Concept in Definition ABC
Miscellanea / / July 04, 2021
By Marcelo G, on Aug. 2008
Like almost all the words that we know and use, tire derives from an ancient Greek word that makes direct reference to “lung”(Mainly because of the air that it carries, of course…). In different countries or regions, the tire receives different names such as rims in Mexico, tires and covers in other countries, as well as in Argentina, there are not few who directly call it "rubbers”.
The tire is a piece of rubber which is unfailingly placed on the wheels of various types of vehicles (always coating the rims) or machines and whose function is It is essential to give or allow the vehicle that uses it an “adequate contact” with the surface on which it travels, either by adherence or by frictionIn short, to enable the vehicle to start, transit and brake in the best possible way, always with the right grip.
We could say that for more technology than our car (or any other vehicle or machine) have, for more advances than safety and comfort that it gives us, without a tire in good condition and correct, the
driving safe and standardized It would be homework frankly impossible. Hence the importance that this part of the car acquires.The tires are usually made up of various threads that reinforce it in its internal structure. The orientation of those same threads that make it up will place them in the diagonals or radial classifications, the latter being the most common and widespread type in almost the world. whole of automobiles that we know today.
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