies anchored to the bead on one side and running in a radius to the other side and anchoring to the bead. Also called casing.
carcass ply
Automotive; Tires
Made up of thin textile fiber cables bonded into the rubber. These cables are largely responsible for determining the strength of the tire.
carrying capacity
Automotive; Tires
At a given air pressure, how much weight each tire is designed to carry. For each tire size, there is a load inflation table to ensure the inflation pressure used is sufficient for the vehicle axle ...
caster
Automotive; Tires
The angle between a line drawn vertically through a wheel’s centerline and the axis around which the wheel is steered; improves a car’s directional stability and on-center feel.
centerline
Automotive; Tires
An imaginary line down the center of the vehicle. Alignment tracking is measured from this line.