Crain News Service report
HERTFORD, England (March 31, 2015) — England-based rubber research center Rubber Consultants has expanded its tire testing facilities with a two-station passenger car tire test rig as part of its investment program in equipment for 2015.
The rig, able to carry out force and moment measurements that are used to identify tire performance characteristics and provide insight into how a tire's design affects overall vehicle dynamics, will be commissioned in late spring, the firm said.
Rubber Consultants did not disclose the investment.
One hub will be capable of speeds up to 198 mph and weights up to 2 metric tons.
Rubber Consultants said the new test rig will make it one of the few laboratories in Europe that can offer such service. The center has a two-station commercial vehicle tire test rig with 60-miles-per-hour and 6.5-ton load capacity.
Rubber Consultants is the consultancy unit of the Tun Abdul Razak Research Center, the English laboratory of the Malaysian Rubber Board.
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This report appeared on the website of European Rubber Journal, a United Kingdom-based sister publication of Tire Business.
