A sink made of recycled tire rubber
Melted used tires build an futuristic sink surface
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How to make a super light football shoe
Average football shoe is about 300 gram, see how to make one that is only 164 gram - the new Adidas F50 Adizero. Shoe companies are competing in innovations to provide the best high performance products - see how the production goes
Michelin oils the wheel by adding sunflower oil to tyre
Engineers at Michelin North America have incorporated kitchen-grade sunflower oil in the firm’s new luxury touring tyre, the Primacy MXM4.
Michelin has developed the world’s biggest tire, the MICHELIN XDR 59/80R63
The world’s largest tire, the MICHELIN XDR 59/80 R 63 will welcome visitors to BAUMA 2010. It will be on display in the atrium between Halls A3 and B3. The 63-inch tire measures more than 4 meters high, weighs 5.3 tonnes and can carry loads of up to 100 tonnes. This record-breaking tire has enabled equipment manufacturers to design and produce the latest generation of giant trucks used today in mines around the world.
Lanxess: high performance on the green
Golf balls with increased flight distance thanks to new Lanxess Nd-BR rubber grade Buna CB21.
Lanxess launches elastomers for biofuel vehicles
Specialty chemicals group LANXESS AG has developed a series of HNBR rubbers with extremely high acrylonitrile (ACN) content, thus making them suitable for use in vehicles that are run on biofuels.
New high transparency AEROSIL produced by Evonik
AEROSIL fumed silicas from Evonik serve as reinforcing fillers in silicone rubber applications improving mechanical properties such as tensile strength, tear resistance and, almost incidentally, ensures that the rubber has good transparency.
