美國輪胎巨頭Goodyear輪胎和橡膠公司(Goodyear)推出了由70%可持續材料製成的示範輪胎。

美國輪胎巨頭Goodyear輪胎和橡膠公司(Goodyear)推出了由70%可持續材料製成的示範輪胎。

Comprising 13 ingredients – including carbon black, soyabean oil, silica and polyester – across nine different tyre components, the new product highlighted Goodyear’s progress towards the launch of a tyre made from 100% sustainable material by 2030, the company said in its 5 January statement.

“We set an ambitious goal in 2020 to create a tyre made 100% from sustainable materials in 10 years, and our scientists and engineers have made great progress toward that goal,” said Chris Helsel, Goodyear’s senior vice president (global operations) and chief technology officer.

炭黑包括在輪胎生產中,以提供複合增強,並增加產品壽命,傳統上通過燃燒一係列石油產品製造。然而,Goodyear的新輪胎采用三種不同的炭黑,由甲烷,二氧化碳和植物的油製成。

Goodyear在其輪胎中使用大豆油,以維持產品的橡膠複合寬度在不斷變化的溫度,並且在2020年,公司使用豆油的使用增加了73%。

二氧化矽用於輪胎中,以幫助改善抓地力並降低燃料消耗,而使用的滌綸可從塑料瓶和其他塑料廢物中再循環。