0. Front Matter. 1. Introduction. 2. Tire Tread Technology. 3. Tire Casing Construction. 4. Tire Innerliner. 5. Tire Reinforcements. 6. Radial Tire Materials and Rubber Compounding. 7. Radial Tire Compound Polymer Blends. 8. Tire Manufacturing. 9. Manufacturing Quality Control and Tire Uniformity. 10. Tire Testing and Performance. 11. Sustainability. 12. Future Trends. Appendix 1. Abbreviations for Tire Polymers and Polymer Additives. Appendix 2. Recognized Industry Abbreviations for Accelerators. Appendix 3. Common Terms for Compounding Ingredients.
Biography
Brendan Rodgers is an Engineer with ELL Technologies LLC, USA. He has served as a Technology Advisor at the ExxonMobil Shanghai Technical Center and worked with the Butyl Technology team supporting programs for the tire industry. Prior to this he was a development engineer at the ExxonMobil Baytown Technology Center and an engineer at Goodyear Tire and led teams working on truck tire, farm, off-road, and aircraft tires. He also had assignments in Ireland, Italy, and Luxembourg, working on original equipment automobile tires, industrial rubber products, and new tire materials technologies. Brendan is the originator of a broad range of patents in tire technology and many industry publications. He has a PhD in Chemical Engineering, studying thermodynamics, heat transfer through large rubber sections, and vulcanization kinetics. He has a Master's degree in Polymer Technology and a BSc in Chemistry. In addition to truly enjoying his work, Brendan enjoys long distance running, cycling, and swimming.
