Tire technology cost effectiveness

The current technology is very cost-effective. If applied correcfly in line with other processes, such as extrusion or calendering, it can produce substantial savings by the reduction in material or the tire component s weight. The reduction of overall thickness can be as much as 20%. ... 

Many industry-wide changes over the last decade have dramatically affected fuel use and efficiency in the cement industry. First, a trend toward more prevalent use of the dry process of cement manufacture rather than the wet process continues. New technology in conjunction with fuel savings provided by the dry process have made it the process of choice. In fact, no new wet process kilns have been built in over 15 years.2 Second, over the last decade, many plants have converted their kilns to coal firing because of coal s cost effectiveness in comparison to oil and gas. Although both of these trends have had a considerable effect on fuel efficiency and cost in the industry, use of supplemental fuels, such as waste tires, continues to be of high interest to the industry. All fuels are purchased, however, based on regional prices. 

SBR is the most cost-effective general-purpose synthetic rubber used in compounding. About 70% of all SBR production is used in tire manufacture. It is less expensive than BR and commonly lower-cost than NR. In tire technology, SBR is used many times to improve traction and reduce compounding costs. 

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